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Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, European Research Centre on Media for E-Society - Centro Europeo di Ricerca sui Media per la Società dell'Informazione
No full textPracticing the hegemony of non-hegemony: the pluriversal politics of the Neapolitan commons movement
Full text linkThe concept of pluriversal politics, which encompasses the vast array of alternatives to ecologically destructive and colonial capitalism, is crucial for envisioning emancipatory futures. However, the diversity of the initiatives composing the pluriverse poses obstacles to the unity necessary to dismantle interconnected systems of oppression, thus creating an intrinsic dilemma between diversity and unity. This paper explores the navigation of this challenge within emancipatory and pluriversal projects, drawing on material from ethnographic research on the Neapolitan Commons movement. The case study illuminates how social movement actors achieve simultaneous unity and diversity through the grassroots-developed concept of ‘hegemony of non-hegemony.’ In the Neapolitan context, this framework allows diversity to thrive while maintaining essential unity, crucial for confronting economic and political powers. The findings underscore how grassroots, autonomous, and pluriversal degrowth practices can challenge capitalist growth dynamics through unity in diversity, hence suggesting the unnecessary nature of state-led, top-down, or uniformizing approaches
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Local reflections of austerity in the era of the Recovery and Resilience Device
No full textIl lavoro ricostruisce come le politiche di ripresa dell’Unione Europea rispetto alla pandemia del Covid-19 abbiano influito sull’autonomia di spesa degli enti locali. L’analisi parte dalla relazione tra le politiche di bilancio eurounitarie – in particolare dopo il rafforzamento dell’austerità seguito alla crisi del 2008 – e l’autonomia locale, intesa anche in senso sostanziale, come possibilità di realizzare politiche coerenti con i diritti fondamentali e in particolare quelli sociali, attraverso il ripianamento delle disuguaglianze esistenti tra territori e nei territori. Dopo una ricostruzione generale di tale rapporto, la ricerca prende in esame le novità introdotte dalle misure post-pandemiche, con particolare riferimento al Next Generation EU (NGEU). Questi ultimi profili saranno esaminati accanto a quelli che si pongono invece in continuità con lo scenario preesistente. L’obiettivo finale è osservare l’impatto sull’autonomia locale, con specifico riferimento all’utilizzo delle risorse per finalità sociali e di uguaglianza sostanzialeThe paper reconstructs how the European Union’s recovery policies with respect to the Covid-19 pandemic have affected the spending autonomy of local authorities. The analysis starts from the relationship between European Union budgetary policies – especially after the strengthening of austerity following the 2008 crisis – and local autonomy, also understood in a substantive sense, as the possibility of implementing policies consistent with fundamental rights and in particular social rights, through the redressing of existing inequalities between and within territories. After a general reconstruction of this relationship, the research examines the innovations introduced by post-pandemic measures, with particular reference to the Next Generation EU (NGEU). These latter profiles will be examined alongside those that are instead in continuity with the pre-existing scenario. The final objective is to observe the impact on local autonomy, with specific reference to the use of resources for social and substantive equality purpose
Cultural Policies as a Driver for a Participatory Transformation of Democracy in the European Union
No full textAbstract: Across Europe, culture is acquiring an increasing constitutional relevance by fostering experiments of bottom-up reflexive and self-organised participation able to bring policymakers closer to citizens. This paper adopts a European Union (EU) standpoint, observing how the EU could use cultural programs to support these practices and promote democracy and inclusion in the wake of the \u2018crisis of political representation\u2019. The objective is to draw recommendations for EU institutions to connect with local communities by multiplying the opportunities of equality and inclusion without interfering with local democracy. The investigation starts from an analysis \u2013 also through the case study of Italian constitutional transformations \u2013 of how the \u2018distrust\u2019 towards representation transformed the constitutional settlements of democratic participation. The study emphasises the need for new participatory forms and the relevance of spontaneous bottom-up initiatives in that direction, especially in the cultural field. Against this backdrop, the article will explore how EU cultural policies could be more inclusive so as to improve their social approach and trigger a direct dialogue with grassroots experiences
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