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Etnografie del contemporaneo. Una introduzione siciliana
2016
The metalessic manipulation of space / time and its chronological relationships, the construction of competitive narratives between local and global, that according to the dominant rhetoric would produce unequivocal locality, defined in its relational and contextual aspects, are at the base of the "neo modern" society "Which becomes a field of cultural contestation and construction of the ethnorami of the neighborhood. The locality is a historical product and "the stories through which the localities emerge are eventually subject to the dynamics of the global" 9.
Microbiological characterization of the biofilms of wooden shelves used for ripening of traditional raw milk cheeses produced in Sicily (South Italy).
The production of artisanal Sicilian cheeses is generally carried out with wooden equipment. For centuries, wood has been the main material used in cheese making due to its availability, low cost and resistance over time. Among dairy wooden equipment, the wooden vat used for milk curdling plays a role of paramount importance to inoculate the bulk milk with desired lactic acid bacteria (LAB) responsible for the acidification of the curd. In the last few years, the biofilms associated to these containers have been object of study of different research groups, mainly Italian and French, but so far, very little is known about the microbiological characteristics of the wooden shelves used for ch…
Diversity of Pharmacological Properties in Chinese and European Medicinal Plants: Cytotoxicity, Antiviral and Antitrypanosomal Screening of 82 Herbal…
2011
In an extensive screening, the antiviral, antitrypanosomal and anticancer properties of extracts from 82 plants used in traditional Chinese medicine and European phytomedicine were determined. Several promising plants that were highly effective against hepatitis B virus (HBV), bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV)—a flavivirus used here as a surrogate in vitro model of hepatitis C virus, trypanosomes (Trypanosoma brucei brucei) and several cancer cell lines were identified. Six aqueous extracts from Celosia cristata, Ophioglossum vulgatum, Houttuynia cordata, Selaginella tamariscina, Alpinia galanga and Alpinia oxyphylla showed significant antiviral effects against BVDV without toxic effects …
Wooden, gypsum and cork floor in the Sicilian construction tradition
2014
This presentation deals with a part of a wider and more complex outline of the Sicilian construction tradition characterised by the presence of gypsum technologies. Gypsum is a very common material used in the island for the realisation of all building elements; its use is commonly spread throughout Sicily thanks to several and wide superficial out crops located in some parts of the island that make this material very easy to find. This presentation is particularly focused on wooden and gypsum floors found and analysed during searches and surveys in the regional area. Outline on criteria for some consistent and appropriate consolidation and restoration interventions are here proposed.
STUDIO ETNOARCHEOMETRICO DI MALTE AEREE A LEGANTE GESSOSO NELL’AREA DELLE MADONIE (SICILIA SETTENTRIONALE)
2010
The Madonie Regional Park, which covers an area of about 400 square kilometres, is an ideal context where environment and man activities are still mixed harmoniously. In the last years a variety of ethno-archaeometric investigations have been carried out in order to study various aspects of the "material culture" of this territory. In particular, the research was focused on the production of majolica which have had a great importance since the early decades of the 16th century thanks to the geolithological features of the Madonie area, particularly rich in clayey raw material. The traditional building techniques of the Madonie which involve several typologies of building materials (used for…
Una historia de la psicologia del tráfico y el transporte en Europa.
2003
No se trata de un directori0 de cien años de investigación en los paises europeos; es una perspectiva general, un intento de clasificación empírica de las tendencias cronológicas y una sugerencia para un futuro campo de investigación. Distinguimos, y analizamos en sus principales tendencias, cuatro estadios en el desarrollo de la psicologia del tráfico y el transporte desde el inicio del siglo xx (estadio "psicofisico") hasta nuestros dias (de "asistencia técnica"). La psicologia del tráfico y el transporte recibió un impulso decisivo durante las dos guerras mundiales; también debido al avance del propio transporte, de las politicas de seguridad públicas y de las medidas técnicas y prevent…
Medieval Commentators on Simultaneous Perception : An Edition of Commentaries on Aristotle's De sensu et sensato 7
2021
Il diavolo, il turco, il giudeo. Rappresentazioni dell’«altro» nella cultura tradizionale siciliana
2020
Oggi forse più di ieri, la ricerca affannosa dell’identità sospinge verso la creazione «di un’alterità assoluta che incombe come un nemico minaccioso» (al-T. Labīb 2006: 29). E questa richiesta di identità collettiva si cimenta nel recupero, nella costruzione, talora nell’invenzione di memorie condivise, nella costruzione e ri-costruzione di un ipotetico passato comunemente vissuto che si fonda su eventi, reali o immaginari (e per questo non meno “veri”) considerati cruciali (Lewis 2000: 27). Il turcu niuru, o più semplicemente u turcu, figura archetipica dell’immaginario mitico-rituale, condensato «di ogni pregiudizio antiarabo e anti islamico» (Said 2001: 35) era e resta, a dispetto di og…
Tematiche e suggestioni catulliane in «Carmina Burana» 119 e 120
2018
Carmina Burana (CB) 119 (Dulce solum natalis patrie) and 120 (Rumor letalis) are two medieval latin love poems of XIIth-XIIIth century which both show Catullan flavour, themes and suggestions. In this paper, after a short introduction about the very exiguous knowledge of Catull’s poems between VIth and XIIIth century, I try to give a strict analysis of CB 119 and 120, at the light of Catullan themes and suggestions which occur in these poems.
Obecność elementów inkulturacyjnych w polskich posoborowych księgach liturgicznych
2020
The liturgy is the celebration of the only mystery of Christ, which is timeless, but always takes place in a specific civilizational and cultural environment. The result is numerous liturgical rites and liturgical families, which are characterized by a specific difference in the celebrated liturgy, which is an expression of the long-term inculturation process. Inculturation of the liturgy is something natural and is expressed through a specific language, songs, music, sculpture, painting and church architecture. The presented article shows how local traditions were introduced in Poland to the post-conciliar Roman liturgy. It turns out that when editing the Polish version of the new liturgic…