Femminile plurale: la letteratura italiana tra identitá e confini geografici.

Capítulos 1, 2, 3, 4 y 5 no disponibles por motivo de embargoA partir de los años ’90 en Italia se desarrolla un nuevo tipo de literatura producida por autores y autoras extranjeras o procedentes de las antiguas colonias italianas en África. La periodización común sitúa el principio de la denominada “literatura de migración” en 1990 con la publicación de dos novelas: Immigrato, escrito por Salah Methnani y Io, venditore di elefanti de Pap Khouma. La mirada de los extranjeros, migrantes y refugiados políticos, es el centro neurálgico de estas narraciones que proponen una nueva perspectiva hacia la sociedad y la cultura italiana. La literatura de migración es un espacio abierto donde confluyen distintas narraciones escritas por autores y autoras extranjeras en lengua italiana. Esta característica coloca, sin duda, la literatura italiana de la migración dentro de la que Deleuze y Guattari definen como “literatura menor”, una literatura escrita por una minoría en la lengua de la mayoría. Los criterios de selección de textos migrantes son, en la mayoría de los casos, de tipo geográfico, con lo cual se han incluido en esta tesis escritoras que escriben en italiano a pesar de no ser su lengua madre. Al contrario, es posible que los criterios de selección sean de tipo geopolítico, por lo tanto, se puede hacer otra distinción y definir como “literatura postcolonial” todos esos textos producidos por autoras procedentes de las ex colonias italianas (Somalia, Eritrea, Libia, Etiopia) y cuya experiencia esté relacionada con la colonización italiana. Estas narraciones cuestionan la idea de italianidad como una entidad fija, ofreciendo nuevos puntos de vista sobre una olvidada época de la historia italiana. Sin embargo, dentro de ese “canon menor” que se construye con todos los textos excluidos por el sistema dominante, existe otra mirada que pone su atención hacia una “minoría dentro de las minorías”: el punto de vista femenino. El punto de partida de un sujeto sexuado y feminizado ofrece nuevas perspectivas de análisis y propone nuevas interacciones y redes que ya no se conforman con la procedencia geográfica, sino que se establecen a través de una mirada común. Este trabajo propone un análisis de las relaciones que se constituyen dentro de la literatura menor, a través de la profundización de dos textos migrantes: Princesa de Fernanda Farias de Albuquerque y Amanda, Olinda, Azzurra e le altre de Christiana de Caldas Brito. La expresión de la perspectiva femenina sobre la migración y la experiencia colonial representan un importante momento de cambio dentro de toda la literatura ya que, por primera vez, no se propone la mirada de un extranjero genérico y asexuado, sino un punto de vista político y sexuado. La complejidad de lo femenino reside en el impacto que tiene en la sociedad, en el proceso de autodeterminación y toma de palabra pública de un colectivo minoritario. La metodología propuesta en este trabajo es interdisciplinar y abarca distintas áreas como la lingüística, la antropología y la sociología. La presente investigación es el resultado del estudio del aparato crítico y literario que anima los debates académicos alrededor de esos temas

Postcolonial Trajectories: towards a Re-definition of Italianity

Although its short duration, Italian colonialism left traces both in literature and in the core structure of Italian society. The Italian colonies in Africa were home to many male and female writers who, through their texts, reopened the debate around the Italian imperialist expansion. Postcolonial texts contribute to the creation of a new vision of Italy and a new perception of Italianity, reflecting through it the image of a new and mestizo people./n Seppur di breve durata, il colonialismo italiano ha lasciato tracce sia in letteratura che nella struttura stessa della società italiana. Le colonie italiane in Africa sono state patria di diversi scrittori e scrittrici che, attraverso i loro testi, hanno riaperto il dibattito intorno all’espansione imperialista italiana. I testi postcoloniali contribuiscono alla creazione di una nuova visione dell’Italia e una nuova percezione dell’italianità, restituendo l’immagine di un popolo nuovo e meticcio./n Seppur di breve durata, il colonialismo italiano ha lasciato tracce sia in letteratura che nella struttura stessa della società italiana. Le colonie italiane in Africa sono state patria di diversi scrittori e scrittrici che, attraverso i loro testi, hanno riaperto il dibattito intorno all’espansione imperialista italiana. I testi postcoloniali contribuiscono alla creazione di una nuova visione dell’Italia e una nuova percezione dell’italianità, restituendo l’immagine di un popolo nuovo e meticcio./n

Petrarchismo ed antipetrarchismo: un confronto nella «Querelle des femmes»

Tra il XV e il XVII secolo i modelli petrarchisti hanno fortemente influenzato la storia della letteratura, caratterizzando i testi di diversi autori ed autrici che hanno animato il dibattito intorno allo stile, la lingua e i temi dell’autore aretino. L’imitatio e la variatio petrarchesche sono state l’oggetto principale della polemica post-cinquecentesca sull’originalità della scrittura e sulla riproduzione imitativa dei modelli trecenteschi. La lirica trecentesca, sia in forma di imitazione che di opposizione, ha caratterizzato buona parte della produzione letteraria cinquecentesca ed è motivo ricorrente nei testi della Querelle des femmes. L’opera di Cristoforo Bronzini Della dignità e della nobiltà delle donne affronta l’annosa questione della tendenza poetica e letteraria rinascimentale della riproduzione degli schemi petrarchisti attraverso la tensione dialettica tra Tolomei ed Onorio. L’autore marchigiano chiama in causa i principali argomenti del dibattito a lui contemporaneo, interrogando sia i testi trecenteschi che le opere successive sul valore della poesia imitativa

Piezoelectric composite films for energy harvesting devices

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Establishing relationships with their homeland: Shirin Ramzanali Fazel, Igiaba Scego e Maryam Maio

I rapporti politici tra Italia e Somalia hanno sempre destato particolare attenzione, in virtù del passato coloniale in comune. I movimenti diasporici tra i due Paesi, divisi in diversi momenti, sono stati i protagonisti del Novecento. In particolar modo, la diaspora somala assume un ruolo centrale all’interno della letteratura italiana dell’ultimo secolo, grazie alle produzioni autobiografiche di autrici come Shirin Ramzanali Fazel, Igiaba Scego e Maryam Maio. Le voci diasporiche entrano in relazione fra loro, offrendo una visione più completa di questo delicato periodo storico.Political relations between Italy and Somalia have always aroused attention because of their common colonial past. The diasporic movements between the two countries, divided at different times, have been the protagonists of the twentieth century. In particular, the Somali diaspora assumes a central role within the Italian literature of the last century, thanks to the autobiographical productions of authors such as Shirin Ramzanali Fazel, Igiaba Scego and Maryam Maio. The diasporic voices establish a relationship between them, offering a more complete vision of this sensitive historical period

Wearable Brain-Computer Interface Instrumentation for Robot-Based Rehabilitation by Augmented Reality

An instrument for remote control of the robot by wearable brain-computer interface (BCI) is proposed for rehabilitating children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Augmented reality (AR) glasses generate flickering stimuli, and a single-channel electroencephalographic BCI detects the elicited steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEPs). This allows benefiting from the SSVEP robustness by leaving available the view of robot movements. Together with the lack of training, a single channel maximizes the device's wearability, fundamental for the acceptance by ADHD children. Effectively controlling the movements of a robot through a new channel enhances rehabilitation engagement and effectiveness. A case study at an accredited rehabilitation center on ten healthy adult subjects highlighted an average accuracy higher than 83%, with information transfer rate (ITR) up to 39 b/min. Preliminary further tests on four ADHD patients between six- and eight-years old provided highly positive feedback on device acceptance and attentional performance

Reuse and valorisation of hemp fibres and rice husk particles for fire resistant fibreboards and particleboards

The present manuscript deals with the reuse and valorisation of agricultural wastes and by-products (namely, hemp fibres and rice husk particles) to produce fire retardant fibreboards and particleboards for applications in biobuilding. Since fire retardancy is one of the most important challenges, a detailed study on the thermal and flame retardant properties of the above materials assembled using starch as the binder and different ammonium dihydrogen phosphate contents as fire retardant agents, is proposed. The combustion properties have been investigated in developing fire conditions, employing a radiating heat flux of 35 kW/m2 generated by a cone calorimeter. An optimised formulation able to make both fibreboards and particleboards not ignitable has been found and is predicted to be “A2/B” class in the European fire classification for building products. The resultant materials have proven to undergo pyrolysis and not to burn, favouring the formation of a dense and consistent final residue

Influence of Mechanical Properties on the Piezoelectric Response of UV-Cured Composite Films Containing Different ZnO Morphologies

ZnO flower-like (ZFL) and needle (ZLN) structures were synthesized and embedded into UV-curable acrylic resin (EB), with the aim to study the effect of filler loading on the piezoelectric properties of the resulting composite films. The composites showed uniform dispersion of fillers within the polymer matrix. However, by increasing the filler amount, the number of aggregates increased, and ZnO fillers appeared not to be perfectly embedded in polymer film, indicating poor interaction with acrylic resin. The filler content increase caused an increase in glass transition temperature (Tg) and a decrease in storage modulus in the glassy state. In particular, compared with pure UV-cured EB (Tg = 50 °C), 10 wt.% ZFL and ZLN presented Tg values of 68 and 77 °C, respectively. The piezoelectric response generated by the polymer composites was good when measured at 19 Hz as a function of the acceleration; the RMS output voltages achieved at 5 g were 4.94 and 1.85 mV for the composite films containing ZFL and ZLN, respectively, at their maximum loading levels (i.e., 20 wt.%). Further, the RMS output voltage increase was not proportional to the filler loading; this finding was attributable to the decrease in the storage modulus of the composites at high ZnO loading rather than the dispersion of filler or the number of particles on the surface

A Wearable AR-based BCI for Robot Control in ADHD Treatment: Preliminary Evaluation of Adherence to Therapy

A wearable, single-channel Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) based on Augmented Reality (AR) and Steady-State Visually Evoked Potentials (SSVEPs) for robot control is proposed as an innovative therapy for robot-based Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) rehabilitation of children. The system manages to overcome the challenges regarding immersivity and wearability, providing a direct path between human brain and social robots, already successfully employed for ADHD treatment. Through the proposed system, even without training, the user can drive a robot, in real-time, by brain signals. A preliminary evaluation of the children adherence to the therapy was conducted as a case study on 18 subjects, at an accredited rehabilitation center. After investigating the children acceptance of the proposed system, different tasks were assigned to the volunteers aiming to observe their level of involvement. The experimental activity showed encouraging results, where almost all the participants were satisfied with the experience and keen to repeat it again in the future