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On Defining the Participatory Museum: The Case of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk
2021
This article seeks to contribute to the current debate on the new definition of the “museum” – a debate which led to turmoil at the 2019 ICOM General Assembly in Kyoto. With reference to the case study of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk (MSWW), it analyses the new and very successful genre of the narrative museum, a genre which arguably fulfils the core elements of the definition currently being discussed by ICOM. In this regard, it brings into focus the paramount importance of community involvement in creating and managing narrative museums – an aspect that has been virtually absent in the academic and media debates over the nature of the MSWW and its programme. By pointing ou…
THE ANCIENT DNA APPROACH IN THE CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDY AND MANAGEMENT
2009
CAN ANCIENT DNA APPROACH DOCUMENT THE LOSS OF GENETIC DIVERSITY IN PYGMY CHIMPANZEES? A RESEARCH PROGRAM ON HISTORIC SAMPLES OF EUROPEAN PRIMATOLOGIC…
2009
AUGMENTED REALITY
2011
Already used in very specific areas such as in military and medical or academic research, in 2009 thanks to improved technology, augmented reality is to reach wider audiences and as information campaigns, advertising-augmented published in newspapers or on the network, and through a growing number of applications for mobile phones, particularly iPhone. "The Augmented Reality on the desktop computer is based on the use of markers, or ARtags, and stylized drawings, which are shown to the webcam, are recognized by the PC, and which are overlaid in real-time multimedia content: video, audio , 3D objects, etc.. Normally, applications of augmented reality are based on Adobe Flash technology and t…
The value of accessibility in the culturalandcreative industries Translation-driven settings
2020
The accessibility of Cultural Creative Industries(CCI) has grown exponentially in different parts of the globe and has increasingly become part of projects of significant importance in contemporary societies that rely on informational, global, and networked systems of communication, i.e., developed countries. CCI exist within public-domain areas and are stimulated by the critical rethinking of the means which can be used to support cultural development. CCI are in fact driven by structures of the knowledge-based economy, where information, originality, and creativity contribute to providing stimuli to their rise. Their emergence is the result of advances in cultural spheres and movements, a…
The Libyan Collections in FI (Herbarium Centrale Italicum and Webb Herbarium) and Studies on the Libyan Flora by R. Pampanini – Part 2
2016
This work is the continuation of Part 1, published in 2015, and comprises the reconstruction of the original collections of new taxa described by R. Pampanini and other botanists and, where possible, typification of the new names and taxonomical updating. The material studied for the most part concerns Libyan specimens held in the FI and FI-W herbaria but in some case also K, LD, MPU, P, PAD, PAL, ULT. Other material, which Pampanini studied in Florence was subsequently conserved in other herbaria. Specimens belonging to 21 families have been examined, from the Najadaceae to Zygophyllaceae. As well as typification, bibliographical data have been provided for those already typified. In this …
Alfred Gotthold Meyer, Canova (Bielefeld-Leipzig, Velhagen & Klasing 1898), introduzione e traduzione in italiano a cura di Alexander Auf der Heyde, …
2014
Translation, comment and introduction to Alfred Gotthold Meyer's illustrated monograph "Canova" (Bielefeld-Leipzig 1898). This edition includes furthermore indexes and a critical catalogue of all graphic and photographical sources used for the autotypes.
Canova divulgato tra «Können» e «Wollen» nell’opera di Alfred Gotthold Meyer
2014
This article is a critical introduction to the Italian translation of Meyer's Canova monograph (1898), it focuses on the editorial process and on the use of photography during this early stage of popular art history. Further consideration is given to Meyer's critical point of view in the context of the German fin-de-siècle art discourse (Burckhardt, Springer, Bode, Wölfflin, Hildebrand).
Il Museo della Basilica Santa Maria Assunta. Il nuovo allestimento, le ragioni di un percorso
2011
Il percorso museologico del nuovo Museo della Chiesa Madre di Alcamo. Analisi storico critica delle principali opere del percorso espositivo che ricoprono un ambito cronologico che va dal XVI secolo alla prima metà del XIX. Il contributo diffonde un’immagine della città di Alcamo poco conosciuta, evidenziandone la qualità del patrimonio artistico contestualizzato nelle più ampie rotte culturali regionali e nazionali. L'autore del contributo è anche ideatore e curatore scientifico del percorso espositivo del Museo.
Il Museo d'Arte Sacra della Basilica Santa Maria Assunta di Alcamo
2011
Il percorso museologico e il catalogo delle opere esposte nel nuovo museo della Basilica Santa Maria Assunta di Alcamo. Le opere censite e presentate nel catalogo ricoprono un ambito cronologico che va dalla fine del XIV secolo alla prima metà del XX e contribuiscono a diffondere un’immagine della città di Alcamo poco conosciuta, evidenziandone la qualità del patrimonio artistico, contestualizzandolo nelle più ampie rotte culturali regionali e nazionali.