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Il valore delle differenze. Tipicità e terroir nella cultura alimentare
2021
DOP, IGP, tipico, tradizionale, a chilometro zero, terroir, identità: negli ultimi decenni il cibo è entrato prepotentemente nelle nostre vite come fenomeno geografico e sociale, ancor prima che alimentare. Questo lavoro propone un’analisi semiotica del fenomeno attraverso quattro casi emblematici di costruzione della tipicità alimentare: quello del sistema dei marchi di qualità europei DOP, IGP e STG e del problema dell’origine; quello di un relais in Sicilia dove l’esperienza di permanenza è incentrata sull’apprendimento della cucina tradizionale; quello del linguaggio dei ristoranti “stellati” e della loro evoluzione – ormai d’obbligo – in templi dell’alta cucina locale; quello relativo …
La gratuité des musées et des monuments : qu’en pensent les publics en France ?
2015
The question of free admission has generated numerous debates, highlighting various viewpoints of professionals involved in Culture, effects on the measured volumes of attendance and on the management of museums and monuments. One question has been left aside: that of the reception of free admissionmeasures by the destined audiences. The analysis of the representations of these measures, which are found to be multiple, contradictory and not very congruent with the ideals put forth by the institutions themselves, shows the subtlety of the complex interactions between the tariff amount, the comprehension of a cultural policy, impact on the representations of museums and monuments and frequent…
Public-Interest Litigation before the ECtHR: Towards a Human Rights Approach to the “Universal” Protection of Cultural Heritage?
2022
Taking as a starting point the inadmissibility decision issued in 2019 by the European Court of Human Rights in the case Ahunbay and others v. Turkey, the article proposes some reflections concerning the possibility of lodging applications with the Court which are aimed at protecting collective interests and common goods as recognized (or emerging) under international law. While the case at hands concerned the specific issue of the protection of cultural heritage, it cannot be denied that, more generally, the importance in contemporary international law of public-interest litigation before international courts and tribunals is growing. And indeed, it is much discussed in the field of the pr…
What is it and how to measure cultural tourism? A longitudinal study with time series for the Spanish case
2013
Por su poder diferenciador, y su débil contingencia a la moda el turismo cultural se ha convertido en un reto para los destinos. No solo dinamiza zonas de interior sino que es una manera para algunos destinos de salvar su patrimonio y crear empleos. Sin embargo, el concepto de turismo cultural es complejo y su delimitación y medición difíciles. En una primera parte teórica, este trabajo realiza una revisión conceptual del turismo cultural enfocando la dialéctica existente entre experiencia y autenticidad, y destacando después la diversidad de tipologías de turismo y de turista cultural. En la parte empírica, después de abordar la dificultad de medición, se presenta un estudio con series tem…
Tourism Development in UNESCO Natural Heritage Sites: The Case of Sicilian Volcanic Sites: Mount Etna and Aeolian Islands
2017
Local development often depends on tourism, especially in fragile contexts like islands which represent a special cluster and are the best cases to be analyzed in order to highlight positive and negative aspects of economic development driven by tourism. A sustainable development approach should be taken in account and the UNESCO brand plays a fundamental role in this sense. The aim of this paper is to analyze the link between tourism supply and the growth of tourism demand in the case of UNESCO sites through multivariate regression analysis. The results show a correlation between the variables considered. But the actual structure of supply is still built on conventional sea tourism and is …
It’s More Fun in the Philippines? The Challenges of Tourism
2017
The Philippines have been in recent years a minor destination of international tourism flows, especially from Europe. Most visitors are Asians (Korea, Japan), Americans or Australians. This chapter examines some strengths of the Philippines in terms of tourism potentials (landscapes, undersea diving, cultural heritage), then its organizational and infrastructural weaknesses (transportation), as well as the lack of proper maintenance of tourism assets and the overcrowding of Boracay island, before examining the tourism policies of the national government (the successful “Its more fun in the Philippines” campaign, development of gambling, medical tourism and ecotourism). Four case studies in …
IAQ monitoring in heritage buildings
2005
Heritage buildings often operate in free conditions, as they are not equipped with HVAC systems. This calls for the interventions of proper measurements with the aim of monitoring and controlling indoor physical parameters. As matter of fact, the control of indoor conditions in museums is of paramount importance for the proper preservation of artefacts. Moreover, in such buildings another requirement should be achieved, that is the maintenance of the comfort and safety conditions for visitors. In this work the results of a survey carried out on a hall of a historical palace to estimate the people occupancy by making use concentration of CO(2) are reported.
Open-air Conservation of Ruins and the Concept of “Non-Dislocation”
2012
Most of the on-going debate is about “how” to protect archaeological ruins, whilst at the same time allowing the general public to enjoy them. Today it is clear how important it is, from the actual planning stages of excavations, to interact with experts from other disciplines, who are working on their own findings and offering them up for collective enjoyment. Whatever might be feasible for an indoor museum is not always feasible with an architectonic ruin, as regards both presenting objects with explicative apparatus that determines their significance, and exploring them in a new way when interpretations change or new ideologies are introduced. First of all, conserving excavations is the …
Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage of Mankind as a War Crime and the Effectiveness of the Current Legal Framework
EUROHERIT Policy Brief I: Increasing the Benefits and Transparency of the European Heritage Label
2018
The European Heritage Label (EHL) is the EU’s flagship heritage action. It focuses on promoting the European significance of the cultural heritage and a sense of belonging among the European citizenry. The nature of the action and its proclaimed aims in identity politics necessitate wide public engagement, openness, and transparency. Compared to the European Capital of Culture (ECOC) action and the UNESCO Heritage Lists, the EHL application process has poor transparency, as the applications of the labeled sites are not made public or accessible to other heritage professionals, managers, policymakers, researchers, or public audiences. To increase the transparency of the EU heritage policy in…