20 hours agoGibbon all’italiana: The Italian Restoration Edition of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireFrom Firenze University Press Journal: CROMOHS — Maria Pia Casalena, University of Bologna In the early 1990s, prominent translation studies theorists began to impose a rethinking of the relationship between source works and their translations. They identified the many processes of betrayal and manipulation adopted by mediators over the years in order to adapt texts to the…Edward Gibbon4 min read
1 day agoEnjeux, justifications et portée de la thèse du caractère exploitatif du capitalismeFrom Firenze University Press Journal: Rivista Italiana di Filosofia Politica — Emmanuel Renault, Université Paris Nanterre Cet article soutient que la thèse du caractère exploitatif du capitalisme doit continuer à être considérée comme l’une des principales des critiques qui peuvent être adressée au capitalisme comme logique sociale et économique. La pre-mière partie examine les différents types de critique du capitalisme pour…Exploitation2 min read
2 days agoThe languages of wine: negotiating intercultural exchanges through translationFrom Firenze University Press: Food issues 食事 — Chiara Bertulessi, University of Milan Emma Lupano, Università degli studi di Cagliari Bettina Mottura, University of Milan Natalia Riva, Catholic University of Sacro Cuore Yunqi Zhou, Guangzhou International Primary/Middle School Huangpu ZWIE With the popularization of grape wine culture in China, in recent years, consumers have shown growing interest in…Wine3 min read
5 days agoCulture and Environmental Crisis in Latin AmericaFrom Firenze University Press Journal: Quaderni Culturali IILA — The Cultural Secretariat of IILA — International Italo-Latin American Organisation, launches the Call for Papers for the 4th issue of the magazine “Quaderni Culturali IILA” — 2022. In recent years and in light of the seriousness of the environmental crises, Latin American thought and the arts have produced texts and works…Latin America2 min read
6 days agoTheatrical Scrawls. The Aesthetic Creations of Young Girls and Young Boys Scribble the SceneFrom Firenze University Press Journal: Rivista Italiana di Educazione Familiare — RIEF — Flávio Santiago, IFMT Ana Lúcia Goulart de Faria, UNICAMP The lights on the stage turn on, the tiny young girls and tiny young boys watch closely to the details of the scenario, which sometimes contains only a colored ball in the center, or a bathtub from the last century, or…Childhood3 min read
Jun 29La Acrópolis de Chilonché (Guatemala): Crónica de las investigaciones de un patrimonio en riesgo en el área mayaFrom Firenze University Press Journal: Restauro Archeologico (RA) — Gaspar Muñoz Cosme, Instituto de Restauración del Patrimonio, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Cristina Vidal Lorenzo, Departamento de Historia del Arte, Universidad de Valencia Alessandro Merlo, University of Florence La primera vez que llegamos al sitio arqueológico de Chilonché, en julio de 2005, encontramos un montículo de destacadas proporciones que cubría…Guatemala3 min read
Jun 28Tracking Brazil’s Colonization Footprints: First record of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze — Theaceae) naturalized in the Atlantic Forest HotspotFrom Firenze University Press Journal: Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography (Webbia) — Guilherme Medeiros Antar, Universidade de São Paulo Roberto Baptista Pereira Almeida, Universidade de São Paulo Marco Antonio Palomares Accardo-Filho, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Herbário da Coleção Botânica de Plantas Medicinais Rafael Gomes Barbosa-Silva, Instituto Tecnológico Vale The colonization of Brazil by the Empire of Portugal left deep permanent marks in the…Endemism3 min read
Jun 27The colour of Valencian silk fabrics in the European market (1475–1513)From Firenze University Press Book: Fashion as an economic engine: process and product innovation, commercial strategies, consumer behavior — Germán Navarro Espinach, University of Zaragoza Joaquín Aparici Martí, Universitat Jaume I, Spain The silk dyers of Valencia (tintorers de seda) pitted a litigation during 1507–1513 against the silk velvet weavers (velluters) in a dispute over technical expertise. It contains very interesting declarations in its final part regarding how they…Silk4 min read
Jun 24“Yomi” (readings) in bibliographic data for materials in JapaneseFrom Firenze University Press Journal: JLIS.it — Kazue Murakami, National Diet Library, Japan When creating bibliographic data for materials in Japanese, it is necessary to take into account the “yomi” (readings) specific to Japanese.The Japanese language is expressed using kanji (Chinese characters), hiragana and katakana, which were uniquely developed in Japan based on kanji. There are usually…Japanese2 min read
Jun 23Temporalities and History in the RenaissanceFrom Firenze University Press Journal: Journal of Early Modern Studies (JEMS) — Étienne Bourdon, Laboratorio editoriale OA / Dip. LILSI The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries represent a great change in the writing of history and the perception of time. Various cultural changes affecting this period, especially in the field of knowledge, reveal a new relationship between man, the world and its past…Renaissance3 min read
