Analogue Film, Ghostly Ontologies and Fairy-tale in Bella e perduta and Lazzaro felice

As the ecological crisis intensifies, the blurring of boundaries between the natural and the artificial is becoming increasingly obvious. Therefore, the question of the simulacrum, as it was posed by Baudrillard and the postmodern debate, is now being re-opened and signified. In the two Italian films Bella e perduta [Lost and Beautiful] (2015) and Lazzaro felice [Happy as Lazzaro] (2018), the impossibility of establishing a distinction between nature and culture, virtual and real, human and non-human finds expression in a cinematographic form. In these films, the clash is no longer located between reality and hyperreality but in a phantasmatic dialectic that rediscovers the value of the biological body by placing it in a network of historical, social and technological relations. Starting from the organic element, the two films unsettle the epistemological and cognitive frontiers of modernity by addressing the filmic support, the ontological status of the characters and the choice of narrative genre.Alors que la crise écologique s'intensifie, l'opposition entre le naturel et l'artificiel devient de plus en plus ténue. C'est pourquoi la question du simulacre, telle que posée par Baudrillard et le débat postmoderne, est aujourd'hui rouverte et re-signifiée. Dans les deux films italiens Bella e perduta (2015) et Lazzaro felice (2018), l'impossibilité d'établir une distinction entre nature et culture, entre virtuel et réel, entre humain et non-humain trouve son expression sous forme cinématographique. Dans ces films, l'affrontement ne se situe plus entre réalité et hyperréalité mais dans une dialectique fantasmatique qui redécouvre la valeur du corps biologique en l'insérant dans un réseau de relations historiques, sociales et technologiques. Partant de l'élément organique, les deux films perturbent les frontières épistémologiques et cognitives de la modernité en intervenant sur le support filmique, le statut ontologique des personnages et le choix du genre narratif.Con l'intensificarsi della crisi ecologica, la contrapposizione tra naturale e artificiale si fa  sempre più tenue. Per questo la questione del simulacro, così come era stata posta da Baudrillard e dal dibattito postmoderno, viene ora riaperta e risignificata. Nei due film italiani Bella e perduta (2015) e Lazzaro felice (2018), l'impossibilità di stabilire una distinzione tra natura e cultura, tra virtuale e reale, tra umano e non umano trova espressione in forma cinematografica. In questi film, lo scontro non si situa più tra realtà e iperrealtà ma in una dialettica fantasmatica che riscopre il valore del corpo biologico inserendolo in una rete di relazioni storiche, sociali e tecnologiche. Partendo dall'elemento organico, i due film scompaginano le frontiere epistemologiche e cognitive della modernità intervenendo sul supporto filmico, sullo statuto ontologico dei personaggi e sulla scelta del genere narrativo

governance and the stakeholders engagement in city logistics the sulpiter methodology and the bologna application

Abstract Many actors are involved in the urban freight delivery system. They hold different visions, perceptions, goals. However, city logistics affects a well-defined set of subjects: their acceptance of (and even positive contribution to) policy can be enhanced by continuing consultation. This evidence stresses the need for the stakeholders' engagement as a strategic factor of any decision-making process. The paper presents the guidelines of the EU-funded project SULPiTER (Interreg Central Europe Programme) for the stakeholders' involvement (both public and private) in the definition of city logistics policies. In particular, the FQP (Freight Quality Partnership) tool is analyzed and discussed. After an overview of the institutional references and the implemented experiences, a methodological approach is presented, describing the steps for an effective FQP implementation. The case of the Metropolitan city of Bologna is presented as the local application of the SULPiTER methodology, considering two aspects: the way of defining the governance for combining horizontally different public authorities, and the tool for e ngaging the private stakeholders in the definition of Sustainable Urban Logistics Plans (SULPs)

Montes argentum mihi dant (il Trentino Alto Adige di fronte alla globalizzazione)

l’articolo pone a confronto il modello di sviluppo del Trentino Alto Adige con quello generale del Nord-Est cercando di isolarne le determinanti specifiche in modo da valutare la sostenibilità nel tempo del modello di sviluppo seguito dalla regione alpina. A tal fine vengono analizzate in particolare le specializzazioni produttive, la dinamica imprenditoriale e l’attività di innovazione

Future Proofing: Changing Tourism Education to Change Business Practices

Introduction: This paper addresses the TTRA Canada conference sub-theme “Future-Proofing: Learning from Today to Build Back Tomorrow.” The pandemic has accelerated discussion about the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of tourism, social equity, workers’ dignity, as well as the long-term climate crisis. Tourism and the pandemic have led to a series of discussions about whether tourism can indeed be sustainable (e.g., Benjamin et al., 2020). The fact that the tourism industry has been the economic activity that was the most affected by the pandemic feeds this discussion (Della Lucia, Giudici, & Dimanche, 2021) . The sector has shown that it was vulnerable, not only with respect to the pandemic resulting in border closings and numerous, often changing travel restrictions, but also, more recently, with respect to the difficulties experienced by businesses in bringing back employees and hiring new ones. On the other hand, the pandemic has given pause for people to reflect on the status of tourism and to imagine a better or different tourism future, one that will be more respectful of nature and community stakeholders, and one that will address other critical challenges such as climate change. The purpose of this paper is to argue that tourism cannot change for the better if tourism management education does not change. We take humanistic management as a conceptual framework to explain how tourism higher education should evolve to prepare future leaders to be able to regenerate and manage tourism towards a better future. Two educational cases serve to illustrate what humanistic tourism management education could do to positively affect business practice. Literature: The COVID-19 international health crisis has led to significant debates about the future of tourism. The industry associations (e.g., UNWTO, WTTC, as well as national tourism associations) are calling for action from governments to restart tourism and to provide support for the travel sector and its recovery and (re)growth towards pre-pandemic levels. On the other hand, many academics are calling for a change in the way we manage tourism, asking for humanistic tourism, regenerative tourism, social tourism, and de-growth (e.g., Della Lucia and Giudici, 2021a; Gössling et al., 2020; Higgins-Desbiolles et al., 2021; Lew et al. 2020). Those two perspectives are discussed by Butcher (2021) and Higgins-Desbiolles (2020) who don’t hesitate to call this debate a “war on tourism.” Few scholars have addressed the need for change from an educational perspective because higher (university) education is at the heart of management practices. However the current neoliberalism perspectives in universities endangers the ability to change and reach the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (Slocum et al., 2019). To empower students to lead change towards sustainable tourism in the post-pandemic era (Mínguez et al. 2021), a different educational approach is needed. Some authors have started to address tourism challenges from an education perspective relying on a values-based approach (e.g., Della Lucia & Giudici, 2021b; Della Lucia, Giudici, & Secchi, 2021; Sheldon et al. 2008). This paper proposes a humanistic management approach to change tourism education (Della Lucia et al., 2021), by putting human beings and their dignity at the core of the transformation of the current paradigm towards humanizing business, the economy, and society (Melé 2016). Method: The paper discusses the humanistic management perspective as a conceptual basis for change in tourism higher education through two university courses that are used as illustrative and descriptive cases (Yin, 2009): (1) Field Studies in Hospitality and Tourism of the Bachelor in Hospitality and Tourism Management in a Canadian university. This course takes place in a third place (e.g., Cuba, Jamaica, or indigenous communities in the Northwest Territories). (2) Economy of Culture and Tourism of a Master program in a European University. The courses are investigated to address learning objectives, content, and pedagogy. Findings: The cases illustrate new pathways on how to prepare future tourism leaders to innovate tourism management practices by changing the learning outcomes, the related contents, and the pedagogical strategies. The development of an understanding of the pillars of humanistic management in the context of tourism and culture management needs to blend traditional tourism topics with humanistic management values (dignity, ethics) and combine theoretical, practical, and contextualized knowledge. To pursue these outcomes, education strategies must be based on diverse dialogue-based methodology, engaging tools, and be experienced both in the classroom and third places to allow the co-creation of knowledge and the activation of diverse facets of our humanity. Through these teaching-learning experiences students improve the relevance of the knowledge required to manage humanistically and responsibly, and acquire the reflective capacity to be agents of positive change and to make an impact on society. Conclusion: The cases demonstrate how universities in different countries are beginning to change their tourism programs leveraging on a values-based perspective inspired by humanistic management values (dignity, ethics, and legitimacy). These cases represent early attempts by individual faculty members to find new experiential-learning educational pathways and it is hoped that those initiatives will infiltrate curricula to become foundations for tourism management education, at a time when tourism needs, more than ever, to be managed differently. References Benjamin, S., Dillette, A., & Alderman, D. H. (2020). “We can’t return to normal”: committing to tourism equity in the post-pandemic age. Tourism Geographies, 22(3), 476-483. Butcher, J. (2021). Covid-19, tourism and the advocacy of degrowth. Tourism Recreation Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2021.1953306 Della Lucia, M., & Giudici, E. (2021a). Humanistic tourism: valued, norms and dignity. New York: Routledge. Della Lucia, M., & Giudici, E. (2021b). Humanistic management and sustainable tourism: Human, social and environmental challenges. New York: Routledge. Della Lucia, M., Dimanche, F., Giudici, E., Camargo, B., & Winchenbach, A. (2021). Enhancing tourism education: The contribution of humanistic management. Manuscript submitted for publication. Della Lucia, M., Giudici, E., & Secchi, D. (2021). Re-shaping tourism: Advances and open issues. In M. Della Lucia & E. Giudici (Eds.) Humanistic tourism: Values, norms and dignity (pp. 231-244). New York: Routledge. Della Lucia, M., Giudici, E., & Dimanche, F. (2021). Lessons for shared value creation in tourism: The pandemic challenge. In M. Della Lucia & E. Giudici (Eds.) Humanistic management and sustainable tourism: Human, social and environmental challenges (pp. 255-268). New York: Routledge. Gössling, S., Scott, D., & Hall, C. M. (2020). Pandemics, tourism and global change: A rapid assessment of COVID-19. 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Are luxury and sustainability compatible? A Canadian social entrepreneurship case

Sustainability is a pressing issue for industry. Climate change, the concern for pollution, the need to lower energy consumption, and the necessity to provide economic benefits in local communities are problems that the sector is increasingly aware of but slowly addressing. The purpose of this paper is to address sustainability in the luxury hotel sector. Can a hotel be designed to be sustainable while providing an experience that customers want to pay for at a high price? An exploratory case-study method was used on Fogo Island Inn, an award-winning hotel in Newfoundland, Canada, that offers a unique luxury experience centered around sustainability. Fogo Island Inn is a success story that demonstrates that a hotel can combine, with the adoption of a new business model, a luxury focus with strong environmental and social orientation. A luxury hotel may be both a social business and a community asset creating a shared value

Studi Korelasi Gaya Hidup terhadap Efektivitas Obat Antihipertensi pada Pasien di Salah Satu Puskesmas di Wilayah Surabaya Selatan

Hipertensi atau penyakit darah tinggi merupakan peningkatan tekanan darah sistolik lebih dari 140 mmHg dan tekanan darah diastolik lebih dari 90 mmHg pada dua kali pengukuran dengan selang waktu lima menit dalam keadaan cukup istirahat atau tenang. Penyakit hipertensi juga disebut sebagai “the silent diseases” karena karakter dari penyakit hipertensi tidak menampakkan tanda dan gejala yang jelas. Gaya hidup sehat menggambarkan pola perilaku sehari-hari yang mengarah pada upaya memelihara kondisi fisik, mental dan sosial berada dalam keadaan positif. Modifikasi gaya hidup dapat menurunkan tekanan darah serta meningkatkan efektivitas terapi farmakologik. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah pengetahui pengaruh gaya hidup terhadap efektivitas terapi antihipertensi pada pasien di Puskesmas “X” Wilayah Surabaya Selatan. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian non-eksperimental menggunakan rancangan penelitian cross sectional dan dilakukan pengambilan data secara retrospektif. Gaya hidup diukur dengan menggunakan kuesioner dan tekanan darah diambil dari rekam medis. Sampel penelitian adalah pasien dengan diagnosis penyakit hipertensi yang datang berobat ke Puskesmas “X” Wilayah Surabaya Selatan pada periode bulan Februari-Maret 2020 sebanyak 67 pasien. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada hubungan atau korelasi antara gaya hidup saat menggunakan obat antihipertensi dengan efektivitas terap

Montes Argentum Mihi Dant (Il Trentino Alto Adige di fronte alla globalizzazione).

L'articolo pone a confronto il modello di sviluppo del Trentino Alto Adige con quello generale del Nord-Est cercando di isolarne le determinanti specifiche in modo da valutare la sostenibilità nel tempo del modello di sviluppo seguito dalla regione alpina. A tal fine vengono analizzate in particolare le specializzazioni produttive, la dinamica imprenditoriale e le attività di innovazione.

Coordination of unmanned marine vehicles for asymmetric threats protection

A coordination protocol for systems of unmanned marine vehicles is proposed for protection against asymmetric threats. The problem is first mod- elled in a game theoretic framework, as a potential game. Then an extension of existing learning algo- rithms is proposed to address the problem of tracking the possibly moving threat. The approach is evaluated in scenarios of different geometric complexity such as open sea, bay, and harbours. Performance of the approach is evaluated in terms of a security index that will allow us to obtain a tool for team sizing. The tool provides the minimum number of marine vehicles to be used in the system, given a desired security level to be guaranteed and the maximum threat velocity