From the 9th to the 7th century BC, Assyrian kings launched a programme of visualization of their military deeds and achievements on wall panels in the rooms of the royal residences in the main capital cities of the empire, Nimrud, Dur Sharrukin and Nineveh.
This chapter presents a series of possible elements to consider in order to set up a model of analysis for the performance of music of oral tradition. taking the case study of the tarantella of Montemarano, Southern Italy, where the author has carried research for over thirty years.
This paper explores theoretical and methodological strategies for rethinking some principles of sociological theory in the light of the fact that the basic sociological concepts—for instance, time, space, and relations among individuals and groups— could facilitate better observation and understanding of contemporary societies.
This study builds on existing work on cartographic thinking in everyday life to better understand how our communication with others and use of media influences our perceptions of continental scale geography. Using a mixed, US-Italian sample of college students living in cities on similar latitudes (40N), we found that there is a bias in placing U.S. cities further north and European cities further south than where they should be.
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