Cultural Heritage and the governance of the UNESCO sites of Campania

The 'good tourism' is capable of generating development in terms of cohesion and sustainability in the territory where it is located. The literature for a long period, has considered the good tourisms in the same way as all other goods. The aim of this study is to demonstrate that by using a different definition of 'good tourism', Cultural Heritage, and appropriate mechanisms for management of the 'Great Cultural Attractions', territorial governance, it is possible to exploit the full potential of the asset. The territorial governance model proposed is bottom-up which includes the participation of all stakeholders in the area will be applied to the Campania Region which has five UNESCO sites. This approach should be able to create a virtuous cycle of growth in the region.

Case study : “Torino Mad Pride”: a cultural initiative developed by users/survivors of mental health services and the associate project “Lunatics at piecework”

RESUMO: “Torino Mad Pride” e “Lunatics at Piecework” são duas iniciativas organizadas, seguindo caminhos informais, por um grupo de consumidores/sobreviventes, independentes da Saúde Mental ou outras instituições. Isso os torna únicas no panorama dos movimentos de consumidores locais, ocupados por profissionais e familiares em importantes funções. O objetivo é dar suporte às pessoas afetadas por mal-estar psiquiátrico e organizar iniciativas para combater o estigma. O cerne da ideia de S., que durante uma fase de delírio maníaco viu uma multidão de pessoas reunir-se nas ruas da cidade, seguindo-o. Originalmente, ele apenas queria fazer um filme baseado nessa ideia, para apresentar em festivais de cinema. A partir desse núcleo, desenvolveu-se uma ideia mais complexa e a primeira parada “Torino Mad Pride” foi organizada. Foi em junho de 2011, muita gente envolvida (utentes dos serviços, trabalhadores da área da saúde mental, familiares, organização de utentes, etc.). A participação popular foi inesperada e até o prefeito da cidade participou. Com o tempo, a ideia evoluiu, o projeto “Lunatics at Piecework” (o embrião de uma cooperativa “informal” envolvendo cerca de trinta pessoas em trabalhos temporários) começou a tomar forma, a parada anual tem sido regularmente organizada, e uma revista dedicada a artigos sobre tópicos relacionados com Saúde Mental tem sido irregularmente publicada. Em novembro de 2014 alguns membros da “Lunatics at Piecework” contataram-me, como a Diretora da Unidade de Integração Profissional do Departamento de Saúde Mental do local onde eu trabalhava, para discutir uma parceria, em termos de suporte financeiro por intermédio da concessão de subsídios para dar vida a uma cooperativa social, e para apontar a “Lunatics at Piecework” para realização de trabalhos em favor dos pacientes sob a responsabilidade do Departamento de Saúde Mental (mudança de casa, pequenas remodelações, etc.). Este estudo revisita a história de tais projetos, coligida das vozes dos principais participantes e de importantes espectadores e analisa as razões dos seus altos e baixos e as dificuldades atuais, bem como o que deveria ser feito para dar a estes projetos novas energias.ABSTRACT: “Torino Mad Pride” and “Lunatics at Piecework” are two initiatives put in place following informal paths by a group of consumers/survivors, independent from the Mental Health or other institutions. This renders them unique in the panorama of the local consumers movements that see in prominent roles professionals or family members. They aim to give support to people affected by psychic “malaise” and organize initiatives to fight stigma. They stem from the idea of S., who during a manic delusional phase saw masses of people gathering in the streets of the city following him. Originally, he only wanted to make a movie out of this idea, to present to film festivals. Then a more complex idea took shape, and the first Torino Mad Pride parade was organized. It was June 2011, a lot of people were involved (service users, mental health workers, family members, users’ organizations, etc.). The participation was unexpected, and even the mayor of town paraded. With time the idea has evolved, the “Lunatics at Piecework” project (the embryo of an “informal” cooperative involving about thirty people in temporary jobs) has taken on legs, the annual parade has been regularly organised, a magazine dedicated to writings on topics related to mental health has been irregularly released. In November 2014 some members of LaP contacted me as the director of the Job Placement Unit of the Mental Health Department where I worked, to discuss a collaboration in terms of financial support through the assignment of grants to give life to a social cooperative, and of appointment of LaP to create jobs in favour of patients in charge of the Mental Health Department (house removals, minor refurbishments, etc.) This study revisits the history of these projects, collected from the voices of the key players and of some significant bystanders, and analyses the reasons behind the ups and downs and the present difficulties, and what should be done to give the projects new energies

A service-oriented approach for dynamic chaining of virtual network functions over multi-provider software-defined networks

Emerging technologies such as Software-Defined Networks (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) promise to address cost reduction and flexibility in network operation while enabling innovative network service delivery models. However, operational network service delivery solutions still need to be developed that actually exploit these technologies, especially at the multi-provider level. Indeed, the implementation of network functions as software running over a virtualized infrastructure and provisioned on a service basis let one envisage an ecosystem of network services that are dynamically and flexibly assembled by orchestrating Virtual Network Functions even across different provider domains, thereby coping with changeable user and service requirements and context conditions. In this paper we propose an approach that adopts Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) technology-agnostic architectural guidelines in the design of a solution for orchestrating and dynamically chaining Virtual Network Functions. We discuss how SOA, NFV, and SDN may complement each other in realizing dynamic network function chaining through service composition specification, service selection, service delivery, and placement tasks. Then, we describe the architecture of a SOA-inspired NFV orchestrator, which leverages SDN-based network control capabilities to address an effective delivery of elastic chains of Virtual Network Functions. Preliminary results of prototype implementation and testing activities are also presented. The benefits for Network Service Providers are also described that derive from the adaptive network service provisioning in a multi-provider environment through the orchestration of computing and networking services to provide end users with an enhanced service experience

Service-Oriented Multigranular Optical Network Architecture for Clouds

This paper presents a novel service-oriented network architecture to bridge the informational gap between user applications and optical networks providing technology-agnostic multigranular optical network services for clouds. A mediation layer (service plane) between user applications and network control is proposed to facilitate a mapping process between user application requests and the network services. At the network level, a multigranular optical network (MGON) is proposed and implemented to support dynamic wavelength and subwavelength granularities with different transport formats [optical burst switched (OBS), optical burst transport (OBT)], reservation protocols (one-way, two-way), and different quality-of-service (QoS) levels per service type. The service-oriented multigranular optical network has been designed, implemented, and demonstrated on an experimental testbed. The testbed consists of service and network resource provisioning, service abstraction, and network resource virtualization. The service-to-network interoperation is provided by means of a gateway that maps service requests to technology-specific parameters and a common signaling channel for both service and network resource provisioning