Search results for "Journey"

Ultreya, suseya, Santiago!” Viaggio e spazialità ne La ballata dei pellegrini

2020

Per studiare dal punto di vista della geografia culturale alcuni aspetti del pellegrinaggio a Santiago de Compostela, in Spagna, il capitolo prende in considerazione un testo letterario, il romanzo autobiografico "La ballata dei pellegrini" della scrittrice francese Edith De La Héronnière, pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1993 e tradotto in italiano nel 2004. Il romanzo racconta l’esperienza del pellegrinaggio giacobeo effettuato dall’autrice negli anni Novanta assieme a tre compagni di viaggio partendo da un cammino francese. In particolare, attraverso l’analisi di alcune parti del testo, si indagano le modalità attraverso le quali la narrazione costruisce e descrive lo spazio fisico e si…

Real-life patient journey in neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a narrative medicine analysis in the Italian setting

2021

Objectives To investigate the real-life experience of patients affected by neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), in the healthcare pathway for the management of the disease, using a "patient journey" and narrative method approach. Methods The patient journey of subjects affected by nAMD was designed using a process-mapping methodology involving a team from 11 Italian centres. Subsequently, narratives were collected from nAMD patients and family members. The interviews were analyzed using the narrative medicine methodology. Results Eleven specialized retina centres across Italy were involved and 205 narratives collected. In 29% of cases, patients underestimated their symptoms …

Traumatic and Initiatory journey of traditional healers in Reunion Island

2019

The aim of this study is to investigate the phenomena at work in the building of traditional healers’ identities in Reunion Island. They are called by many names of which « devineur, prêtre malbar, diseur la prière, magnétiseur, tisaneur » are just a few. These healers stand between the visible and the invisible, able to communicate with the spirits, therefore the inhabitants call on these traditional practices when facing disorders including physical and psychological illnesses, bad luck, curses and misfortune. These masters’ healers originate from the crossing of many cultures and folks coming from Europe, Africa, Madagascar, India, and China, and continue to thrive till nowadays in this …

A reflective characterisation of occasional user

2017

This work revisits established user classifications and aims to characterise a historically unspecified user category, the Occasional User (OU). Three user categories, novice, intermediate and expert, have dominated the work of user interface (UI) designers, researchers and educators for decades. These categories were created to conceptualise user's needs, strategies and goals around the 80s. Since then, UI paradigm shifts, such as direct manipulation and touch, along with other advances in technology, gave new access to people with little computer knowledge. This fact produced a diversification of the existing user categories not observed in the literature review of traditional classificat…

Formidable Bracelet, Beautiful Lantern

2013

We live in an experience economy. The more saturated the global market becomes with products offering the same functions, services and quality, the more companies are wanting to appeal to the intangible needs and desires of consumers. To achieve this, designers and researchers are turning inwards to investigate the psychological factors affecting peoples' relationships and reactions towards design properties. For this reason, design semantics studies on user experience have been advancing all the time. Much emphasis has been placed on visual product experience, as well as the relationship between brand perception and user experience. These are important steps, which are referred to in this …

Displacing slavery: physical and literary journeys in The Underground Railroad (2016) by Colson Whitehead

2023

Home is behind. L’esilio, il viaggio e il ritorno tra Tolkien e Virgilio

2016

Il contributo mira a esaminare le relazioni vigenti tra le opere tolkieniane e l’Eneide di Virgilio, con particolare riferimento al motivo mitico del viaggio. Dal confronto ragionato tra l’epos latino e la mitopoiesi di Tolkien si intende sviluppare un’analisi dei temi principali riguardanti i motivi del viaggio e dell’esilio: il fardello del potere e dell’eletto del fato (Enea fato profugus e Aragorn Re Ramingo), con attenzione a Enea, spossato dai labores e asservito al volere dei fata, e al ritorno di Aragorn come Re. Ciò si lega direttamente al tema dell’esilio e del ritorno: Virgilio rappresenta i Troiani giunti nel Lazio come eredi dell’italico Dardano tornati a casa; in Tolkien, il m…

Early Spondyloarthritis Clinic: Organizational Improvements in the Patient Journey

2022

Spondyloarthritis are chronic inflammatory diseases affecting spine, peripheral joints and enthesis, as well as extra-articular sites (bowel, eyes, skin). Diagnosis of spondyloarthritis often is slow and requires a multidisciplinary approach. The “Early SpA Clinic” project aimed at improving the patient care and journeys, by solving some organizational issues existing in Rheumatology Clinics. The “Early SpA Clinic” involved 19 Italian Rheumatology Centers using in-depth organizational analyses to identify areas for improvement. From the results of the analyses, some organizational solutions were suggested, and their impact measured at the end of the project through specific KPI. With the im…

Assisting immersive virtual reality development with user experience design approach

2017

In our study we explored how to design a biography of a late Finnish artist as a VR experience. We conducted a development process assisted by user experience (UX) design methods, which increased the process efficiency, and resulted in a research prototype. Through previous research and our development process, we identified components affecting the user experience. These components are: Immersion, Presence, Disorientation, Sense of Control, Pleasantness, Exploration and Simulator Sickness. From our user study with 13 participants, we were able to draw implications that relate to these components. While the set of components could be incomplete or subject to change, shows that further resea…

The interaction between consumers during the online customer journey

2017

The examination of the customer experience throughout customer journey is important to the business and academia. Creating a strong and positive experience within the customer journey will lead to better outcome by improving performance in customer travel at multiple touch points and through enhanced customer loyalty and word of mouth. There are a number of studies about interaction and online customer journey, but only a few research have explored social interactions between consumers during the online customer experience. The aim of this study is to explain how interaction between customers emerges during the online customer journey, which describes the overall customer experience from th…