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Giovanni Filippo Ingrassia: A five-hundred year-long lesson.
2010
Giovanni Filippo Ingrassia was born five centuries ago in Regalbuto, a small town in the center of Sicily. After his medical course in Padua, under the guidance of Vesalius and Fallopius, he gained international fame as a physician and was recruited as a Professor of human anatomy in Naples and later in Palermo. He is remembered as "the new Galen" or "the Sicilian Hippocrates." He contributed to the knowledge of human anatomy through the description of single bones rather than the whole skeleton. In particular, he was the first to describe the "stapes," the "lesser wings of the sphenoid" and various other structures in the head (probably the pharyngotympanic tube) as well as in the reproduc…
Identity in First and Second Generation Migrants Belonging to a Tunisian Community in Mazara del Vallo (Sicily)
2015
In Sicily, the increasing presence of immigrants has given the society an important challenge which has also required the adoption of an intercultural view and intervention designed to deepen the needs of migrants. Immigrants living in Sicily are distributed above all in coastal areas. The most numerous migrant communities come from Romania, Tunisia and Morocco. In the province of Trapani, the presence of foreigners reflects the regional distribution with migrants from Romania, Tunisia and Morocco. However, a different distribution of the population has been recorded in Mazara del Vallo, a small town in the province of Trapani, where a Tunisian community justifies the prevalence of Tunisian…
Destination Governance at Stake: Fostering Policy Coordination Among Decision-Makers of a Small Town
2018
This research aims to foster small-town decision-makers’ awareness of policy coordination as a central issue in either implementing collaborative governance and designing tourism development policies. To this end, a System Dynamics-based Interactive Learning Environment (ILE) has been designed with the intent of challenging decision-makers to increase tourism in the small town, while managing trade-offs among individualistic vs. collaborative behaviour. The action research took place in Castelbuono, a small tourism destination in Sicily (Italy). Three major decision-makers were involved: the mayor of the town, the museum’s director, and a restaurant owner. The use of the ILE has enabled dec…
Abitare la transizione nei Centri minori in Sicilia
2023
The proposal aims to develop concrete experience on possible ways of living from a framework of national and international references on the theme of the Social Housing Community to define a specific methodology on strategies to be tested on the theme of residence temporary in small towns in Sicily. The provision of minimum and adequate space for short and long periods of welcome is thus intended for new temporary residents (returning young people, migrant families, the elderly, travellers in transit) which can also be used to meet the needs of migrants, under the public direction of the municipal administration. The issue of residency is back in the disciplinary debate after the health eme…
Valledolmo 2030: la città che cura
2022
The small towns can become the places to reactivate the rural areas of our country through essential factors starting from the natural and cultural heritage, from social inclusion, from psycho-physical well-being, helping to reverse the unstoppable phenomenon of the flight of young people. The current Covid-19 emergency has revealed the crucial role of health, not only in terms of health facilities, but also in new ways to feel better, spend more free time outdoors, eat healthily and boost the economies of Local communities. It is in this context that the research-action project of the research group and the LabCity Architecture degree laboratory aims to investigate the theme of the city th…
Strategies for the valorization of the small towns in the inland areas of Sicily
2019
La crisi degli insediamenti minori (specie nelle aree interne che presentano maggiore fragilità) impone che si debba ragionare su aree vaste per poter elaborare nuove visioni e costruire una nuova cittadinanza. La possibilità di operare sul territorio esteso diventa premessa di metodo e di operabilità del progetto, riconoscendo che i territori frammentati, le risorse puntuali (anche di grande valore storico e culturale) non sono più in grado di generare processi. The crisis of small settlements (especially in inland areas that are very fragile) requires a large-scale reasoning to be able to develop new visions and build a new citizenship. The possibility of operating on a wide territory bec…
Politiche e disposizioni per il ripopolamento dei piccoli centri abbandonati. Alcune riflessioni
2020
The contribution constitutes an introduction to one of the sections of the conference, which highlights the need to put in place, on the issues in question - the depopulation of inland areas - a pre-eminent pedagogical-formative action that helps communities to reverse their gaze by considering small towns a resource.
Small towns between Globalization and Sustainability
2011
I piccoli centri urbani rappresentano una frazione significativa della popolazione totale in molte regioni del mondo. Molti di questi centri hanno subito modifiche in seno alla loro economia e tipologia a causa della globalizzazione e dei cambiamenti economici del mondo avvenuti già nella metà del ventesimo secolo. L’economia locale indipendente delle piccole città, che è stata assorbita dall’economia globale, ha determinato la perdita delle identità locali e la loro stessa qualità di vita. In tale ragione risiede l’importanza di una progettazione urbana sostenibile - intesa come l’interazione tra economia, ambiente e benessere sociale – finalizzata a conservare i valori locali delle piccol…
Hetkiä elämän virrasta : kerronnallinen ja kokemuksellinen aika Joki-elokuvassa
2016
Hetkia elaman virrasta. Kerronnallinen ja kokemuksellinen aika Joki -elokuvassa Jarmo Lampelan elokuvassa Joki (Suomi 2001) kerrotaan kuusi samanaikaista, toisiaan sivuavaa tarinaa, joissa joukko pikkukaupungin ihmisia joutuu valintojen eteen tai kohtaamaan elaman mullistavia asioita. Eri-ikaisten henkilohahmojensa kautta Joki piirtaa esiin koko elamankaaren. Artikkelissa Jokea tarkastellaan ajan nakokulmasta kiinnittamalla huomiota ajan eri tasoihin ja ulottuvuuksiin. Aikaa tarkastellaan yhtaalta osana elokuvan muotoa ja toisaalta katsojan ja elokuvan valisessa kohtaamisessa syntyvana ilmiona. Lisaksi kysytaan, miten Joki filosofisen sisaltonsa kautta tematisoi aikaan liittyvia kysymyksia.…
Safeguarding the historic town of San Fratello, Sicily
2013
The paper presents the case history of San Fratello, a small town on the Nebrodi Mountains in Sicily rich in history and with very peculiar environmental and cultural characteristics. Both slopes of the narrow ridge where San Fratello is seated had been affected in 1754, 1922, 1986 and 2010 by very large landslides which caused the failure of a lot of buildings and historical monuments in the town. The paper illustrates the analyses carried out in the 2010 landslide and the design of stabilization works still in progress. Some problematic aspects related to the decision to safeguard San Fratello are discussed.