Espaces, ouvertures et organes de circulation en hauteur dans l’église romane by Sébastien Biay, Annick Gagné

“…The result of this is an array of observations on French, Italian, Spanish, German and Anglo-Norman buildings, dating from the 10th to the 13th centuries. …”
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Intentional Islanding of Active Distribution Networks by GenSets: An Analysis of Technical Constraints and Opportunities by Edoardo Daccò, Davide Falabretti, Andrea Vicario

“…The numerical analyses, which have been carried out through the RMS simulation tool of the DigSilent PowerFactory software, also aim to evaluate the technical constraints in the case of active networks, which involve distributed generation implementing regulations according to ENTSO-E and Italian technical standards.…”
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Jardins partagés : une contribution habitante au système agri-alimentaire territorialisé rennais by Giulia Giacchè, Yvon Le Caro

“…To mingle thoughts about inhabitant’s experience and about the dynamics of PAS, three theoretical backgrounds are refered to. The italian territorialist approach which twins agriculture, sustainability and the city ; socio-economic research on place-based agro-food systems and the social geography which considers community gardens as ‘espaces-enjeux’ (spatial issues). …”
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Émergence du fait alimentaire dans le Valposchiavo (Suisse) à travers la définition d’un projet de territoire « en transition » by Marjolaine Gros-Balthazard

“…Based on the empirical analysis of the 100% Valposchiavo initiative, implemented in the valley of the same name, this paper aims to contribute to reflections on potential food-related transition strategies for mountain regions. In this Italian-speaking valley located within the German-speaking Swiss Canton of Graubünden (Grisons), the 100% Valposchiavo initiative, aimed at promoting local organic production, has gradually become a regional project. …”
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De David Belasco à Giacomo Puccini : La Fanciulla del West, premier opéra « américain » by Walter Zidaric

“…The Other – the native American viewed from the vantage point of the white, as well as the foreigner – no longer represented a threat, as had been the case in the operatic repertoire before, but became part and parcel of a multicultural society, like the Italian immigrant to whom Puccini also paid tribute. …”
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Chercheurs en interaction avec le terrain corse by Catherine Herrgott

“…This second phase of collecting, to which I associate the studies on Franciscan sacred polyphony compiled by Marcel Pérès (1996) and the work of the Italian ethnomusicologist Ignazio Macchiarella on falsobordone (1995), lasted some thirty years until the early 2000s and was marked by a strong male pregnancy among both researchers and practitioners/collectors. …”
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The Leopard: from unpublished romance to bestseller by Zohreh Montaseri

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La Scuola Rinnovata de Giuseppina Pizzigoni entre droits de l’enfant et changement social by Sandra Chistolini

“…Giuseppina Pizzigoni (1870-1947), founder of the Scuola Rinnovata Pizzigoni in Milan, is one of the greatest figures in twentieth-century Italian education. The 1907 educational plan began with a new building structure based on the experimental method, which is still in operation today. …”
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Intimità sacra e nuove appartenenze nella devozione dei Mauriziani induisti a Santa Rosalia (Palermo) by Eugenio Giorgianni

“…Migrant subjects incorporate Catholic ritual gestures and symbols in their votive dialogue with Santa Rosalia, establishing an emotional and spiritual connection with the city of Palermo through the sacred space of Monte Pellegrino, while demanding miracles from her deity to facilitate processes such as learning the Italian language and aspiring for greater social mobility. …”
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La principauté médiévale savoyarde by Florentin Briffaz

“…This relationship, which is historically more sensitive on the Italian side (with the exile of the former royal family from 1946 to 2002), has now given way to a deep disinterest for a large part of the public. …”
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Entre campagne publicitaire et films d’auteur : douze paysages urbains italiens au cinéma by Olivier Gaudin

“…12 Registi per 12 città (1989) is a commissioned promotional film comprising twelve portraits of cities, produced by twelve famous Italian filmmakers before the 14th World Cup (Italia’90). …”
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«Puliamo San Siro»: lottare contro lo stigma territoriale in un quartiere di edilizia popolare di Milano by Paolo Grassi

“…The first one (Comitato di Quartiere – Committee of the Neighbourhood) is formed by a group of elderly Italian residents; the second one (Comitato Abitanti – Committee of the Residents) is connected to the Milanese social movements that fight for housing rights. …”
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The high cancer incidence in young people in Italy: do genetic signatures reveal their environmental causes? by Ruggero Ridolfi

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Entre destructions et reconstructions, le patrimoine sicilien pendant et après la Seconde Guerre mondiale by Giovanni Polizzi, Samuel Romeo

“…Solunto, like many other Sicilian localities, was a strategic sites that hosted Italian-German military garrisons. The events of the Second World War are here analyzed from the point of view of sensitivity to the cultural heritage, its perception during conflicts and during periods of peace. …”
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Les Fiançailles au couvent : Prokofiev adapte La Duègne de Sheridan by Tetiana Zolozova

“…Written almost at the same time, the two works indicate the composer’s fascination for a different cultural heritage, so far unexploited in his operas inspired by the works of Russian or Italian writers. Betrothal in a Monastery is particularly arresting as it is based on a libretto to be set to music which Prokofiev immediately saw turned into an opera in the style of Mozart or Rossini. …”
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The Architecture of a Lifetime: Structures of Remembrance and Invention in Walter Benjamin and Aldo Rossi by Jolien Paeleman

“…This article presents the result of research on the influence of Walter Benjamin’s thinking in the work of Italian architect Aldo Rossi (1931–1997). In present-day architectural criticism, Aldo Rossi’s oeuvre still constitutes a rich subject for discussion because of its resistance to easy pinpointing, even if Rossi himself explained his theories and methods of design on numerous occasions. …”
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Polychrome sculptures in Romeo and Juliet and The Winter’s Tale by Olivia COULOMB

“…Finally, I will argue that Romeo and Juliet and The Winter’s Tale should be understood against a complex artistic background, at a time when English artists borrowed their styles from continental and more specifically from Italian sculptures in order to refashion England’s identity.…”
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Challenges and ongoing initiatives towards better integrated EU scientific advice by Iordanis Gravanis, Michael Berntgen, Spiros Vamvakas, Pierre Demolis, Paolo Foggi

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L’area di Temesa tra confini geografici e interazioni culturali by Margherita Perri

“…Mentioned in the first book of the Odyssey as an emporium for the exchange of metals, Temesa is described as an eminent centre of the indigenous Italian world, to which the Greeks are attracted. …”
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Emergence of Food Matters in Val Poschiavo (Switzerland) through the Definition of a Regional Transition Project by Marjolaine Gros-Balthazard

“…Based on the empirical analysis of the 100% Valposchiavo initiative, implemented in the valley of the same name, this paper aims to contribute to reflections on potential food-related transition strategies for mountain regions. In this Italian-speaking valley located within the German-speaking Swiss Canton of Graubünden (Grisons), the 100% Valposchiavo initiative, aimed at promoting local organic production, has gradually become a regional project. …”
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