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Estetyczne nowatorstwo poematów Tomasza Augusta Olizarowskiego - od "Zawieruchy" do "Car-dziewicy"
2015
The article presents an almost totally forgotten poet, playwright, November Uprising fighter and émigré - Tomasz August Olizarowski. Having carried out a research in the Polish Library in Paris, the author delves into the life and work of Olizarowski, focusing on his existing manuscripts and assessing the aesthetic value of his selected works. Particularly, the analysis concentrates on Ukrainian themes, as well as melancholy, macabre, grotesque and mysticism.
Decorum. An ancient idea of everyday aesthetics
2021
Everyday Aesthetics was born in the 21ST Century as a sub-discipline of Anglo-American Aesthetics and it has spread in the international debate. However, the contribute of historical perspective has not properly explored yet. Is it possible to trace the history of everyday aesthetics before the official birth of this discipline? I will try and give you an affirmative answer by focusing on an exemplary category: that of the decorum. Using the history of ideas (W. Tatatrkiewicz), I will analyse the Greek concept of prepon and the similar Latin concepts of decorum which express the idea of "convenience" or "fitness to purpose" in the ethical and rhetorical sphere. Later I will analyse the evol…
The line model of form and emotion : perspectives on western design
2018
This paper introduces a new model of form, emotion, and semantics through a process of form abstraction utilizing lines. Understanding the emotional and semantic value of form is a complex task, and many theories have been developed. Analyzing the visual arts through line relationships and interactions is a conceptually novel approach and offers new avenues for advancing studies in form theory, theories of emotion and perception, and design generally. By examining literature in visual perception, form theory, and emotion, and by historically analyzing changes in form through the aesthetic arts and then reducing these aesthetic elements into basic linear foundations, we developed the line mo…
Dialogicality in teaching process drama : three narratives, three frameworks
2018
This case study explores dialogicality in teaching process drama through the narratives and practices of three experienced drama teachers of the Open University. Dialogue is understood here in the context of ‘I-Thou’ attitude and as the phenomenon of heteroglossia. The analyses of the videotaped reflective interviews with the teachers and process dramas revealed a polyphonic picture of dialogicality in the teaching process, in which juxtapositions of communion and alterity are favoured. These findings may help drama teachers to become more conscious about the challenges and possibilities of generating a fluid and energised dialogicality in process drama. peerReviewed
Introducing Teenagers to a Dialogue with Judaism as the Task of School Catechesis
2014
This analysis proves that introducing teenagers to a dialogue with Judaism is one of catechesis’s tasks. This task has been outlined in the post-conciliar documents of the Catholic Church. It underlines the spiritual ties between Catholic people and the Jews and promotes forming an attitude of openness towards followers of the Mosaic religion. It also contributes to mitigating anti-Semitism among Catholic teenagers. At the same time, it raises interest in Jewish traditions and culture. In the religion syllabus in lower and post-secondary schools we can come across numerous references (mainly indirect) to Judaism. The focus on passing honest knowledge about Judaism can be also clearly visibl…
Broilerikulttuuri : lihateollisuuden kanat suomenkielisessä proosassa ja sarjakuvassa vuosina 1969–2019
2023
Väitöstutkimuksessani tarkastelen broilerikanojen kuvauksia vuosina 1969–2019 julkaistuissa suomenkielisissä romaaneissa, novelleissa ja sarjakuvissa. Kysyn, miten broilerintuotantoa ja siinä eläviä kanoja sekä kuolleita broilereita kuvataan suomenkielisessä kirjallisuudessa. Tutkimukseni tavoitteena on tuottaa tietoa broilereista kirjallisuudessa ja kehittää välineitä tuotantoeläinten ja teollisen eläintuotannon tutkimiseen kirjallisuudentutkimuksen alueella. Broilerina kasvatettu kana on maailman yleisin lintu ja yleisin selkärankainen tuotantoeläin. Muun muassa ympäristö- ja kulttuurivaikutustensa vuoksi broilerintuotanto koskettaa lähes jokaista ihmistä riippumatta siitä, syövätkö he br…
L’ampliamento come occasione di recupero della memoria e dell’identità
2012
We present the enlargement plan of an isolated cemetery in a small town of the west Sicily as it exemplifies some way to carry out the design for an “addition”. The enlargement faces a still readable and characteristic nineteenth-century building. Even introducing unavoidable innovative characteristics, the architecture we designed tries to resolve the difficult relationship between the new portion and the old cemetery, bell shaped, in steep slope above the town. The recovery of this place for collective memory, once realized as a closed enclosure, is realized by the mediation of a space which seeks to maintain, recover and reinforce the identity of places altered in the last years by uncon…
In Defense of Cities : On Negative Presentation of Urban Areas in Environmental Preference Studies
2019
This paper critiques a common research method, image-based studies, in assessing environmental preferences. The method is used, in particular, in the fields of environmental psychology, landscape studies, and health studies, here called empirical environmental preference studies or EEP studies. I argue that the established view in the EEP field that nature is inherently experienced as more aesthetically appealing and restorative than urban environments may be biased because of the image-based method. This paper presents a literature review of EEP studies, discussing them in a framework of environmental and everyday aesthetics. The conclusion is that EEP studies may strip cities of their phy…
Archibald Alison e l’estetica del quotidiano? Una prospettiva neoestetica
2020
Il saggio rilegge l’estetica di Archibald Alison alla luce della neoestetica (una chiave di lettura introdotta da Luigi Russo) secondo cui per capire il presente, è necessario trovarne la genesi nel passato. Dopo aver inquadrato il pensiero di Alison nell’estetica Britannica settecentesca, il saggio mette a fuoco il concetto di “familiare” e quello di “adeguatezza allo scopo” e, tenendo conto delle chiavi ermeneutiche contemporanee sull’Everyday Aesthetics, traccia già in Alison l’insorgere di idee e riflessioni che aprono l’estetica alla vita di ogni giorno
Politiche della bellezza: prospettive per un nuovo umanesimo
2021
Sulla falsariga di James Hillman, il saggio mira a capire se la bellezza può suggerire delle strategie politiche – con riferimento etimologico al termine greco polis, città, o meglio comunità – al fine di costruire un nuovo umanesimo. Dopo aver messo a fuoco il concetto di politica e il nesso con la bellezza, si prenderanno in considerazione le teorie della filosofa nippo-americana Yuriko Saito, esponente dell’Everyday Aesthetics e si metterà a fuoco la nozione di cura. Questa nozione può costituire il fondamento di una politica intesa come “strategia relazionale”, in cui le pratiche comunitarie e la cittadinanza attiva possano costruire un mondo più sano e sostenibile. Along the lines of J…