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The Ka’ulayawaa festivals among the Wayùu. Exploring continuities and variations in forms, meanings and contexts through ethnographic sources
2022
In this paper I review and compare the main sources of information about the ka’ulayawaa festivals among the Wayùu, an Amerindian people inhabiting in the semiarid Guajira peninsula (Northern Colombia and Venezuela). For their peculiar mix of songs, dances, imitative plays and competitive games, inserted into a same festive framework, these festivals are particularly interesting to be studied as expressive metacommentaries (in the sense of Turner) of Wayùu social structures, cultural values and worldview. Nevertheless, they have not so far been the subject of a specific anthropological analysis, also because they ceased to be celebrated around the middle of the twentieth century, that is, b…
Rappresentazioni del sacro femminile. I busti femminili "di tipo agrigentino" in contesto
2021
Il contributo esamina la categoria dei busti fittili femminili in ottica contestuale, concentrando l'attenzione su due casi tra i più significativi a oggi noti: il Santuario rupestre di Agrigento e il Santuario del cd. altare di Demetra a Lipari. L'esame comparato consente di evidenziare sia le ricorrenze sia le specifiche connotazioni che la formula assume nella pratica rituale di ciascun santuario. The contribution examines the category of female fictile busts from a contextual point of view, focusing attention on two of the most significant cases known to date: the rupestrian sanctuary of Agrigento and the sanctuary of the cd. altar of Demeter in Lipari. The comparative examination allow…
Ritualità altre e mondo globale
2007
Mafiosi devoti, ministri della chiesa ambigui
2008
La gran parte degli appartenenti a Cosa Nostra manifesta apertamente la propria fede in Dio. E diversi esponenti dell’istituzione ecclesiale cattolica si mostrano “simpatetici” con la visione degli “uomini d’onore”. L'articolo analizza le modalità di convivenza di questo ambiguo binomio.
Grimaces et lèvres pincées : remarques sur la ritualisation pénale (Pascal, Wittgenstein) (Grimaces and Pursed Lips: Remarks on the judicial ritualiz…
2018
Cet article vise à clarifier le recours à une famille de métaphores qui entoure fréquemment le procès (ritualisation, théâtralisation, mise en scène, cérémonie de type religieux), et défend la thèse que la notion de ritualisation judiciaire exprime avant tout la louable intention d'accorder à la justice internationale pénale un temps et des occasions sans finalité préconçue, mais qui permettent la manifestation d'une diversité d'émotions. Il prend principalement appui sur la comparaison des Pensées et des Lettres provinciales de Pascal d'une part, sur le…
FORME E FUNZIONI DEI SIMULACRI E DEI FANTOCCI ANIMATI NELLE FESTE SICILIANE
2021
In Sicilia, in occasione di numerose cerimonie religiose, soprattutto a Pasqua, entrano in scena statue con arti mobili (soprattutto Crocifissi e Madonne) e fantocci antropomorfi o teriomorfi animati da un manipolatore posto al loro interno. Se dal punto di vista fenomenologico, questi ultimi artefatti, costituiscono un ibrido, un incrocio tra umano e artificiale, dai punti di vista funzionale e simbolico, sia che rappresentino i santi apostoli sia che rappresentino eroi fondatori o animali leggendari, si pro-pongono, sempre e comunque, come entità altre dall’umano. I fantocci animati, pertanto, al pari dei mascherati e dei simulacri processionali dei santi, sono da considerarsi delle epifa…
Christian spirituality in the lyrics of the rock group U2
2003
Miles Christianus e Heroina Christiana come modelli personali nella tradizione culturale polacca dal XVI al XVIII secolo
2018
One of the most significant influences upon the process of creation of male/female spirituality was exerted by role models characteristic for the culture of Counter-Reformation. Among these models, the ones that occupied the most influential position were Miles Christianus and Heroina Christiana shaped in response to domestic and foreign dangers to which the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was exposed. The article focuses predominantly upon the discussion of social pedagogy build around the propaganda of spiritual struggle. In this respect, a significant role was played by soldiers prayer-bookspublished predominantly in 17th cent., mainly Żołnierskie nabożeństwo [Soldier’s religious service]…
How Virtuous is Your Firm? A Checklist
2009
Scholars are noting a change in the way business is being conducted. Many firms --one scholar estimates the number at 15%-- are concerned about values rather than focusing exclusively on maximizing profits. This new kind of capitalism considers factors such as societal needs, quality, needs of employees, and environmental sustainability in business decision making. In addition, a large number of consumers (approximately 70 million Americans), known as values-driven consumers, prefer doing business with companies that have values. This paper provides a checklist that can be used by firms to determine whether or not they are indeed virtuous; if they are not, the authors provide reasons why th…
Using Spiritual Intelligence to Transform Organisational Cultures
2017
Recently spirituality has become a viable topic of discussion for management scholars seeking a means to enhance work cultures and improve organisational effectiveness. However, the path from spirituality to transforming organisational culture is not immediately obvious. Fortunately,several authors have developed frameworks that provide connections. In particular, the notion of spiritual intelligence (SIhereafter) is helpful. This paper begins by describing spirituality and SI in the context of organisational transformation. It then details research involving working professionals that sought to answer the question: “How (and why) might SI transform organisational culture to be more ethical…