« Le pire est passé. Maintenant la guerre arrive » : Ethnographie d’une commémoration fasciste en Italie

Se fondant sur la récolte de témoignages et l’analyse des médias, notre article aborde le thème des pratiques sociales de construction de la mémoire du passé entre mémoire commune/historique et usage/mésusage politique du passé. À partir de l’observation ethnographique d’un cas particulier, une commémoration fasciste dans le nord de l’Italie, sur un des lieux de la guerre civile et de la Résistance italienne (1943-1945), l’article essaie de tracer les caractéristiques culturelles de ce rituel commémoratif par rapport à la mémoire collective du fascisme et de la Résistance en Italie. Il s’attarde particulièrement sur la violence symbolique inscrite dans les pratiques et sur la mythologie politique en tant que ressource symbolique de construction du conflit social sur la mémoire et sur le présent.Based on a collection of testimonies and media analysis, our article broaches the theme of social practices for the construction of the memory of the past between communal-historical memory and the political use and abuse of the past. Starting from the ethnographic observation of a particular case, that of a fascist commemoration in the north of Italy on one of the sites of the civil ware and the Italian Resistance (1943-45), the article attempts to trace the cultural characteristics of this commemorative ritual in relation to the collective memory of fascism and the Resistance in Italy. It focuses particularly on the symbolic violence inscribed in these practices and on political mythology as a symbolic resource for the construction of social conflict within memory and the present.A partir de una serie de testimonios y del análisis de los medios, nuestro artículo plantea el tema de las prácticas sociales de construcción de la memoria del pasado, entre la memoria común y la memoria histórica, y el uso y el abuso político del pasado. Partiendo de la observación etnográfica de un caso particular, una conmemoración fascista en el norte de Italia en uno de los lugares de la guerra civil de la Resistencia italiana (1943-1945), el artículo trata de esbozar las características culturales de este ritual conmemorativo con relación a la memoria colectiva del fascismo y de la Resistencia en Italia. El artículo se detiene particularmente en la violencia simbólica inscrita en las prácticas y en la mitología política como recurso simbólico de construcción del conflicto social en la memoria y en el presente

The Consequences of Modernity in the Deep Europe: The Transformation of Industrial Landscapes in Alpine Regions

The alpine region is undergoing a process of deindustrialization that has brought significant changes in the local communities; the large amount of brownfields in the Alps not only affects its economic growth but also the social context and the community development. This study aims to investigate the social fabric of a deindustrialised Austrian alpine community dealing with a brownfield regeneration process and to analyse the consequences of the industrial modernity from a social, cultural and symbolic perspective. For this, the wellbeing of the community in terms of social cohesion is examined as well as relevant identitarian aspects and representations of past and future. A mixed-methods research design is used and it combines data from structured questionnaire survey with data obtained by in-depth interviews and ethnographic fieldnotes

Social Representations about Cultural Tourism in the Time of COVID-19: A Case Study of Langhe, Monferrato and Roero (Italy)

Cultural tourism is recognised as one of the broader sectors of the tourism industry, embracing an extensive range of tourist interests. Italy is a remarkable tourist destination due to its cultural appeal in tangible and intangible heritage as well as its cultural resources connected to food and gas-tronomy, and it is of special interest since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020. This study sought to analyse the perceptions of diverse significant actors regarding culture and tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic in Langhe, Monferrato and Roero, an area of southern Piedmont in north-western Italy. As part of a larger collaborative international project addressing the coronavirus situation, the research examined residents, tourists and tourism-related profes-sionals to investigate their perceptions of culture and tourism. Data were collected through a survey employing three distinct questionnaires for the three target groups of residents, tourists and en-trepreneurs and cultural bodies. The data analysis reveals that residents embraced a static repre-sentation of the local cultural tourism’s appeal and heritage, while tourists were motivated mainly by gastronomic and wine experiences. The perception of the coronavirus among the three groups of interviewees reflects a general reduction in almost all cultural activities and travel possibilities

Un sociologo nella Zona Rossa. Rischio, paura, morte e creativit\ue0 ai tempi di Covid-19

Covid-19 non \ue8 stato soltanto l\u2019esplosione di una pandemia globale, ma anche uno straordinario condensato di esperienze e stravolgimenti della vita quotidiana di ciascuno, delle routines della societ\ue0 globale e dello sguardo di ognuno di noi sul mondo. Come interpretare ci\uf2 che ci \ue8 accaduto in quelle settimane di tempesta perfetta? Questo libro, urgente nella gestazione e provvisorio nelle conclusioni, prova a gettare un fascio di luce sul cono d\u2019ombra che l\u2019emergenza sanitaria ci ha scaraventato addosso: le conseguenze sulle persone. La sociologia \ue8 il sapere del mutamento, la forma di conoscenza forse pi\uf9 adatta a descrivere ed interpretare i grandi rivolgimenti che percorrono il consorzio umano e, in questo libro, ho fatto l\u2019unica che so fare: leggere alcune delle parole che grandi maestri del pensiero sociologico hanno coniato, analizzato e attraversato per dare conto delle profonde trasformazioni, spesso carsiche, della societ\ue0 della modernit\ue0 avanzata. Rischio e paura, solitudine e morte, ma anche comprensione reciproca e creativit\ue0 sono alcune delle vecchie chiavi di lettura per leggere le nuove sfide che Covid-19, nuovo convitato di pietra alla tavola della nostra vita presente e futura, ci sta ponendo e che continuer\ue0 a fare per molto tempo. Fino alla prossima radicale trasformazione

A multi-physics approach to simulate the RF heating 3D power map induced by the proton beam in a beam intercepting device

The project High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) calls for a streaking beam intensity and brightness in the LHC machine. In such a scenario, beam-environment electromagnetic interactions are a crucial topic: they could lead to uneven power deposition in machine equipment. The resulting irregular temperature distribution would generate local thermal gradients, this would create mechanical stresses which could lead to cracks and premature failure of accelerator devices. This work presents a method to study this phenomenon by means of coupled electro-thermomechanical simulations. Further, an example of application on a real HL-LHC device is also discussed

Analysis on the mechanical effects induced by beam impedance heating on the HL-LHC target dump injection segmented (TDIS) absorber

The High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) Project at CERN calls for increasing beam brightness and intensity. In such a scenario, critical accelerator devices need to be redesigned and rebuilt. Impedance is among the design drivers, since its thermo-mechanical effects could lead to premature device failures. In this context, the current work reports the results of a multiphysics study to assess the electromagnetic and thermo-mechanical behaviour of the Target Dump Injection Segmented (TDIS). It first discusses the outcomes of the impedance analysis performed to characterise the resistive wall and the high order resonant modes (HOMs) trapped in the TDIS structures. Then, their RF-heating effects and the related temperature distribution are considered. Finally, mechanical stresses induced by thermal gradients are studied in order to give a final validation on the design qualit

A general model of dioxin contamination in breast milk: results from a study on 94 women from the Caserta and Naples areas in Italy.

BackgroundThe Caserta and Naples areas in Campania Region experience heavy environmental contamination due to illegal waste disposal and burns, thus representing a valuable setting to develop a general model of human contamination with dioxins (PCDDs-PCDFs) and dioxin-like-PCBs (dl-PCBs).Methods94 breastfeeding women (aged 19-32 years; mean age 27.9 ± 3.0) were recruited to determine concentrations of PCDDs-PCDFs and dl-PCBs in their milk. Individual milk samples were collected and analyzed according to standard international procedures. A generalized linear model was used to test potential predictors of pollutant concentration in breast milk: age, exposure to waste fires, cigarette smoking, diet, and residence in high/low risk area (defined at high/low environmental pressure by a specific 2007 WHO report). A Structural Equation Model (SEM) analysis was carried out by taking into account PCDDs-PCDFs and dl-PCBs as endogenous variables and age, waste fires, risk area and smoking as exogenous variables.ResultsAll milk samples were contaminated by PCDDs-PCDFs (8.6 pg WHO-TEQ/98g fat ± 2.7; range 3.8-19) and dl-PCBs (8.0 pg WHO-TEQ/98g fat ± 3.7; range 2.5-24), with their concentrations being associated with age and exposure to waste fires (p < 0.01). Exposure to fires resulted in larger increases of dioxins concentrations in people living in low risk areas than those from high risk areas (p < 0.01).ConclusionsA diffuse human exposure to persistent organic pollutants was observed in the Caserta and Naples areas. Dioxins concentration in women living in areas classified at low environmental pressure in 2007 WHO report was significantly influenced by exposure to burns

The ToCAI description scheme for indexing and retrieval of multimedia documents

In this work, a framework, called Table of Content-Analytical Index (ToCAI), for the content description of multimedia material is presented. The idea for such a description scheme (DS) originates from the structures used for indexing technical books (table of content and analytical index). This description scheme provides therefore a hierarchical description of the time sequential structure of a multimedia document (ToC), suitable for browsing, together with an “Analytical Index” (AI) of audio-visual objects of the document, suitable for effective retrieval. Besides other two sub-description schemes for the category and the description of the meta-data associated to the multimedia document are enclosed in the general DS. The detailed structure of the DS is presented by means of UML notation as well, and an application example is shown

Ensemble modelling, uncertainty and robust predictions of organic carbon in long-term bare-fallow soils

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This study was supported by the project “C and N models inter-comparison and improvement to assess management options for GHG mitigation in agro-systems worldwide” (CN-MIP, 2014- 2017), which received funding by a multi-partner call on agricultural greenhouse gas research of the Joint Programming Initiative ‘FACCE’ through national financing bodies. S. Recous, R. Farina, L. Brilli, G. Bellocchi and L. Bechini received mobility funding by way of the French Italian GALILEO programme (CLIMSOC project). The authors acknowledge particularly the data holders for the Long Term Bare-Fallows, who made their data available and provided additional information on the sites: V. Romanenkov, B.T. Christensen, T. Kätterer, S. Houot, F. van Oort, A. Mc Donald, as well as P. Barré. The input of B. Guenet and C. Chenu contributes to the ANR “Investissements d’avenir” programme with the reference CLAND ANR-16-CONV-0003. The input of P. Smith and C. Chenu contributes to the CIRCASA project, which received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement no 774378 and the projects: DEVIL (NE/M021327/1) and Soils‐R‐GRREAT (NE/P019455/1). The input of B. Grant and W. Smith was funded by Science and Technology Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, under the scope of project J-001793. The input of A. Taghizadeh-Toosi was funded by Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark as part of the SINKS2 project. The input of M. Abdalla contributes to the SUPER-G project, which received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement no 774124.Peer reviewedPostprin