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Libanio tra attualità e tradizione. L’orazione IX
2022
Libanius’ speech IX reveals the persistence in Libanius of the interest in the religious dimension, free from the polemical tones adopted elsewhere. A global cosmic perspective pervades the speech. The Kalendae Ianuarie festival, marking the beginning of the new year, was a parenthesis of joy and carefreeness for all the inhabitants of the empire, regardless of their religious beliefs. The relevance of this anniversary as a vehicle of imperial ideology for the unity of the empire could explain Theodosius’ rescript of 389 to the praefectus Urbis Romae Albinus on the legal calendar of Rome, which, including not only Easter, but also the Kalendae, would have surprised Libanius himself first. T…
Una forma leggiadra. Simboli sessuali dell'altalena in India nel rito del mahavrata e in alcune pratiche contemporanee
2022
In the grammar of rituals described in Vedic texts, the swing was an object whose meanings referred to the propitiation of fertility and solar symbolism. Although its use remains in various contemporary festive contexts, its meaning has been differently defined. By analyzing the passages from works belonging to the ancient religious literature, this article examines the description of the swing’s construction and the rite performed on it by the officiant named hotr. Such an approach allows us to focus on the symbolic elements related to the swing in one of the focal points of the sequence of the mahavrata ceremony. Through a diachronic investigation and considering the data from the compara…
Spettacoli e feste popolari in Sicilia
2021
Lo spettacolo teatrale tradizionale è il luogo e il tempo in cui ci si ritrova insieme per assistere a una narrazione, all’esposizione e alla riconferma di principi e valori condivisi. Occasione dunque solo esteriormente profana, poiché la storia civica, la leggenda, il fatto storico detengono sempre un valore sacrale declinando quell’etica collettiva che nella religione trova fondamento e legittimazione. A sua volta, la “festa”, in primo luogo festa religiosa, occasione elettiva di riunione tra gli uomini con le proprie Madonne, i propri Cristi e i propri Santi, con i numi tutelari della comunità e garanti della sua continuità nel tempo, momento di culto e di fede intimamente vissuta, …
"Memorie dal sottosuolo". Una prospettiva di indagine sul simbolismo rituale delle feste religiose "tradizionali"
2017
In 1945, writing about the procession of Our Lady of Viggiano, Carlo Levi presents us a peasant world characterized by archaic beliefs and ritual practices, another world « where seasons run on peasant fatigue, [...] like three thousand years before Christ », a world « veiled with black veils, fiery and earthly [...] which you do not enter without a key of magic ». If that other world of the peasants seems to have come to an end today, the beliefs, practices and ritual symbols of reputed “pre-Christian” precedence or in any case alien to the official liturgy, as witnessed by Levi and many other narrators and demoanthropologists from the 19th and 20th century are not, however, definitively l…
Pani cerimoniali e tavole rituali in Sicilia
2019
Il pane di frumento è stato per secoli elemento costitutivo e qualificante delle mense aristocratiche e contadine della Sicilia. Esito concreto di un ciclo stagionale di lavoro, il pane è stato considerato, il cibo per eccellenza, cibo sacro. I gesti che ne precedevano e accompagnavano la preparazione e il consumo erano ritualizzati e pregni di significati trascendenti il puro atto della nutrizione. Stante il fortissimo valore simbolico da esso detenuto non sorprende che offerte e consumi collettivi di pane siano tutt’oggi attestati in numerosissime feste religiose. I pani preparati in queste occasioni non sono quelli di tutti i giorni. Essi presentano peculiari morfologie e vengono prepara…
Live and online music festivals in the COVID-19 era: analysis of motivational differences and value perceptions
2022
Purpose – This research has three objectives: to identify whether there are motivational differences between attending live and online music festivals, to know whether these motivations vary according to the sociodemographic characteristics of the attendees, and to analyse the perceived value-satisfaction-behavioural intention chain for both types of festivals. Theoretical framework – We base our research on push and pull factor theory of motivations. We analyse push motivational factors behind participation in live and online music festivals. Push factors are psychological benefits that individuals perceive they will gain from attending events, such as entertainment, socialization and esca…
Accessible film festivals: a pilot study
2020
This work provides an overview of the state of accessibility at film festivals all over the world, identifies its selected audiences and also encourages innovative solutions in relation to linguistic and technical issues emerged during the processes of subtitling. The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 has resulted in many film festivals all over the world being either cancelled, postponed or moved to online platforms. What has arisen is the question whether and to what extent people with sensorial disabilities, in particular deaf and hard-of-hearing and blind and visually impaired people, have been left behind or have been part of projects of inclusion. The accessibility of forms of…
Estudio sobre el estado de la música en directo en la ciudad de Valencia.
2010
Análisis de la situación en qué se encuentra actualmente el sector de la música en directo en la ciudad de Valencia. Se aborda desde una problemática actual y se enumeran las posibles soluciones, para a posteriori reflexionar sobre el futuro que auguran para este sector sus propios protagonistas.
A Study on the Usage of Smartphone Apps in Fire Scenarios - Comparison between GDACSmobile and SmartRescue Apps
2015
In this paper, we present a thorough overview of the two recently developed applications in the field of emergency management. The applications titled GDACSmobile and SmartRescue are using mobile app and smartphone sensors as the main functionality respectively. Furthermore, we argue the differences and similarities of both applications and highlight their strengths and weaknesses. Finally, a critical scenario for fire emergency in a music festival is designed and the applicability of the features of each application in supporting the emergency management procedure is discussed. It is also argued how the aforementioned applications can support each other during emergencies and what the pote…
A tale of two palaces and a city: Valencia, 1238-1460
2013
Este artículo estudia las relaciones entre el palacio del Real (Palau del Real), la residencia de los reyes de Aragón en Valencia y la Casa de la Ciudad (Casa de la Ciutat o Sala del Consell) desde la conquista cristiana hasta el final del reinado de Alfonso V el Magnánimo. Durante dos siglos la corte real y el gobierno de la ciudad manifestaron la alianza, la rivalidad y los conflictos a través de la arquitectura y la decoración de sus respectivas sedes. Los emplazamientos, las grandes salas, las capillas con reliquias y las fiestas cívicas desempeñaron un papel notable como instrumentos al servicio tanto de los reyes y sus oficiales como de los consejeros municipales. Aunque ambos palacio…