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Exploring epistemic management of healthcare interactions in the digital era (short communication)
Gli scienziati, gli esperti e l'ambiente. Il caso italiano, 1950-1990
Il volume offre una prima ricostruzione di una vicenda trascurata dalla storiografia sull’Italia del secondo Novecento: quella delle interazioni tra gli esperti, le forze politiche, gli attori economici e il variegato arcipelago dell’ambientalismo.
In un quadro di aspra conflittualità ideologica, gli scienziati in grado di poter svolgere un ruolo da opinion leader sono stati un numero veramente esiguo. Gli esperti sono rimasti sostanzialmente invisibili nello spazio pubblico perché il loro lavoro concreto e pratico non solo non faceva notizia, ma depotenziava le pseudo-verità sensazionalistiche ed era inviso al movimento ambientalista.
Il dibattito analizzato ha rivelato nitidamente che, anche per quanto concerne le questioni ambientali, dietro al conflitto tra la ragione e l’irragionevolezza si è celata una strategica contrapposizione tra interessi socioeconomici antitetici e inconciliabili.
La speranza è che quanto qui raccontato possa stimolare future ricerche in grado di disporre nuove e significative tessere interpretative in un mosaico scientifico che resta frammentato, ambiguo e controverso
L'Oriente semiosferico di Carlo Iacomucci
Nell’acquerello non c’è nulla della pastosità dell’olio, né della ferrosità dell’inchiostro. C’è invece una scrittura di acqua, che inumidisce e bagna, prima di rapprendersi in una pellicola smerigliata e frastagliata. L’acquerello non è una scrittura per colori ad acqua; esso è una scrittura in cui l’acqua si serve del colore per pervadere quelle superfici che non riesce a differenziare. L’acqua è il messaggio. I 31 acquerelli che Carlo Iacomucci ha dedicato alla figura e all'opera di Padre Matteo Ricci assumono dichiaratamente il compito visionario di dare un mondo all’immateriale ponte che Matteo Ricci ha immaginato tra la sua Europa e la Cina dei Ming. Egli indaga in questo modo quello spazio che si dà tra l'eredità culturale del gesuita – nutrita di greci e di latini – e le forme espressive dell'arte nel periodo più celebrato della storia Cinese, quello dell’Impero dei Ming
Europa, la comunicazione è un flop: riscoprire politica e cultura oltre il digitale. Un’analisi a partire dal pensiero del sociologo francese Dominique Wolton.
Il teatro greco e le basi logiche della persona
ABSTRACT - In this article, I would like to formulate a theory of the πρόσωπον by investigating the role Greek drama may have played in laying the foundations, not only conceptual and expressive, but above all logical, of the notion of the person. The Attic drama, flourished in classical Antiquity, took on the task of translating the content of traditional myths into a language suitable for representation. This task could only be accomplished by adapting the expressive resources of the available language: mimetic gestures. It was necessary to translate the mythical Doing of traditional heroes into an action that would show its structure, reasons and, at the same time, its genesis and life. The central role in this work was assumed by the πρόσωπον. The term, which had a long and varied fortune, indicated both the mask and the person of a myth, and those of the verb, but above all it indicated the persons involved in the enunciation. By virtue of this semantic polysemy, the πρόσωπον was able to operate the catalysis necessary for a content analysis of traditional tales and for the transformation of the diegetic-mythic Doing (which is always attributive, because it is linked to the Hero's proper name) into a mimetic-dramatic Doing (on principle capable of stimulating a ‘polemical’ syntax). It is from the theatre and its ‘camouflage’ – and especially through the contribution of the philosophical and theological speculation of the Greek Fathers – that the path starts leading to the modern notion of person
“Intolerant Television”—The Coverage on Antisemitic Events in Italian Television News in 2019–2022.
Virtual vs. traditional learning in higher education: A systematic review of comparative studies
The evolving landscape of educational technologies has ushered Virtual Reality (VR) in the forefront of higher education. As the COVID-19 pandemic propelled a rapid shift toward e-learning, the demand for high-quality distance education has surged, prompting an exploration of VR as a viable solution. While existing research indicates that VR supports student engagement and learning experiences compared with traditional teaching methods, the lack of shared pedagogical frameworks and systematic analyses of its applications leaves a deeper investigation of VR's potentials and limitations in enhancing learning outcomes still unexplored. This paper presents a systematic literature review aimed at filling this gap by considering studies that evaluate VR-based teaching methods in comparison with traditional ones in higher education contexts in order to assess the strengths and weaknesses of this technology in improving students' learning outcomes and achieve inclusive education. The analysis focuses on a set of dimensions including the adopted research design, participants' characteristics, disciplinary field of application, VR technological features (i.e., immersivity, interactivity, operability, commercial availability, and presence of VR training), adopted teaching methodologies, assessed VR impact on learning outcomes and presence of studies involving students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders (SpLDs). Based on inclusion/exclusion criteria, a total of 71 studies of VR in higher education were analysed. Most of analysed studies employed quantitative methods (67%), while no qualitative studies were found. More than half of the studies were conducted with undergraduate students (61%). Most of the studies involved VR in STEM disciplines, with almost half of them concerning Health Sciences (45%). VR solutions were most frequently immersive (63%), predominantly using Oculus Rift and HTC Vive HMDs, interactive (59%), single-user (92%) and non-commercial (57%). Only a small portion of studies included a VR training in the research protocol (8%). Most of the studies compared lecture-based methodologies as control condition with active methodologies in the VR condition. Learning outcomes were positively influenced by immersivity, interactivity and active methodologies, although at different degrees. No study involved students with disabilities or SpLDs in the experimentation. By offering a multidimensional perspective on the application of VR in higher education contexts, the paper provides a valuable resource for educators, researchers, and policymakers navigating the dynamic intersection of VR and higher education
Archaeological Ethnography of Indigenous Heritage Rights: Emergent Realities around the Petroglyph of the ‘Chiqui’ in Amaicha del Valle (NW Argentina)
This article aims to contribute to an ethical and post-disciplinary reflection in indigenous and postcolonial archaeologies. Adopting the relational perspective of political ontology unravels the complexities behind the seemingly superficial conflicts over the interpretation of a piece of rock art and the failed implementation of the solar energy project in the Indigenous Community Amaicha del Valle. The juxtaposition of state-authorised and place-based narratives and political actions brings to the fore conflicting perspectives of heritage, rights and indigeneity. Through ethnohistorical and early archaeological accounts from the Calchaquí Valleys, the research reveals the epistemic disavowal of Indigenous histories and lifeworlds as the Argentine state established its national sovereignty and development models between the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. The case study also draws on archaeological ethnography to highlight generative spaces of knowledge and articulation across divergence and materiality, and that conflicting heritage ontologies can generate new cultural-political forms that diverge from the established consensus