Un poquito más nos ha unido el Covid’. Dinamiche di autogestione durante la pandemia in una comunità indigena dell'Amazzonia peruviana

Questo articolo esplora le trasformazioni sociali e politiche avvenute durante il periodo pandemico all’interno di una comunità indigena dell'Amazzonia peruviana, situata nel cuore della regione Madre de Dios. Questo studio etnografico permetterà di riflettere sulle capacità di coordinazione e di auto-governo messe in atto per rispondere ad una crisi sanitaria e sociale da una collettività usualmente frammentata e conflittiva. Situata nel cuore sia di un punto nevralgico del commercio internazionale del legname, che nella spina dorsale del sistema di viabilità della regione, la comunità di Shintuya, di etnia prevalentemente arakmbut, si presenta come una realtà socio-culturale estremamente complessa, dominata da uno spirito di individualismo, privatizzazione e accumulo di capitale economico. In quanto testimonianza emblematica dei principali fenomeni di trasformazione sociali ed economici presenti negli ultimi cinquant'anni nelle società indigene delle frontiere estrattive, Shintuya diventa nel 2020 un osservatorio eccezionale sulle capacità collettive di risposta alla crisi a partire da un ripensamento sui concetti di modernità, benessere economico e “buen vivir”

Article 64 - Listes officielles d’opérateurs économiques agréés et certification par des organismes de droit public ou privé

Cette contribution commente l'article 64 de la directive 2014/24 sur la passation des marchés publics, portant sur les listes officielles d’opérateurs économiques agréés et la certification par des organismes de droit public ou privé dans le cadre de la sélection qualitative

A contrastive study of intensity constructions: The [Adjective + PP]intensity in German, Italian and French

Intensity constructions consisting of a copula verb followed by an adjective with a prepositional phrase ([Subj - Vcopula - Adjective - PP]intensity, e.g., Germ. verrückt nach etwas sein, It. essere pazzo/a di qualcosa, Fr. être fou/folle de quelque chose) are an interesting linguistic phenomenon (on the valency of adjectives see Matsekh-Ukrayinskyy 2015). Despite prior research on linguistic intensity from various perspectives, this topic remains underexplored in contrastive linguistics and its definition often lacks consistency (cf. Bowers 1963; Liebrecht 2015; Liebrecht, Hustinx, and van Mulken 2019). Following Liebrecht (2015), intensity can be expressed by a linguistic element that, when omitted or replaced, results in a weaker evaluation (e.g., She’s crazy about classical music vs. She loves classical music). This study investigates the semantic, syntactic, and cultural dimensions of ([Subj - Vcopula - Adjective - PP]intensity constructions in German, Italian and French in the framework of Construction Grammar, using data from the TenTen corpora of the SketchEngine. After a short overview of possible adjectives in this construction the paper focuses on two German specific intensity constructions, verrückt nach etwas sein and besessen von etwas sein and their equivalents in Italian (essere pazzo/a di, ossessionato/a da) and French (être fou/folle de, obsédé(e) par). These constructions express an EXPERIENCER's higher appreciation of a STIMULUS. To start with, our analysis addresses the following research questions: • How frequent are these constructions? • Are they used in specific collocations (e.g., with particular adjectives or adverbs?) • What degree of syntactic flexibility do they allow? How is the prepositional phrase structured (e.g., noun phrase vs. infinitive)? • In an intralinguistic perspective, are both constructions synonymous or do they exhibit significant differences in usage and meaning? In a second step, the study contrasts these constructions across the three languages, uncovering typological and cultural differences. Specific questions include: • How do prepositions vary in their realization across German, Italian, and French? • What semantic fields do the nouns in the prepositional phrase belong to? • What cultural preferences or values are reflected in these constructions? Do Italian and French exhibit similar patterns due to their shared Romance typology? Using a combination of collocation frequency measures and qualitative semantic analysis, the study provides novel insights into the interplay between linguistic structure and cultural representation. By examining how intensity is expressed in German, Italian and French, we aim to reveal how typological and cultural differences shape linguistic patterns, contributing to a broader understanding of intensity constructions in contrastive linguistics. References Bowers J. W. (1963). Language intensity, social introversion, and attitude change. Speech Monographs, 30, 345-352. Liebrecht C. (2015). Intens krachtig. Stilistische intensiveerders in evaluatieve teksten [Intensely powerful. Language intensity in evaluative texts] (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Nijmegen: Radboud University Nijmegen. Liebrecht, C., Hustinx, L., & van Mulken, M. (2019). The Relative Power of Negativity: The Influence of Language Intensity on Perceived Strength. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 38(2), 170-193. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X18808562. Matsekh-Ukrayinskyy, L (2015). Adjektivvalenz und präpositionale Komplemente. Eine framebasierte Untersuchung zu Syntax und Semantik der präpositionalen Komplemente bei Adjektiven. Berlin: Lang

Scientific Methodology in Nineteenth Century Britain: Volume II, Deep Time: Geology and Evolution

This collection of primary sources examines scientific methodology in Britain during the long nineteenth century. Over the course of the nineteenth century, emblematically but not exclusively represented by the work of Charles Darwin, natural science reconfigured the ways in which practitioners would treat the sciences of "deep time" – especially geology and the new theory of natural selection. This volume uses primary sources and editorial commentary to examine the topics of geology and evolution in this period. This title will be of great interest to students of the history of philosophy and the history of science

Stairway to Heaven: The Alchemical Curriculum of the Rutbat al-ḥakīm

In the first Maqāla of the Rutbat al-ḥakīm, an alchemical text written, in all likelihood, by Maslama b. Qāsim al-Qurṭubī in 339-342/950-953, we find a curriculum of the sciences to become a sage (ḥakīm), together with a list of books and authors to be read for each science. Being a sage implies, in the author’s view, to manage the two ‘conclusions’ (natījatān), namely alchemy (kīmiyā’) and astral magic (sīmiyā’). Knowing only one of them makes you only ‘half a sage’ (niṣf ḥakīm). Although the progression towards these two conclusions is presented from a theoretical perspective in the first place, it then turns to become a more practical issue. Alchemy and astral magic are considered by the author as arts and sciences. In fact, it appears that while describing this curriculum, the author seeks to explain the link between theory and practice (al-‘amal), and the way the apprentice should train both his mind (dhihn, representing theory) and his hand and eyes (yad, naẓar, representing practice) to understand the knowledge that the Ancients hid behind codenames (al-rumūz al-latī li-al-awā’il). In this presentation, we will explain how the author of the Rutbat al-ḥakīm considers the path to wisdom, and how he accordingly articulates theory and practice in this journey to knowledge

The effects of emotions on memories from a psychological perspective

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A Discussion About Violin Reduction: Geometric Analysis of Contour Lines and Channel of Minima

Some early violins have been reduced during their history to fit imposed morphological standards, while more recent ones have been built directly to these standards. Geometric differences exist between reduced and unreduced instruments, particularly in their contour lines and channel of minima. In a recent preliminary work, we computed and highlighted those two features for two instruments using triangular 3D meshes acquired by photogrammetry, whose fidelity has been assessed and validated with sub-millimetre accuracy. We propose here an extension to a corpus of 38 violins, violas and cellos, and introduce improved procedures, leading to a stronger discussion of the geometric analysis. We first recall the material we are working with. We then discuss how to derive the best reference plane for the violin alignment, which is crucial for the computation of contour lines and channel of minima. Finally, we show how to compute efficiently both characteristics and we illustrate our results with a few examples

ζάω, ζωή, ζῳογονέω, ζωοποιέω, ζωοποίησις, ζωγρέω, ζωγρία

with Eberhard Bons – Mirjam Jekel – Helena Panczová – Daniela Scardi