Search results for "Wilde"

MANAGEMENT OF SEMI-WILD LARGE HERBIVORES’ GRAZING SITES IN LATVIA

2019

Large herbivores were a common part of European nature in the pre-agrarian times. With the development of farming and over-hunting, the number of wild large herbivores rapidly decreased. Wild horses and cattle became extinct. In the 1920-30’s, scientists created two new herbivore breeds that resembled the extinct aurochs and tarpans - Heck cattle and Konik horses. Nowadays the introduction of Heck cattle, Konik horses and other similar large herbivore breeds is widely used in specially protected nature territories (SPNT) as a strategic answer to the question – what should we do with the agricultural lands that have lost their economical meaning. Since 1999, semi-wild large herbivores are in…

I am not English. I am Irish which is quite another thing: Reconsidering Wilde’s Irishness

2023

Even though O. Wilde's Irishness is difficult to trace, there is a profound sense of Irishness underlying his life and much of what he wrote and thought, especially in his correspondence. In my paper, I evaluate the role of Irishness within his life and work in order to assess how it shapes and influences his own thinking and writing. Perhaps considered as one facet of his all-interesting multifarious doubleness, still, it occupies a specific role within reception studies and explains why there has always been a strong interest towards his life and work among his fellow countrymen.

Water quality in cutaway peatland lakes in Seda mire, Latvia

2011

Remediation of industrially-milled peatland is an important task in the sustainable management of natural resources. Several approaches for wetland restoration, depending on local climatic and hydrological conditions, topography, physico-chemical properties of peat, as well as peat mining techniques, have been developed worldwide. However, most of the restoration activities include regulation of hydrological regime and surface topography in order to reintroduce typical bog vegetation, especially, Sphagnum cover, and to restore the peatland’s ecosystem close to its original conditions (Gorham and Rochefort, 2003; Farrell and Doyle, 2003; Lamers et al., 2002). In many countries, a significant…

Unpacking the Black Box of Wilderness Therapy

2016

Despite considerable progress within wilderness and adventure therapy research over the last decade, researchers are still unable to precisely answer why, how, and for whom this treatment modality works. There is also a need for more knowledge regarding the circumstances under which the treatment does not appear to be effective. In this realist synthesis, we attempt to unpack this “black box” of wilderness therapy more specifically, defined as a specialized approach to mental health treatment for adolescents. Through a focused review of the primary qualitative wilderness therapy studies, empirical findings are used to test and refine a key program theory. The synthesis results in a propose…

Emerging stories of self: long-term outcomes of wilderness therapy in Norway

2020

This paper is a twelve-month follow-up study that explores perceived outcomes from participation in a Norwegian wilderness therapy program. Through a critical realist approach, the authors performe...

Therapy in the open air: Introducing wilderness therapy to adolescent mental health services in Scandinavia

2015

Despite the rich traditions of outdoor life in the Scandinavian countries, structured nature-based therapeutic interventions remain underexplored in adolescent mental health services. We suggest that wilderness therapy is an age-appropriate and effective group treatment that may hold particular appeal for at-risk youth who are less responsive to conventional forms of treatment. Although more widespread in other parts of the world, wilderness therapy may also be a viable treatment modality for the Scandinavian region. Our overall aim of this state-of-knowledge article is to provide an overview of wilderness therapy with regard to conceptualization, practice and research, and to discuss curre…

La Città Selvatica: Paesaggi Urbani Contemporanei, a cura di Annalisa Metta e Maria Livia Olivetti

2021

Rescensione di Metta A., Olivetti M.L. (a cura di, 2019). La Città Selvatica: Paesaggi Urbani Contemporanei, Libria, Melfi

Appunti per una biografia di Alexander Zemlinsky in Europa (1871-1938)

2012

Il saggio delinea un profilo biografico e artistico di Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) nel periodo compreso fra l'esordio compositivo e l'esilio in America. In particolare, vengono considerati i suoi rapporti con Alma Mahler, con Arnold Schoenberg e, più in generale, con la Scuola musicale di Vienna e l'ambiente culturale della capitale austrica. Per quanto riguarda il linguaggio compositivo di Zemlinsky, viene considerato soprattutto il suo rapporto con l'idea del superamento della sintassi tonale nell'opera teatrale "Der Zwerg" (Il nano, 1919-21) e nella "Lyrische Symphonie" del 1922-23.

Franco Brevini, L'invenzione della natura selvaggia. Storia di un'idea dal XVIII secolo a oggi, Bollati

2013

Dai luoghi profondi. Prose sulla Wilderness.

2012

Curatela della traduzione italiana del volume Deep Enough for Ivorybills di James Kilgo.