Lineamenti di storia del cinema muto in Colombia

"Lineamenti di storia del cinema muto in Colombia" nasce da un particolare interesse volto a determinare in che misura i colombiani parteciparono allo sviluppo del proprio cinema nazionale tra il 1897 e il 1926. Al fine di conseguire tale obiettivo, questo lavoro si prefigge come scopo la realizzazione di una rassegna critica dei lineamenti di storia del cinema muto colombiano. Inoltre, e considerando la forte partecipazione di impresari e cineasti italiani nel cinema muto colombiano tra il 1909 e il 1926, si presta particolare attenzione al loro contributo, a cui è dedicato il capitolo 4 e alcune sezioni dei capitoli 2, 3, 5 e 7. Preme mettere in evidenza che analizzare il contributo dei cineasti locali smentisce gran parte della bibliografia esistente sul cinema muto, dal momento che nessun testo colombiano o straniero ha mai constatato il loro contributo alla cinematografia locale o internazionale. Infatti, in questa ricerca si approfondiscono le nozioni di policentrismo, polimorfismo e polivalenza cinematografica, con l’obiettivo di realizzare uno studio documentato e aggiornato del cinema muto colombiano. Si auspica di poter dimostrare che il contributo di questi ultimi alla cinematografia muta colombiana e latino-americana –e in parte a quella italiana– fu consistente e di vasta portata, sia in termini di quantità che di contenuto. Infine, la presente ricerca si propone non soltanto di definire il contributo dei cineasti colombiani allo sviluppo del proprio cinema nazionale, ma anche, e soprattutto, di individuare l’origine di alcuni degli elementi che caratterizzano il cinema colombiano.

Quality assessment of a landslide inventory map and its application to land‐use planning. A case study in the Northern Apennines (Emilia‐Romagna region, Italy)

Landslide hazard and risk are growing as a consequence of climate change and demographic pressure. Land‐use planning represents a powerful tool to manage this socio‐economic problem and build sustainable and landslide resilient communities. Landslide inventory maps are a cornerstone of land‐use planning and, consequently, their quality assessment represents a burning issue. This work aimed to define the quality parameters of a landslide inventory and assess its spatial and temporal accuracy with regard to its possible applications to land‐use planning. In this sense, I proceeded according to a two‐steps approach. An overall assessment of the accuracy of data geographic positioning was performed on four case study sites located in the Italian Northern Apennines. The quantification of the overall spatial and temporal accuracy, instead, focused on the Dorgola Valley (Province of Reggio Emilia). The assessment of spatial accuracy involved a comparison between remotely sensed and field survey data, as well as an innovative fuzzylike analysis of a multi‐temporal landslide inventory map. Conversely, long‐ and short‐term landslide temporal persistence was appraised over a period of 60 years with the aid of 18 remotely sensed image sets. These results were eventually compared with the current Territorial Plan for Provincial Coordination (PTCP) of the Province of Reggio Emilia. The outcome of this work suggested that geomorphologically detected and mapped landslides are a significant approximation of a more complex reality. In order to convey to the end‐users this intrinsic uncertainty, a new form of cartographic representation is needed. In this sense, a fuzzy raster landslide map may be an option. With regard to land‐use planning, landslide inventory maps, if appropriately updated, confirmed to be essential decision‐support tools. This research, however, proved that their spatial and temporal uncertainty discourages any direct use as zoning maps, especially when zoning itself is associated to statutory or advisory regulations.

Formal planning rationality in public sector professional work: between discourse and practice

Although rational models of formal planning have been seriously criticized by strategy literature, they not only remain a widely used organizational practice in private firms, but they have increasingly been entering public, professional organizations too, as part of public sector managerial reforms. This research addresses this apparent paradox, exploring the meaning of formal planning in public sector professional work. Curiously, this is an issue that remains under-investigated in the literature: the long debate on formal planning in strategy research devoted scant attention to its diffusion in the public sector, and public sector studies have scrutinized the introduction of other management tools in professional work, but very limitedly formal planning itself. In fact, little is known on the actual meaning of formal planning in public, professional services. This research is based upon a case of adoption of formal planning tools in a public hospital. Embracing a discourse analytical lens, it examines which formal planning discourse entered professional work, to what extent, and how professionals interpret it and engage with it in their practice. The analysis uncovers dynamics of social construction of meaning where, eventually, a formal planning discourse both shapes and is shaped by professional practice. In particular, it is found that formal planning rationality largely penetrated professional work, but not to the detriment of professional values. Morevover, formal planning ‘fails’ as a tool for rational decision making, but it takes up a knowledge work and a social value in professional work, as a tool for explicitation of action courses and for dialogue between otherwise more disconnected parts of the organization.