Travel Communities, Innovative Tools to Support Decisions for Local Tourism Development

AbstractIn tourism, the web 2.0 and in particular the online reviews collected in travel communities are tools that Destination Management Organizations (DMOs), policy makers and operators can increasingly use for searching information, learning consumer behavior, making decisions and planning cultural offers and tourism of territories. The paper presents some results of an empirical analysis carried on the TripAdvisor database in order to assess the level of attractiveness of the cultural and tourist resources of the Campania Region. The results confirm that the travel communities provide useful information for marketing and cultural and tourist planning; thus constitute a valuable, innovative tool for analysis and evaluation to support decision making

Perspectives on data sharing and the New NIH policy from the European Union

The U.S. National Institutes of Health sponsored a meeting in April 2021 to consider how to increase the scientific culture of data sharing. The editors of this special section on the meeting asked three prominent scientists to provide perspectives from Europe on data sharing and management and about the possibilities for global cooperation

The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship

There is an urgent need to improve the infrastructure supporting the reuse of scholarly data. A diverse set of stakeholders—representing academia, industry, funding agencies, and scholarly publishers—have come together to design and jointly endorse a concise and measureable set of principles that we refer to as the FAIR Data Principles. The intent is that these may act as a guideline for those wishing to enhance the reusability of their data holdings. Distinct from peer initiatives that focus on the human scholar, the FAIR Principles put specific emphasis on enhancing the ability of machines to automatically find and use the data, in addition to supporting its reuse by individuals. This Comment is the first formal publication of the FAIR Principles, and includes the rationale behind them, and some exemplar implementations in the community

COVID-19 atypical Parsonage-Turner syndrome: a case report

Background Neurological manifestations of Sars-CoV-2 infection have been described since March 2020 and include both central and peripheral nervous system manifestations. Neurological symptoms, such as headache or persistent loss of smell and taste, have also been documented in COVID-19 long-haulers. Moreover, long lasting fatigue, mild cognitive impairment and sleep disorders appear to be frequent long term neurological manifestations after hospitalization due to COVID-19. Less is known in relation to peripheral nerve injury related to Sars-CoV-2 infection. Case presentation We report the case of a 47-year-old female presenting with a unilateral chest pain radiating to the left arm lasting for more than two months after recovery from Sars-CoV-2 infection. After referral to our post-acute outpatient service for COVID-19 long haulers, she was diagnosed with a unilateral, atypical, pure sensory brachial plexus neuritis potentially related to COVID-19, which occurred during the acute phase of a mild Sars-CoV-2 infection and persisted for months after resolution of the infection. Conclusions We presented a case of atypical Parsonage-Turner syndrome potentially triggered by Sars-CoV-2 infection, with symptoms and repercussion lasting after viral clearance. A direct involvement of the virus remains uncertain, and the physiopathology is unclear. The treatment of COVID-19 and its long-term consequences represents a relatively new challenge for clinicians and health care providers. A multidisciplinary approach to following-up COVID-19 survivors is strongly advised

Art and participation urban cultural regeneration

Local transformation policies increasingly refer to culture and art in cities. This approach, which concerns the imagination, memory, traditions of people and territories, is an important framework for local sustainable development and social inclusion. Cultural and public art initiatives are often aimed at achieving regenerative objectives with not only economic spillover but also community wellbeing enhancement. The proliferations of art biennials, and their installation works, are site-specific with a social, participatory and experiential function. Biennials were born in contexts in which profound cultural-political changes occurred as Manifesta, European Biennial of Contemporary Art, linked to the fall of the Berlin Wall. The 12th edition of Manifesta, held in Palermo in 2018, aims to create an ideal laboratory for re-imagine, from a Mediterranean vision, shared liberal values

Art and public space: a case of cultural regeneration

In recent decades cities had to deal with increasingly complex problems, including the reduction of population and the reuse of brownfield sites, and innovative planning tools, together with greater participation in regeneration processes and attention to the quality of life, were required. From this viewpoint, culture and art were more and more put in connection with urban transformation policies so that works of art went out of the museums, creating a tighter contact between the artists and the public. In this perspective art can be seen no longer as a mean of human expression or, more prosaically, a new urban economic engine, but also a tool for local development, to stimulate co-design initiatives for the transformation of 'neighborhood' spaces, to achieve regenerative objectives with effects not only on the economic life but also on the well-being of the community. Therefore, we are seeing the increasing involvement of artists in the transformation of the city, entering into urban regeneration processes with a sustainable approach that focuses on the process rather than on art objects and which also takes into account social intentions. All this stimulates an interaction among professionals with different skills to "make cities", creating relationships and opportunities for effective dialogue. Traditionally, city art was connected to sculpture only, but still its function was always linked to political and social values. Since the 1960s installations, performances, as well as the space in which they are positioned, have gained increased importance in artistic expression. The work of art opens up to everyday objects, to linguistic expression, and the political and social context. Since the meaning of public art is not univocal, in this paper it is used to indicate activities and installations not only realized outside of exhibition spaces, such as museums and galleries, but rather interacting with public space. The influence of the economic globalization on art has been reflected in the emergence of international artists, "nomadic" curators and global contemporary art collectors. Installation works, even on a large scale, built for a specific site as part of art exhibitions, often highlight a social commitment, the experiential participation of viewers, almost making the public space of the exhibition private. In this scenario we investigate Manifesta, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art, the first important nomadic event, born in contexts in which profound cultural and political changes have occurred as consequences of the 1996 fall of the Berlin Wall. Manifesta was launched with the aim of contributing to the redesign of Europe after the Cold War, engaging critically with the new suburbs. Every two years Manifesta is hosted by, and interacts in, a different European city with the aim of inducing an "alternative aesthetic vision to the local", but also of offering "heterotopic sites of emerging cultural production". This was particularly evident in Palermo, where the recovery and reuse of prestigious buildings and gardens within the event provided a backdrop for citizens and artists, but especially for visitors, to rethink the city. Starting from these premises, the study - which is part of a wider CNR research project concerning best practices in urban and social regeneration based on art events - illustrates: the relationships between public art and art exhibitions; Manifesta Palermo and the process of urban regeneration; and the conclusion

Art and Artists: new cultural urban transformation policies in public space

In art a process of continuous change is ongoing, the artworks are coming out of museums and there is more contact between artists and the public with a greater emotional participation. Indeed, currently artists are often involved in dialogue with the cities, entering in the urban requalification processes with a sustainable approach that put emphasis on the social process more then on the art objects. Indeed, art can be seen no longer as a mean of human expression but also a tool for local development, to stimulate co-design initiatives for the transformation of 'neighborhood' spaces, to achieve regenerative objectives with effects not only on the economic life but also on the well-being of the community. In this framework, the paper will present the role of art in creating sense of community and contemporaneously contributing to the creation of suitable policies for cultural urban transformation. The case of Manifesta art biennial which interacts every two years in a different European city to offer "heterotopic sites of emergent cultural production" will conclude the paper