Ricerc@Sapienza

The designing of contemporary cultural spaces needs to take into consideration the incessant expansive movement that affects reality due to the multiform and pervasive universe of the web, and the digitalization of social space. The implications of this transformation are numerous and not fully explored because change is underway. In this chapter we explore how social actors inhabit the excesses and the speed this change brings with it, and the actor’s responses in ways of experiencing the trans-media world

In a globalised world, where competitiveness represents the keystone of modern capitalist society and, thus, of economic health and prosperity, knowledge and expertise express the very differentiating element between successful and unsuccessful economic performance. In a systemic perspective, the ever-changing character of our society imposes a continuous reorientation of the processes of knowledge transmission to tackle the increasing challenges, posed by interrelated labour markets.

This chapter aims to analyse the relationship between fashion and literary studies in the context of English cultural history. By tracing the conflation of the notion of ideology into models of hegemony and discoursive practices, it will highlight the conceptual basis for a proper understanding of the cultural approach in the study of literary objects and fashion phenomena.

Hendrik C. Andersen, artista norvegese naturalizzato americano, trascorse buona parte della sua vita a Roma. Entrato a far parte della comunità di artisti attirati dal "gran tour", fu legato in particolare a Henry James. I contatti con l'ambiente internazionale includono anche Paul Otlet. Andersen sviluppa in termini artistici l'idea di Otlet e La Fontaine della costruzione di una Città Mondiale della Pace. I progetti sono tuttora esposti nella casa-museo Andersen, su Lungotevere, a Roma.

Anatomical ex-votos of feet have always been interpreted as representing the unhealthy part of the body for which patients were asking healing. However, according to the archaeological data and literary sources, another interpretation is also possible: the purpose of this article is to focus on the strong relationship between feet and fertility in the ancient world by cross-referencing the available archaeological evidence with the scientific data relating to this topic. That shed light on an important aspect of the Healing Temples in Greek and Roman medicine.

This paper focuses on the writings of Hino Ashihei (1907-1960) about Okinawa, a corpus of twelve works composed over a period of sixteen years that were

Se il corpo morto si caratterizza per quel senso di contaminazione, discontinuità e perdita dell’identità individuale che le pratiche funebri moderne ha lo scopo di gestire e arginare, diverso è il caso del corpo del caduto in guerra. In un contesto come quello bellico si verifica un’attrazione di identità da parte del cadavere, che diventa così un termine di confronto per chi lo osserva, uno specchio attraverso cui riflettere le proprie appartenenze sociali.