Culti di eroi in Magna Grecia e Sicilia. Un'analisi storico-archeologica

La tesi tratta i culti degli eroi in Magna Grecia e Sicilia; essi sono analizzati nel contesto delle fondazioni greche in Occidente. Per una coerente trattazione del fenomeno, un capitolo introduttivo è destinato alla definizione del termine “eroe” dal punto di vista linguistico e concettuale. L’analisi condotta ha tenuto conto delle fonti letterarie così come delle dissertazioni di studiosi moderni e consente di comprendere la varietà delle definizioni del concetto di “eroe”, di cui sono analizzati alcuni casi di attestazioni di culto ritenuti paradigmatici in ambito greco. La seconda parte della tesi mira ad analizzare le forme di culto indirizzate a eroi in Magna Grecia e Sicilia. Una ricerca puntuale mostra, laddove possibile, l’esistenza di una corrispondenza tra le notizie tratte dalle fonti letterarie, epigrafiche e numismatiche, e le evidenze archeologiche. Dal confronto emerge un legame tra le fondazioni di poleis in Magna Grecia e Sicilia, con conseguenti fenomeni storici a esse collegati, e l’attestazione di culti indirizzati a ecisti o a personaggi del mito o realmente esistiti, ai quali sono attribuite caratteristiche o imprese tali da essere coinvolti in un processo di eroizzazione. L’interrelazione tra i due aspetti si esplicita nell’ambito religioso, ma ha dei riscontri eminentemente politici dei quali tengo conto nell’analisi puntuale di ciascun caso, inserito nel contesto storico che lo ha prodotto

The Shifting Border of Food Perceptions and Cultural Identity in Maghrebi Muslim Migrants

Inrecent decades, Italy has become a point of entry to the EU and, for manymigrants from the Southern shores of the Mediterranean, a final destination (IOMReport, 2011). As massive inflows have often caused emergencies, the pressingneeds of these populations in the areas of housing, healthcare, education, etc.have been examined and addressed (data: Regional Authority and Milan DioceseObservatories). Realizing that the cultural implications in the area of food,had not been systematically studied thus far, the author developed a three-yearproject, focusing on northwest African Muslim migrants and the change in theirperception of food, particularly in light of the strong religious implicationsthat food has historically had to Arab populations. After reviewing the keytraits of Arab-Berber food history, their translation into contemporary life inthe countries of origin and destination was investigated, through interviewswith, primarily, cultural mediators, as well as anthropologists, food experts,food chain professionals, and the migrants themselves. The overall researchdelves into the migrants’ views of food back in Northern Africa and Maghrebiand other food in Italy, with an emphasis on ideas of purity and identity (inculinary practices, ingredients, celebrations, table manners, the restaurantsystem and distribution)

Lampedusa 2016: per un dialogo tra generazioni

Primo feedback su un progetto di mediazione comunitaria in corso a Lampedusa, dedicato alle relazioni giovani adulti in un'isola duramente provata dall'esperienza degli sbarchi, ma ancora di più dalla massiccia presenza di operatori dell'accoglienza e della sicurezza, la cui presenza ha alterato l'equilibrio comunitario. L’idea guida del progetto suppone che sia possibile attivare percorsi di gestione condivisa delle tensioni esistenti tra le componenti della generazione degli educatori (genitori, insegnanti, catechisti, specialisti impegnati in progetti per gli adolescenti), attraverso cui attivare la loro collaborazione sull’obiettivo comune di ritessere le relazioni tra le generazioni sull’isola. Associando a questa esperienza di mediazione comunitaria un momento di formazione per la costituzione di un gruppo che lavori in futuro con lo stile della peer mediation, si vuole anche stimolare una relazione sistematica che permetta loro di condividere stabilmente l’individuazione delle criticità in ambito educativo, la gestione delle stesse e la progettazione partecipata di interventi per la prevenzione dei disagio giovanile

La Central Tèrmica de Fígols, una història en imatges

Fotografies de la Central de Fígol

Teachers and burnout: Biodanza SRT as embodiment training in the development of emotional skills and soft skills

The exposure to high stress conditions has led to an increasing prevalence of Burnout among teachers; this is due to emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment. Soft Skills play an important role in working performance, representing the set of emotional skills capable of promoting personal well-being. Giving priority to emotional support enables the development of protective factors and positive skills to counteract work-related stress and the onset of Burnout. Biodanza SRT is a body-mediated system that, through an Embodiment Training, promotes the development of personal empowerment by strengthening emotional skills, Soft Skills and the acquisition of Best Practices making individuals able, capable and competent in the personal management of tools and strategies to improve their emotional, affective, relational, social and professional life

Youth deviance in group and prevention in educational-training contexts: Biodanza SRT as a strategy for the development of personal skills and talents

Youth deviance in Italy is a phenomenon that is involving an ever-increasing number of young people and, unfortunately, is contributing strongly to crime, with a corresponding increase in frequent recidivism. It is urgent to undertake actions aimed at prevention through effective intervention proposals reflecting a high educational value and a transformative value of deviant behaviour and social maladaptation, aimed at the development of psycho-social and crossmodal (body-emotional-empathetic-cognitive-relational) skills useful to counter the onset of criminal behaviour. Being a valid educational-training strategy to be implemented in compulsory schools, though actively involving experiences, Biodanza SRT focuses body and corporeity as paths of knowledge, restoring human dignity, positive identification, empowerment, consciousness, talent enhancement and awareness of oneself, of one's own abilities and skills

“Without social there is no health”: Social work perspectives in multidisciplinary healthcare

The pandemic has not just affected the health sphere: strong social effects of the emergency have added to the health risk, stressing on social relations and the deterioration of people’s living conditions, and making those who are already fragile more fragile. Notwithstanding, during the emergency following the COVID-19 pandemic the attention was focused, indeed understandably, on the health aspects, widening the already existing misalignment between the health interventions and the social ones. Emergency oriented efforts and resources more toward a clinical care approach (cure) than toward support for the social and the inclusion aspects (care). Reflecting on the specific area of health care that interacts with social care (and vice versa), shows how the medicalization in managing the emergency have undermined or, at least, weakened the global approach to the person and to vulnerability profiles that should inspire the socio-healthcare integration. The aim of this review is describing the relationship between the health and social systems and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on it: a review of studies on the role played by social work in the health sector before and during COVID-19 pandemic emergency shows how much potential there is still to be developed for social work in the health sector that acts together with the personal health services; a care that looks at the person within his or her relationships, community resources and environmental aspects requires an investment toward integration between hospital care, social services and local communities

Influências ambientais no cultivo da vieira (Nodipecten nodosus) durante o outono/inverno na região de Florianópolis-SC

TCC (graduação em Engenharia de Aquicultura) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, 2009O desenvolvimento deste trabalho de conclusão de curso faz parte do projeto "Influências ambientais no cultivo de moluscos bivalves na região de Florianópolis, SC", realizado durante o período de outono e inverno, entre 28 de abril e 28 de agosto de 2009. O experimento foi instalado em quatro locais (Praia do Forte, Sambaqui, Ribeirão da Ilha e Caieira da Barra do Sul), situado nas baías adjacentes à Ilha de Santa Catarina e que possuem condições de cultivo da vieira Nodipecten nodosus. Foram analisados bimensalmente o crescimento em concha, peso seco dos tecidos, gônada, músculo e sobrevivência por meio de amostras dos exemplares do pectinídeo. Através das coletas quinzenais de água, foram avaliados os parâmetros ambientais (TPM, POM, PIM, temperatura, salinidade, turbidez, oxigênio dissolvido e clorofila-a). Os locais apresentaram diferença significativa (p < 0,05) no crescimento em concha, peso dos tecidos e músculo sendo o maior crescimento observado na Praia do Forte. A taxa de sobrevivência foi similar entre os locais e variou de 58,94 e 66,60 %. O fouling não foi prejudicial no crescimento das vieiras durante o período estudado. A temperatura na Caieira apresentou uma tendência a menores valores além de também terem sido observados os menores resultados de crescimento. Sambaqui apresentou maior turbidez, concentração de matéria orgânica particulada e clorofila que nos demais locais. De acordo com os resultados, a Praia do Forte demonstrou ser, entre os quatro locais, o mais adequado, para um cultivo de N. nodosus. A continuidade do experimento para obter resultados de um período maior de desenvolvimento do pectinídeo é importante para ampliar as estratégias de manejo e otimizar o cultivo de N. nodosus na Ilha de Santa Catarina

The evaluation of grey literature using bibliometric indicators: A methodological proposal

pp. 57-6

Newcomers as Agents for Social Change: Learning from the Italian Experience: A Recourse Book for Social Work and Social Work Education in the Field of Migration

This publication is a resource book for Social Workers engaging in the field of migration. It aims to, on the one hand, display facts about the living realities on the ground migrants and Social Workers active in the field are facing, circumstances presented by experienced practitioners and researchers of this field. On the other hand, it presents methods and approaches, extracting them from these experiences and reflections insights, relevant for Social Work and consequently, also significant for Social Work educational practice. The new challenges of the 21st century ask Social Work education for a change, adapting curricula towards more experienced based teaching practices, intercultural, participatory learning sites and exchange, and future oriented personal empowerment and resilience training. International Social Work could take on a transformational leading role, as our global security and well-being of tomorrow depends on the educational foundations laid down today