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Introducing Views of Well-Being in Academia: Case Studies and Proposals
Full text linkIntroduction to the special issue "Views of Well-being in Academia: Case Studies and Proposals", edited by Cristina Pennarola, Federico Gaspari, and Sole Alba Zollo.Introduction to the special issue "Views of Well-being in Academia: Case Studies and Proposals", edited by Cristina Pennarola, Federico Gaspari, and Sole Alba Zollo
Views of Well-Being in Academia: Case Studies and Proposals
Full text linkViews of Well-Being in Academia: Case Studies and Proposal
Guest Editors’ Introduction
No full textIn the last few years, we have witnessed changes in democratic processes and institutional communication, apart from the radicalisation of public debates and campaigns (pro-Brexit/no Brexit, pro-vax/no vax, pro-green pass/no green pass, among others), nationalism, (right-wing) populism, and hate speech in the digital sphere.
In order to fight against this “toxic environment” (Murthy/Sharma 2018: 192) and foster ways of democratic dialogues, it is fundamental to question the legitimacy of dichotomy-based ways of debates, promote environments that can stimulate productive online and offline interpersonal interactions, and encourage the development of new emerging hybrid dialogues
Some epistemological reflections on the concept of Homo Economicus
No full textAccording to classical economists, economic science is the study of the paths of well-being linked to the consumption of goods and the analysis of social behaviours that economic reality determines. This approach was abandoned by neoclassical economists who believe that social aspects in the choice of economic agents are only relevant in a perspective peculiar to the homo economicus. The concepts of altruism, happiness and solidarity are only analysed if related to the efficiency, optimal choice and utility that are objectives and instruments of the rational agent.
This approach generates difficulties for economists in explaining why greater wealth is not associated with greater well-being, thus, making altruistic and supportive behaviours apparently inexplicable. In this context, and in response to these problems, there are recent lines of research based on the assumption that the identity of counterparts assumes a role in the choices of economic agents and for which the social aspects of human interaction constitute a resource for development
Above and beyond. A focus on the UNDP SDGs Action Plan on Western Balkan countries and the former Soviet Republics
No full textThe representation of student well-being in German Higher Education Institutions' websites
No full textHigher Education Institutions (HEIs) forward well-being as a commitment “in the sense of equipping people with the resources and skills to make a meaningful contribution to society” (Wisker, 2011: 5). It is considered as “the promotion of the physical, social, and psychological health of students and staff [that incorporates an] understanding of citizenship and respect and of personal, social, and spiritual development or fulfillment” (Carrol, 2011: 32).
The issue of well-being also emerges in universities’ websites, which are conceived to communicate the university’s vision and mission in today’s highly competitive societies in order to influence prospective students’ choices (Graham, 2013; Meyer, 2008; Saichaie & Morphew, 2014). The issue of well-being representation as a marketization strategy to entice prospective students and be competitive in the global arena seems to be underinvestigated. The present study is focussed on the investigation of how German HEIs represent their commitment to students’ well-being to be more attractive in the global arena. As a case study, the websites of the German Master’s Degrees in International Relations taught in English and German have been collected and investigated. The textual and visual components of the selected websites have been explored with reference to the content analysis (Saichaie & Morphew 2014), the multimodal analysis (Zollo, 2016) and the lexical analysis (Rutter et al. 2016). The results of the investigation have shown that the promotion of students’ well-being is at the core of the communication strategy of German HEIs websites, which represent students as beneficiaries of the actions devoted to the realization of their well-being and promoted by academia
Some changes in the architecture of the right of mentally ill offenders in Italy
No full textLa promozione del benessere non può non contemplare anche le persone sottoposte a misure penitenziarie che soffrono di disturbi psicologici. Il diritto alla salute, anche dei soggetti ristretti, costituisce un valore preminente, perché la compressione della libertà personale non può comportare anche la privazione del diritto alla salute. Il punto però, non è soltanto legato alla malattia del carcerato ma al carcere stesso, soprattutto quando questo non sia legale perché contiene prigionieri in eccedenza rispetto alla capienza fissata per legge. Il mio intervento analizzerà le recenti decisioni adottate dalla Corte costituzionale, dal Consiglio Nazionale di Bioetica e dalla Corte di Strasburgo volte a promuovere il well-being dei soggetti più deboli che deve essere valido sia dentro che fuori le mura carcerarie
In Media stat Virus. Analysing pandemic communication strategies from the press to websites
No full textMoving from the press coverage of the H1N1 virus in 2009/2010 to the more recent spread of the notorious COVID-19 (in Section 2 and 3) - which have both has resulted in a global infodemic - this paper investigates both a UK tabloid, The Sun, and a website, Worldometer, in order to demonstrate that in a few years that, due to the ever-increasing evolution of technologies, seeking health-related information and exchanging effective information have undergone changes that go hand in hand with digital evolution and have massively moved from the press to online sources. The investigation intends to show how communication strategies about the two viruses diachronically changed, and how this change may also affect the reliability of the news itself
A Woman’s Voice in Economics: The Dialogic Nature of Vernon Lee’s Writing
No full textVernon Lee, a well-known cosmopolitan intellectual and prolific author, reviewed Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Women and Economics for The North American Review in 1902 in order to inform and stimulate ‘Anglo-Saxon readers’ to read Gilman’s book. “I believe that ‘Women and Economics’ ought to open the eyes and, I think, also the hearts, of other readers, because it has opened my own to the real importance of what is known as the Woman Question” (Lee 1902: 71). Writing is for Vernon Lee not a monologue but a form of conversation with her readers, who are taken into great consideration. Following the tradition of Discourse Analysis, this study will identify the linguistic features typical of spoken face-to-face interaction that occur in her review. By focusing on stance and engagement (Hyland 2005), I will verify the ways in which the author constantly exploits conversational linguistic resources such as hedges, questions, directives, personal pronouns, in order to interact with her readers. Moreover, by bringing to light intertextual and interdiscursive elements, the analysis will show how Vernon Lee converses with Charlotte Perkins Gilman, also giving birth to a metaphorical cross-cultural dialogue. Finally, the study will investigate whether the dialogic nature of the review becomes an instrument of political propaganda to support and spread Lee’s ‘radical’ ideas and publicise her views as widely as possible
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