Respirare il tempo: Re-Azioni di superamento COVID-19

This reflective essays retraces the experience of ‘Mirabilia’, an online project originated at the beginning of the Italian lockdown (March 2020) by a spontaneous group made up of researchers from different disciplines, which had the purpose of showing human creativity and the ability to find strategies for survival and ways to cope with adversity. In particular, the essay illustrates “The Breath of Time”, a virtual exhibition created by Mirabilia: through a public call, many images and narrations of personal and particularly significant objects were collected during the quarantine, and are here discussed and illustrated

Etude de biodémographie sur une population rurale de la Haute-Vienne (Limousin-France)

La recherche en anthropologie biodémographique effectuée sur un échantillon de la population rurale de Châteauponsac et des villages proches (Haute-Vienne) des XVIIIe et XXe siècles a permis d analyser les changements survenus pour ces pays. Les données ont été tirées des registres d état civil qui sont complets et permettent donc d évaluer les modifications de la population de manière continue. Les analyses des mariages, c'est-à-dire les comportements sociaux et démographiques de la population (en particulier, choix conjugaux, métiers des conjoints, etc), ont pour but de compléter les données sociales et culturelles par celles de nature biodémographique et biologique (âge de la femme à son premier enfant, intervalle intergénésique, nombre de mariages complets, etc). Le calcul de endogamie, exogamie et consanguinité ont mis en évidence les caractéristiques importantes de ces populations.A partir des différents actes de naissance, de mariage et de décès, il a été ensuite procédé à la reconstruction des familles, tâche importante pour comprendre les problèmes liés à la nature intrinsèque de toute la communauté.Les recherches ont révélé le degré d ouverture de la population examinée, laquelle est caractérisée par une endogamie de vallée , bien qu il ne s agisse pas d une population de montagne. Mes études ont mis en évidence cet aspect et ont également analysé les effets de la transition démographique, le passage de l ancien régime à la société moderne et les mouvements migratoires. Une interprétation plus exhaustive des résultats des études anthropologiques a été obtenue par l intégration avec des données historique et par l analyse des aspects géographiques et socioculturels.The anthropological research worked out on a sample of rural population in Châteauponsac and in the nearby villages ( Haute Vienne) in XVIII and XX centuries has allowed us to analyze the changes occurred in these countries. The data have been taken from the civil state archives which are exhaustive and have allowed us to assess these changes in a continuous way. The data of marriages, which means the social and demographical behavior of the population complete social and cultural data with the bio-demographical and biological data ( age of women at their first child, intrinsic interval, etc). The calculation of endogamy, exogamy and consanguinity have highlighted the important features of these populations. Starting from these different birth, marriages and death records, we have reconstructed the families, which is an important task to understand the problems related to the nature of the whole community. The research have revealed the opening of the population which is characterized by a valley endogamy, although it is a mountain population. My studies have highlighted this aspect and have also analyzed the effects of the demographical transition, the shift from ancient to modern society and migratory flood. A more comprehensive interpretation of results of anthropological studies have been worked out through the integration with the historical data and through the analysis of geographical and socio-cultural data.AIX-MARSEILLE2-Bib.electronique (130559901) / SudocSudocFranceF

Arte irregolare in Italia. Storie, passaggi e connessioni

Over the past hundred years, artefacts produced by people with mental disabilities or who live various forms of social marginalization have been collected, investigated, exhibited and discussed. However, absolute criteria to consider them as works of art or, on the contrary, as mere expressive productions without aesthetic qualities are yet to come. Still, it is now possible to trace the history of the matter, hence to infer useful elements for a general reflection. Paying a specific attention to the case of the City of Turin, that holds one of the oldest and richest Art Brut collections in Italy (eg. Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography), the history of this process is here reconstructed connecting the international with the local emergence of this production. Furthermore, the dialogue now going on with irregular and contemporary artworks in exhibitions and projects is also investigated.Nonostante il fatto che negli ultimi cento anni manufatti prodotti da persone con disabilità mentali o che vivono varie forme di emarginazione sociale sono state raccolte, indagate, esibite e discusse, non esistono ancora dei criteri assoluti per considerare questi lavori o come opere d'arte o, al contrario, come mere produzioni espressive senza qualità estetiche. Tuttavia, è ora possibile risalire alla storia della questione e, quindi, dedurre elementi utili per una riflessione generale. Un'attenzione specifica al caso della città di Torino, che custodisce una delle più antiche e ricche collezioni di Art Brut d'Italia (es. Museo di Antropologia ed Etnografia). La storia di questo processo viene qui ricostruita connettendo l'internazionale con le emergenze locali di questa produzione e verificando il dialogo in corso fra opere irregolari e contemporanee in mostre e progetti