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Italian Adult Comics in Sweden in the 1980s and 1990s
No full textThe object of this paper is to present and analyze the main features of the extensive publication of Italian adult comics in Sweden in the 1980s and 1990s. Bibliographic and quantitative research has been conducted in order to supplement the bibliography of the Italian literature in Sweden compiled by Schwartz (2013). The results allowed for the conclusion that comics constituted a very significant share of translated Italian literature of the period, and the importance of individual publishers was higher in this segment. Making use of key concepts of Bourdieu, it is shown that adult comics in Sweden were assigned low cultural value compared to Italy. After a brief comparison of the situation of adult comics in both countries, regarding the role of mediators and the issue of cultural legitimacy, it is argued that this cultural transfer eventually led to a clash that culminated with the Freedom of the Press trial against Pox magazine. For a number of reasons, adult comics in Sweden have never achieved a sufficient level of cultural legitimacy and have remained on the margins of the cultural scene. The difficulties faced by Italian adult comics in Sweden are illustrated by a brief analysis of the reception of An Author in Search of Six Characters by Milo Manara (1992)
Matilde Serao in Sweden. A Voice of "The New Italy"
No full textThis chapter examines the contemporary reception of Matilde Serao's works in Swedish newspapers from 1885 to the first years of the twentieth century. This analysis provides a historical background for understanding why Serao's masterpiece Il paese di cuccagna (1891) was translated in Swedish as early as 1892. In fact, Serao was already known to the Swedish public through the activity of C.D. af Wirsén, an important conservative critic who reviewed her original work and contributed to establishing Serao's reputation as a major contemporary author. Furthermore, examination of recently digitalized Swedish newspapers shows that Serao's short stories were published on at least twenty occasions from 1888 to 1897. These anonymous translations can be attributed with a high degree of probability to the pen of Ellen Lundberg-Nyblom, the translator of Il paese di cuccagna. Swedish reviewers greeted Serao as a master of vivid description and an insightful painter of human passions. At the same time, the fact that Serao, being a woman, was professionally active as a journalist and a newspaper editor attracted attention of Swedish media, transforming the Neapolitan author into a public figure known to a broader audience.Ce chapitre traite de la réception des œuvres de Matilde Serao dans les journaux suédois, de 1885 aux premières années du xxe siècle. Avant la traduction de son chef-d’œuvre Il paese di Cuccagna (1891) dès 1892, Serao était déjà connue en Suède grâce au critique C.D. af Wirsén, qui l’a présentée comme une autrice contemporaine de premier plan. Les traductions anonymes des nouvelles de Serao, publiées entre 1888 et 1897 et attribuées ici à Ellen Lundberg-Nyblom, ont joué un rôle tout aussi important.</p
Data and platform co-ops in smart city citizenship: interview with Igor Calzada
No full textIgor Calzada is a senior researcher at universities like Oxford and Cardiff with a focus on urban, regional and technopolitical transformations, considering data issues and social innovation. In November 2020, he launched the book Smart City Citizenship, which proposes another framework at smart cities based on democratic governance and citizenship. Thus, he presents how it is possible to understand and intervene in technopolitical disputes involving algorithms, data, and artificial intelligence based on notions such as digital sovereignty. Among the possibilities, there is the creation of data and platform co-ops based on data and digital commons. For the author, data cooperatives are a subtype of platform cooperatives, in which they focus on business models, while data co-ops share and store data. The book analyzes, among other cases, the Barcelona ecosystem and proposes perspectives for public policies. Currently, Calzada is interested in exploring new models of data governance and artificial intelligence to propose alternative ways to data ecosystems in the European scenario. He defends experimental cities as a reaction to the mainstream idea of the city as a platform, as a reproduction of extractive and panoptic practices through hyperconnectivity. But it will be very difficult in a dangerous context. And he provokes: “how, in the current context, in which we are closed in our homes, can we propose cities with open systems? Other recommendations from the author are an article on platform and data co-ops published in Sustainability journal and a conversation in Spanish about social innovation in smart cities. Read the interview with Igor Calzada: https://digilabour.com.br/2021/01/06/data-and-platform-co-ops-in-smart-city-citizenship-interview-with-igor-calzada
Piano works by Igor Stravinsky
No full textIn my work I thought was right at first a brief outline development work of Igor Stravinsky. I also tried to "map out" the emergence of some major piano works by the author. finally, I added a few notes on the piano interpretive art of Igor Stravinsky
Introduzione a Igor Spanò (a cura di) Il Teatro e la festa. Il tempio, la piazza, la scena
No full textPer tre giorni gli studiosi che sono intervenuti al Convegno hanno riflettuto sul senso e sulle funzioni, sulle pratiche cultuali e rituali, sui luoghi che hanno definito nel corso del tempo i momenti della festa e sulle forme di rappresentazione agonistica (danze, corse, gare, giochi di abilità) o drammatica - di cui erano parte essenziale la musica e il canto - che, spesso intrinsecamente, li accompagnano. L'autore nella sua introduzione esamina le sfumature di significato che racchiude il termine utsava, “festa”, “gioia” in sanscrito.For three days the scholars who spoke at the conference reflected on the meaning and functions, on the cult and ritual practices, on the places that have defined the moments of the celebration over time and on the forms of competitive representation (dances, races, competitions, skill games) or dramatic - of which music and singing were an essential part - which, often intrinsically, accompany them. In his introduction, the author examines the nuances of meaning contained in the term utsava, "feast", "joy" in Sanskrit
Il realismo di Matilde Serao tra la passione del gioco e "l'isola di cuccagna"
No full textThe problem of lottery gambling has been treated continually by Matilde Serao both in her journalistic and narratives works, especially in connection with the Neapolitan identity. In this article I analyze how her major novel, Il paese di cuccagna, depicts the lottery as a locus of interaction between the modernity of a state institution and the archaic Mediterranean identity, or between the reality of a phenomenon governed by laws of probability and the collective imagination dominated by faith in miracle. The narrative representation of this “malady of the spirit”, as it was defined by Serao, can sometimes go beyond the realist conventions and be submitted to didactic purposes. At the same time, the collective imagination staged by the author seems to harbour a mythical substratum, a miraculous land of Cockaigne, that can be read as a realization of the pleasure principle at the expense of the reality principle. This utopian state of abundance represented by Serao, can be identified in one of her short stories, Trenta per cento, in which the whole city of Naples is transformed in “an immense Gargantuan feast” for a short while.Il problema del lotto, centrale nella produzione saggistica e giornalistica di Matilde Serao è stato ugualmente oggetto di rappresentazione narrativa nelle sue opere, particolarmente in relazione all’identità napoletana. In questo articolo si propone una lettura del suo romanzo principale, Il paese di cuccagna, in cui il lotto può essere visto come un punto d’interazione tra la modernità di un’istituzione statale e l’arcaica identità mediterranea, tra la concretezza di un fenomeno gestito dalle leggi di probabilità e l’immaginazione collettiva, dominata dalla fede nel miracolo. La rappresentazione di questa “malattia dello spirito”, come la definisce Serao, può talvolta uscire dai limiti del realismo per essere sottoposta ai fini didattici. Nello stesso tempo, nell’immaginario collettivo messo in scena dalla scrittrice, si può identificare un sottofondo mitico, il miracoloso paese di cuccagna, che può essere letto come una realizzazione del principio di piacere a scapito del principio di realtà. Quest’utopico stato di abbondanza rappresentato da Serao, può essere identificato in un altro racconto, Trenta per cento, in cui la città di Napoli si trasforma momentaneamente in “un immenso banchetto di Gargantua”.</p
DigiTranScope: the governance of digitally-transformed society
No full textThis volume presents the key outcomes and research findings of the Digitranscope research project of the European Commission Joint Research Centre. The project set out to explore during the period 2017-2020 the challenges and opportunities that the digital transformation is posing to the governance of society. We focused our attention on the governance of data as a key aspect to understand and shape the governance of society. Data is a key resource in the digital economy, and control over the way it is generated, collected, aggregated, and value is extracted and distributed in society is crucial. We have explored the increasing awareness about the strategic importance of data and emerging governance models to distribute the value generated more equitably in society. These findings have contributed to the new policy orientation in Europe on technological and data sovereignty and the sharing of data for the public interest. The digital transformation, the rise of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things offer also new opportunities for new forms of policy design, implementation, and assessment providing more personalised support to those who need it and being more participative throughout the policy cycle. The use of digital twins, gaming, simulation, and synthetic data are just at their beginning but promise to change radically the relationships among all the stakeholders in governance of our society
Umberto Eco in Svezia. Alcuni aspetti della ricezione
No full textL’intervento analizza la ricezione svedese dell’opera di Umberto Eco dal 1981 al 2010. Prima si traccia un quadro della letteratura italiana in Svezia dal punto di vista quantitativo, il quale rivela un fortissimo interesse per la narrativa e la saggistica dello scrittore nella stampa svedese. Poi, l’analisi delle recensioni si concentra su due “problemi di lettura”: la difficoltà di scegliere il corretto contesto di interpretazione per i romanzi e la loro resistenza ai tentativi di classificazione univoca in vari generi letterari. Infine, si prende in esame la saggistica del semiologo italiano, il cui carattere enciclopedico e “filomoderno” ha trovato ampio consenso presso il pubblico svedese. </p
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