Ricerc@Sapienza

This contribution is part of a broader research program initiated by de Rosa in the 1980s
on “Place-identity and Social Representations of European Capitals in First Visitors of
Six Different Nationalities” (cfr inter alia: de Rosa, 1995a, 1997; de Rosa, Antonelli &
Calogero, 1995). It has been developed over time in various lines of investigation
interrelated between them: “field studies” (de Rosa, 2013c; de Rosa & d’Ambrosio,
2010, 2011) and “media studies” (de Rosa & Bocci, 2014a, 2014b, 2015; de Rosa,

This article advances a new model for family law to address emerging non-conventional family formations, particularly between parents and children. We contend that the conventional model of kinship categories as static, predefined statuses should be replaced with a model whereby the state accommodates kinship categories the law users themselves produce within their fluid and nomadic family assemblages and that they actively revise when negotiating state recognition. We claim that this model would better reflect and govern the emerging kinship system.

The archaeological evidence from the Levant, Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean basin documents the appearance of specialized drinking sets in those regions from around the mid-3rd millennium BC, including vessels for serving (pitchers, jugs and the so-called teapots) and drinking liquids (mugs, handled cups, goblets, beakers and cups), most likely alcoholic beverages (beer or wine), suggestive of regional independent productions elaborated from different prototypes that may document diverse drinking behaviours adopted at various places.