Figure nascoste. L'arte di Giuseppe Ferrari

Catalogo della mostra monografica dedicata all'artista, tra gli esponenti pi\uf9 originali della pittura informale italiana della seconda met\ue0 del Novecento

La musica di Babele. L'arte di Pirro Cuniberti.

Il saggio ripercorre la carriera di uno dei maestri italiani pi\uf9 rappresentativi del secondo Novecento, la cui arte, che spazia dalla pittura alla grafica, alla comunicazione pubblicitaria e al design, si colloca nella dimensione poetica alla quale appartengono creatori del calibro di Paul Klee e Marc Chagall, disegnatori e coloristi straordinari, la cui opera attinge a un immaginario sospeso tra la realt\ue0 e la fantasticheria

The Emergence of Agent-Based Technology as an Architectural Component of Serious Games

The evolution of games as an alternative to traditional simulations in the military context has been gathering momentum over the past five years, even though the exploration of their use in the serious sense has been ongoing since the mid-nineties. Much of the focus has been on the aesthetics of the visuals provided by the core game engine as well as the artistry provided by talented development teams to produce not only breathtaking artwork, but highly immersive game play. Consideration of game technology is now so much a part of the modeling and simulation landscape that it is becoming difficult to distinguish traditional simulation solutions from game-based approaches. But games have yet to provide the much needed interactive free play that has been the domain of semi-autonomous forces (SAF). The component-based middleware architecture that game engines provide promises a great deal in terms of options for the integration of agent solutions to support the development of non-player characters that engage the human player without the deterministic nature of scripted behaviors. However, there are a number of hard-learned lessons on the modeling and simulation side of the equation that game developers have yet to learn, such as: correlation of heterogeneous systems, scalability of both terrain and numbers of non-player entities, and the bi-directional nature of simulation to game interaction provided by Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) and High Level Architecture (HLA)

Connections between Alcohol and Illegal Drug Use and Violent Crime within the Black Community

There is a worrying trend concerning violent crime within the African American Community. Most Notably Black-on-Black homicide. In an effort to better understand the factors that are contributing to this phenomenon, my poster analysis the influence that alcohol and illegal drug consumption has had on this community

Ritmi di terra e di mare.

Catalogo della mostra dedicata a Giovanni Ciangottini, interprete originale dell'ultimo naturalismo teorizzato da Francesco Arcangeli, e primo gallerista di Bologna negli anni difficili del dopoguerra

Nationalism and Cultural Heritage in Indonesia: A Local Study of Borobudur Temple

This study was born from an attempt to explain why Borobudur, the largest Buddhist temple in the world, located in Central Java, Indonesia, is a national icon of a country that is predominantly Muslim, and has been for centuries. By reconciling the concepts of nationalism, tourism, and heritage, I argue that, in a country where diversity has long been a source of conflict and fragmentation, Borobudur’s development into a tourist-oriented heritage site during the New Order regime was part of a larger strategy to establish an “official” culture. To investigate this, I carried out on-site ethnographic fieldwork for four weeks around Borobudur; this involved interviews with locals as well as officials from UNESCO and the Indonesian Government, and participant observation through a visit and guided tour of the temple. My research indicated that through the construction of Borobudur Tourist Park, the temple’s value was deliberately shifted from a source of local cultural heritage to a secularized national icon. I determined that Borobudur Park has been constructed to reflect its value as national heritage; due to the changes involved in the site’s development, local livelihoods were upturned, which resulted in locals’ feelings of detachment from their heritage, and a shift in the way they characterize their relationship with the temple—namely, from cultural inspiration and belonging to a source of employment and national prestige. Through an exploration of the counter-narratives locals attached to Borobudur, I found that the lack of religious affiliation between the temple and the surrounding community was irrelevant to understanding Borobudur’s local significance, which instead was derived from its ongoing interaction with residents and its role as the center of community life for centuries. These findings not only support my original claim, but also suggest further implications for the politicization of heritage in the construction of heritage tourist sites, and the marginalization of local cultural values that occurs as a result.College of Arts and SciencesUndergraduate Research OfficeA three-year embargo was granted for this item.Academic Major: Personalized Study Program (International Development and Political Economy

Educare artisti o formare artigiani? Dal dibattito tra le arti alla nascita del Design

Il saggio ripercorre il processo di evoluzione del concetto di arti applicate in et\ue0 contemporanea, dal dibattito sulle arti maggiori e minori, variamente affrontato nei diversi paesi europei nel corso dell'Ottocento, alla definizione dell'ambito oggi definito del design. L'indagine evidenzia, inoltre, la formazione conseguente al lungo processo di elaborazione di nuove identit\ue0 professionali, capaci di superare la secolare distinzione tra artista e artigiano e sollecitare il sorgere di inediti e pi\uf9 corretti parametri di valutazione delle opere