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Chapter Genealogical Writing and Epigraphic Layout: Some Preliminary Remarks
(2024)
After some preliminary reflections on the ancient Greeks’ genealogical attitude, the chapter focuses on the layout of genealogical gravestones, which consist of two main types. The first type includes individual gravestones, ...
Chapter From Texts on Walls to Walls of Text: The Layout of Late Antique Greek Documents Inscribed on Architecture
(2024)
Late Roman documents inscribed in Greek on wall space in Asia Minor look surprisingly different from earlier Greek documentary inscriptions also inscribed on walls, which were often carved with the text subdivided into ...
Chapter Time, bits, and nickel: Managing digital and analog continuity
(2024)
In 1998, the Getty Center hosted the "Time and Bits: Managing Digital Continuity" conference, gathering the founders and thinkers of two San Francisco non-profit organizations interested in long-term thinking and archiving: ...
Finite-Size Effects in Stochastic Models of Population Dynamics: Applications to Biomedicine and Biology
(2010)
Population dynamics constitutes a widespread branch of investigations which finds important applications within the realm of life science. The classical deterministic (macroscopic) approach aims at characterizing the time ...
Trame controluce. Il patriarca 'protestante' Cirillo Loukaris / Backlighting Plots. The 'Protestant' Patriarch Cyril Loukaris
(2015)
Cyril Loukaris (1570-1638), Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria and later of Constantinople, is a fascinating and controversial figure. In addition to being a religious authority, the patriarch proved to be a first-rate ...
Chapter Arti, tecniche e mestieri in Diderot e nell’Encyclopédie
(2024)
The Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (1751-1772) is the laboratory of experience of the new technical-rational values produced by the 18th century and the philosophie. Science ...
Tecnologia per il web learning
(2007)
This book maps out a course through the methodological and technological innovations of internet-based training, setting the emphasis on the collaborative character of experiences of learning and on the interactivity of ...
Chapter Luigi Meneghello recensore in inglese per il «Times Literary Supplement»
(2024)
This article discusses the transnational and translingual dimension of Luigi Meneghello’s cultural project, by focusing on his reviews of Italian books for the «Times Literary Supplement» (1977-1989, 1998-1999). The analysis ...
Chapter Classificazioni e paragone delle arti tra Medioevo e Rinascimento
(2024)
The text approaches the idea of labour in the classifications of knowledge (13th-16th c.), especially concerning liberal and mechanical arts. The authors addressed show an increased interest in manual work. The mechanical ...
Chapter Tavola rotonda
(2024)
This round-table discussion focuses on two major aspects of the use of alternative currencies. The first is the role of negotiation. The complexity of valuation in exchanges in kind has been widely highlighted. However, ...