La città e i consumi. Consumi e trasformazioni urbane a Bologna tra anni '50 e '70

Il primo capitolo di questo lavoro è dedicato all’opera svolta dagli amministratori locali e da un ente governativo come la Camera di commercio per arrivare a decifrare le effettive caratteristiche del quadro locale dal punto di vista economico, sociale, della percezione e del significato che assumono i consumi e gli spazi urbani ad essi dedicati. La caratteristica più originale rilevata dagli amministratori (che contano tra le proprie fila studiosi come Ardigò, Zangheri e Bellettini) è quella di una notevole omogeneità politica e culturale del quadro sociale. E questo, nonostante le massicce immigrazioni che sono, in proporzione, seconde solo quelle di Milano, ma per la stragrande maggioranza provenienti dalla stessa provincia o, al massimo, dalla regione e da analoghi percorsi di socializzazione e di formazione. Fondando essenzialmente su questa omogeneità (capitolo secondo), gli enti bolognesi cercarono di governare la trasformazione della città e anche l’espansione dei consumi che appariva colpita da eccessi e distorsioni. Facendo leva sulle pesanti crisi del 1963-1965 e del 1973-1977, gli amministratori locali puntarono ad ottenere la propria legittimazione fondandola proprio sui consumi, sulla base di una precisa cognizione del nuovo che arrivava, ma schierandosi decisamente a contenerne gli effetti dirompenti sul tessuto locale e indirizzando gli sforzi acquisitivi dei bolognesi sulla base di una temperante razionalizzazione nutrita di pianificazione urbanistica. Ritardi, spinte dal basso, ostacoli burocratici e legislativi resero questi percorsi difficili, o comunque assai poco lineari; fino a che l’ingresso negli anni Ottanta non ne modificò sensibilmente il corso. Ma questo, allo stato attuale delle conoscenze, è già tema per nuova ricerca. Il terzo capitolo è dedicato alla visualizzazione cartografica (GIS) dell’espansione degli spazi commerciali urbani durante le fasi più significative del miracolo.

Principi insediativi e progetto

Nella presente ricerca ho cercato di individuare una definizione di principio insediativo, degli elementi che lo caratterizzano e lo compongono. Ho spaziato dagli approcci teorici di due autori (Vittorio Gregotti e Bernardo Secchi) per arrivare ad un'analisi di tipo progettuale-operativo attraverso il caso studio della Bicocca di Milano.

Giorgio Vigolo – Quali musiche suonò Hölderlin? (28 aprile 1966)

Giorgio Vigolo’s lecture Quali musiche suonò Hölderlin? (Which Pieces of Music Did Hölderlin Play?), which the Italian poet held in Rome on April 28th 1966, here edited for the first time, with notes, by Giovanna Cordibella.

Private (Brown) Eyes: Ethnicity, Genre and Gender in Crime Fiction in the Gloria Damasco novels and the Chicanos Comic Series

The representation of women in crime fiction has traditionally been a complicated one. Consistently forced into secondary characters (assistants, girlfriends, or damsels in distress) the most active role a female character could aspire to was that of the femme fatale, a pit of perdition, an unwelcome distraction for a man looking for truth and justice. This traditional approach to the genre has been challenged in the last decades by women acting as detectives, trusted with solving their cases in a hostile male world. Similarly, the traditional white male protagonist has been contested by fictions where ethnic minorities are not just consigned to the criminal world, but where detectives are members of ethnic groups, and can use their knowledge of the community to solve the case. This essay focuses on the crossroads of ethnic and women’s detective fiction, specifically the Gloria Damasco series by Chicana writer Lucha Corpi and the graphic novel Chicanos (Trillo and Risso, 1996). Both protagonists (Gloria Damasco, a Chicana clairvoyant detective, and “poor, ugly, and a detective” Alejandrina Yolanda Jalisco) must face both the dangers of investigating criminal cases and discrimination in their professional surroundings due to their gender and ethnicity. By contrasting these texts, the essay elucidates the importance of specific cultural products, their connection to (and defiance of) canonical forms of the genre, and their rejection of generic and gender expectations.

MDWEnet: a practical approach to achieving interoperability of model-driven web engineering methods

Current model-driven Web Engineering approaches (such as OO-H, UWE or WebML) provide a set of methods and supporting tools for a systematic design and development of Web applications. Each method addresses different concerns using separate models (content, navigation, presentation, business logic, etc.), and provide model compilers that produce most of the logic and Web pages of the application from these models. However, these proposals also have some limitations, especially for exchanging models or representing further modeling concerns, such as architectural styles, technology independence, or distribution. A possible solution to these issues is provided by making model-driven Web Engineering proposals interoperate, being able to complement each other, and to exchange models between the different tools. MDWEnet is a recent initiative started by a small group of researchers working on model-driven Web Engineering (MDWE). Its goal is to improve current practices and tools for the model-driven development of Web applications for better interoperability. The proposal is based on the strengths of current model-driven Web Engineering methods, and the existing experience and knowledge in the field. This paper presents the background, motivation, scope, and objectives of MDWEnet. Furthermore, it reports on the MDWEnet results and achievements so far, and its future plan of actions.

Teaching-learning process of historical heritage: a Journey as a beginning, path and end

The implantation of new university degrees within the European Higher Education Area implies the need of innovative methodologies in teaching and learning to improve the skills and competencies of students and to answer the growing needs that society continuously demands to heritage management experts. The present work shows an application of the teaching methodology proposed during the international workshop entitled “I International Planning Preservation Workshop. Learning from Al Andalus”, which included the participation of the University of Alicante and Granada, Università Politecnico di Milano and Hunter College City University of New York; where we tried to dissolve traditional boundaries derived of interuniversity cooperation programs. The main objective of the workshop was to discuss and debate the role of urban Historical Centers within the Global Heritage by the integrated work through multidisciplinary teams and the creation of a permanent international working group between these universities to both teach and research. The methodology of this workshop was very participatory and considered the idea of a new learning process generated by "a journey experience." A trip from global to local (from the big city to the small village) but also a trip from the local (historical) part of a big city to the global dimension of contemporary historical villages identified by the students through a system of exhibition panels in affinity groups, specific projects proposed by lecturers and teachers or the generation of publications in various areas (texts, photographs, videos, etc.). So, the participation of the students in this multidisciplinary meeting has enhanced their capacity for self-criticism in several disciplines and has promoted their ability to perform learning and research strategies in an autonomous way. As a result, it has been established a permanent international work structure for the development of projects of the Historical City. This relationship has generated the publication of several books whose contents have reflected the conclusions developed in the workshop and several teaching proposals shared between those institutions. All these aspects have generated a new way of understanding the teaching process through a journey, in order to study the representative role of university in the historical heritage and to make students (from planning, heritage management, architecture, geography, sociology, history or engineering areas) be compromised on searching strategies for sustainable development in the Contemporary City.

Milan, Italy, 1778 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pianta della città di Milano, Arcan. Lavelli Ing. ... delir. Ang. Pestagalli F.Q. sculp. It was published in 1778. Scale [ca. 1:7,000]. Covers Milan, Italy. Map in Italian.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 32N projected coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification, ground cover, parks, and more.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

Milan, Italy, 1875 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pianta della città di Milano : illustrato colle vedutine dei principali monumenti e fabbricati. It was published by Antonio Vallardi in 1875. Scale not given. Covers Milan, Italy. Map in Italian.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 32N projected coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads and stations, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings (shown pictorially), fortification, ground cover, parks, cemeteries, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes index.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

Milan, Italy, 1860 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pianta di Milano, designata dal Tenente Ingegnere Geografo Giovanni Brenna. It was published by Antonio Vallardi in 1860. Scale [ca. 1:5,000]. Covers Milan, Italy. Map in Italian. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'European Datum 1950 UTM Zone 32N' coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map.This map shows features such as roads, railroads and stations, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification, ground cover, parks, and more. Includes index.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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Issued 1911-26 in Rome.

Relazioni degli ambasciatori veneti al Senato; raccolte, annotate,

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