DOCSLIB.ORG

Italian Food in Film – Syllabus Fall 2014

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Italian Food in Film – Syllabus Fall 2014 ITT 4531 Italian Food in Film – Syllabus Fall 2014 University of South Florida - Italian Program Department of World Languages ITT 4531: ITALIAN FOOD IN FILM Dr. Patrizia La Trecchia Associate Professor & Head USF Italian Program | [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/PatriziaLaTrecchiaPhD | https://twitter.com/Dr_LaTrecchia http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/A-War-on-Food-Waste-Dr-Patrizia http://www.milanprotocol.com/supporters/supporter/id/patrizia-la-trecchia http://magazine.usf.edu/2013/summer/voices/patrizia-la-trecchia.aspx View my TED Talk, join the Milan Protocol on Food and Nutrition, and let's change the food system! Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays 4:00-5:00pm & by appointment in Cooper 425 Class Meets: Mondays & Wednesdays 8:00-9:15pm CPR 344 Course Description: Italian food holds a special presence within several foreign cultures, among which the United States. Italy has developed one of the most popular, bio-diverse, and sustainable food systems. This course explores eating, one of the most basic acts of our lives, as represented in different Italian cinematic texts. We are what we eat. Yet we do not realize how this seemingly mundane act is intricately linked to culture, economics, and politics. The knowledge of what is behind food, its history, its culture, its traditions, its diversity, the reason for which that type of food exists, how it was made, by whom it was made, allow us to reconnect with the value of food and with the fact that food can become a primary factor for the improvement of life on the planet. Course Objectives: The production and consumption of food shapes our world, our culture, and ultimately our identities. Food becomes a medium that mobilizes the acceptance of difference. Through a variety of Italian films – paying special attention to the representation of Italian food – this course will map the consumption of food in a variety of geo-cultural settings (Italians in Italy, Europe, and in the United States) reflecting on the cultural and social constructions it shapes. In an increasingly globalized and fragmented world, isn’t food perhaps a way to maintain or affirm our differences, identities, roots, and ethnicity? This course also emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to the various aspects of the food system, from its cultural and cinematic representation, to agriculture and food production, to aspects of the culinary arts and consumption. In addition, it provides a theoretical and practical experience from field to table through cooking demonstrations at the kitchen demonstration classroom of the USF Diabetes Center. Students gain an analytical and practical knowledge of the global and local food system. They learn about the Mediterranean Diet gaining insights in sustainable agriculture and culinary arts and cuisine within a liberal arts environment. PLT 1 ITT 4531 Italian Food in Film – Syllabus Fall 2014 Student Learning Outcomes: The interrelations between the culinary discourse and the more general cultural one, as they relate to the representation of Italian food in film, constitute the backdrop for this course. This course reaches out to all student population, regardless of their majors. It also provides a good balance between practice and theory. Students will not only “close read” a cultural artifact by examining its formal elements and historical context, but also analyze representations of food to see how they reveal major social and political issues. After being guided to do a visual close reading of films (please refer to the handout “How to Do a Visual Close Reading”) that represent the role of Italian cuisine in the international/global gastronomic panorama, students will be able to demonstrate and recognize how our consumption of food and our food wisdom (or lack of food wisdom) shape our culture, our personal and collective identity, and our daily practices. Students completing this course will present and write a well-researched and well-argued analysis of a particular “food” film in order to explore an underlying issue. This is a discussion- and inquiry-based class; therefore, engaged scrutiny of the text is essential and active participation by all students is expected. Films Screenings and Reserve: Films will be viewed by students, on their own time, in advance of class discussion. Some brief clips or excerpts will be presented during class to engender discussion. All films will be kept on reserve for consultation during the semester. It is your responsibility to view the film before Mondays. Required articles from other sources will be made available over the semester via the Canvas site. Films: Tucci, Stanley, dir. Big Night (USA 1996, 1h 49’) Steno, dir. Un americano a Roma (An American in Rome, Italy, 1954, 1h 34’) Scorsese, Martin, dir. Italianamerican (USA, 1974, 49’) Miniero, Luca, dir. Benvenuti al Sud (Welcome to the South, Italy, 2010, 1h 41’) Borrelli, Ilaria, dir. Come le formiche (Wine and Kisses, Italy, 2007, 1h 25’) De Angelis, Edoardo, dir. Mozzarella Stories (Italy, 2011, 1h 35’) Murphy, Ryan, dir. Eat Pray Love (USA, 2010, 1h 73’) Miniero, Luca, dir. Benvenuti al Nord (Welcome to the North, Italy, 2012, 1h 50’) Di Gregorio, Gianni, dir. Pranzo di Ferragosto (Mid-August Lunch, Italy, 2008, 1h 15’) Cupellini, Claudio, dir. Lezioni di cioccolato (Chocolate Lessons, Italy, 2007, 1h 47’) Nettelbeck, Sandra, dir. Mostly Martha (Bella Martha, Germany, 2001, 1h 49’) Pasolini, Pier Paolo, dir. La ricotta (Ricotta Cheese, Italy, 1963, 35’) Guadagnino, Luca, dir. Io sono l’amore (I Am Love, Italy, 2010, 1h 60’) Ozpetek, Ferzan, dir. La finestra di fronte (Facing Windows, Italy, 2002, 1h 46’) Cirasola, Nico, dir. Focaccia Blues (Italy, 2009, 1h 18’) Rusca, Marco, dir. Food (Italy, 2012) La Trecchia, Patrizia, TED Talk, “A War on Food Waste and the Mediterranean Diet,” http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/A-War-on-Food-Waste-Dr-Patrizia PLT 2 ITT 4531 Italian Food in Film – Syllabus Fall 2014 La Trecchia, Patrizia, Hunger Relief Forum, http://www.wusf.usf.edu/news/program/florida_matters/episode/2013-09/hunger_relief_in_tampa_bay La Trecchia, Patrizia, “The Value of Food for Our Planet,” 5th International Forum on Food and Nutrition, http://www.barillacfn.com/en/forum/forum-2013/?video=y Required Readings: La Trecchia, Patrizia. “Identity in the Kitchen: Creation of Taste and Culinary Memories of an Italian- American Identity.” Italian Americana 30.1 (2011): 44-56. DeSalvo, Louise. “Cutting the Bread.” The Milk of Almonds: Italian American Women Writers on Food and Culture. Ed. Louise DeSalvo and Edvige Giunta. New York: The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2002. 322-331. Dickie, John. Delizia! The Epic History of the Italians and their Food. London: Sceptre, 2007. Recommended Films and Readings: Soechtig, Stephanie, dir. Fed Up (USA 2014, 1hr 32’) Jacobson, Kristi and Lori Silverbush, dir. A Place at the Table (USA 2012, 1h 24') Cross, Joe and Kurt Engfehr, dir. Fat Sick and Nearly Dead (USA 2010, 1h 37’) Colquhoun, James, Laurentine Ten Bosch, and Carlo Ledesma, Hungry for Change (Australia 2012, 1h 29’) Colquhoun, James, and Carlo Ledesma, Food Matters (Australia 2008, 1h 20’) Linklater, Richard, dir. Fast Food Nation (USA 2006, 1h 56’) Kenner, Robert, dir. Food, Inc. (USA 2008, 1h 34’) Fulkerson, Lee, dir. Forks Over Knives (USA 2011, 1h 30’) McLeod, Sandy, dir. Hungry (USA 2013) Bates, Robert, dir. Ingredients (USA 2009, 1h 13’) Course Requirements: The success of this class and what you learn will be based on your participation, attention, and intellectual curiosity. You will be exposed to a large variety of visual texts – during the course I will provide some supplemental readings – therefore, attendance is required barring documented emergencies or illness. We will spend our time in class thinking together about the ‘fictive’ realities produced by these visual texts, never separating the aesthetic and the cultural form. I will act as a guide into the complex context of Italian food and society, introducing the texts and their socio-historical context with mini-lectures and mini- interventions. Participation in class discussion is crucial. All members of class are expected to participate in the discussions, presentations, and debates. In each session, the scheduled topic will be contextualized, presented, and assessed from an aesthetic, cultural, and social point of view. A healthy debate is an informed one, and I expect you to watch all the films actively and critically, in advance of the class sessions. If you do not watch the films you will not be able to participate in class debates, and your grade – as well as the class – will suffer. PLT 3 ITT 4531 Italian Food in Film – Syllabus Fall 2014 In order to put you in an active role, while watching the films on your own time, you will be taking notes, which you will post on the Discussion Board on Canvas that will be organized as our ongoing blog or journal. • Tell us what you think about food. • Make connections with your environment, a current event, and your personal experience. • Discuss the issues the work raises for your life or the lives of those you know. • Exercise your critical skills. • Challenge your assumptions. • Think outside your sphere of habits and rituals. • Be introspective. • Reconsider your unconscious relationship to the arts and perhaps the world at large. • Be passionate. Writing is thinking. It invites surprises. When writing a journal, you will often discover things you did not know you thought or felt. The deepest insights often come after ten or fifteen minutes when writers initially feel they have run out of things to say. Writers should generate a lot of ideas to allow them to keep only the best ones for the finished draft. If you happen to produce a piece of writing that you would like to keep private instead of posting it publicly on the blog, you can do so and send it to me.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Multiple Sclerosis in the Campania Region (South Italy): Algorithm Validation and 2015–2017 Prevalence
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Article Multiple Sclerosis in the Campania Region (South Italy): Algorithm Validation and 2015–2017 Prevalence Marcello Moccia 1,* , Vincenzo Brescia Morra 1, Roberta Lanzillo 1, Ilaria Loperto 2 , Roberta Giordana 3, Maria Grazia Fumo 4, Martina Petruzzo 1, Nicola Capasso 1, Maria Triassi 2, Maria Pia Sormani 5 and Raffaele Palladino 2,6 1 Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Care and Research Centre, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Science and Odontostomatology, Federico II University, Via Sergio Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy; [email protected] (V.B.M.); [email protected] (R.L.); [email protected] (M.P.); [email protected] (N.C.) 2 Department of Public Health, Federico II University, 80131 Naples, Italy; [email protected] (I.L.); [email protected] (M.T.); raff[email protected] (R.P.) 3 Campania Region Healthcare System Commissioner Office, 80131 Naples, Italy; [email protected] 4 Regional Healthcare Society (So.Re.Sa), 80131 Naples, Italy; [email protected] 5 Biostatistics Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, 16121 Genoa, Italy; [email protected] 6 Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK * Correspondence: [email protected] or [email protected]; Tel./Fax: +39-081-7462670 Received: 21 April 2020; Accepted: 12 May 2020; Published: 13 May 2020 Abstract: We aim to validate a case-finding algorithm to detect individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) using routinely collected healthcare data, and to assess the prevalence of MS in the Campania Region (South Italy). To identify individuals with MS living in the Campania Region, we employed an algorithm using different routinely collected healthcare administrative databases (hospital discharges, drug prescriptions, outpatient consultations with payment exemptions), from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2017.
    [Show full text]
  • GDP Composition %
    Italy Introduction Key Economic Facts Risk Assessment (Provided by Coface) Italy is a country located in Southern Europe comprising the Income Level (by per capita High Income Country rating: B - Political and economic uncertainties boot-shaped Italian peninsula and a number of islands GNI): and an occasionally difficult business environment can including Sicily and Sardinia. Neighboring countries include Level of Development: Developed affect corporate payment behavior. Corporate default Austria, France, Holy See, San Marino, GDP, PPP (current international $2,668.05 billion (2019) Slovenia, and Switzerland. Italy has a $): probability is appreciable. strategic location dominating central GDP growth (annual %): 0.34% (2019) Business Climate rating: A2 - The business environment Mediterranean as well as proximity to GDP per capita, PPP (current $44,248.19 (2019) is good. When available, corporate financial information is Western Europe across the Adriatic Sea. international $): reliable. Debt collection is reasonably efficient. Institutions The government system is a republic; the chief of state is Manufacturing, value added (% 14.87% (2019) generally perform efficiently. Intercompany transactions the president, and the head of government is the prime of GDP): minister. Italy has a diversified industrial economy, which is Current account balance (BoP, $58.93 billion (2019) usually run smoothly in the relatively stable environment divided into a developed current US$): rated A2. industrial north, dominated by Inflation, consumer prices 0.61% (2019) Strengths (annual %): private companies, and a less • Manufacturing industry still important (machinery, developed, welfare-dependent, Labor force, total: 25,850,222 (2020) pharmaceuticals, etc.) agricultural south. Italy is a Unemployment, total (% of 9.84% (2020) member of the European Union total labor force) (modeled ILO • Increasing efforts to combat tax evasion and reduce estimate): (EU).
    [Show full text]
  • Exploring Agro-Towns and Inequality in Southern Italy Through a Collective
    A new Mezzogiorno? Exploring agro-towns and inequality in Southern Italy through a collective agricultural system in Apulia, 1600-1900 “What do people do here? I once asked at a little town between Rome and Naples; and the man with whom I talked, shrugging his shoulders, answered curtly, „c‟è miseria‟, there‟s nothing but poverty… I have seen poverty enough, and squalid conditions of life, but the most ugly and repulsive collection of houses I ever came upon was the town of Squillace”.1 George Gissing’s ‘rambles’ through Southern Italy at the turn of the twentieth century led him to remark extensively on the topography. In particular, he frequently mentioned the miserable living conditions of the people he encountered who tended to live huddled together in large impoverished towns. His account is made all the more interesting by the fact that (a) Southern Italy is today more economically disadvantaged than Northern Italy with some of the poorest social and economic infrastructures in Western Europe,2 and (b) this habitation pattern within large towns has been retained in large parts of modern Southern Italy. While alternative settlement patterns do exist in Southern Italy including small villages and isolated farms, it is undeniable that the distribution of large concentrated towns is prolific.a It is also a settlement structure often seen in other areas of the Mediterranean such as in central and southern parts of the Iberian Peninsula, regions of mainland Greece, and in parts of Northern Africa. These large agglomerated settlements are often referred to as ‘agro-towns’, pointing to their essentially agricultural function.
    [Show full text]
  • State Intervention and Economic Growth in Southern Italy: the Rise and Fall of the «Cassa Per Il Mezzogiorno» (1950-1986)
    Munich Personal RePEc Archive State intervention and economic growth in Southern Italy: the rise and fall of the «Cassa per il Mezzogiorno» (1950-1986) Felice, Emanuele and Lepore, Amedeo Università “G. D’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Second University of Naples 11 February 2016 Online at https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/69466/ MPRA Paper No. 69466, posted 11 Feb 2016 21:07 UTC 1 Emanuele Felicea Amedeo Leporeb State intervention and economic growth in Southern Italy: the rise and fall of the «Cassa per il Mezzogiorno» (1950-1986) Abstract In the second half of the twentieth century, the Italian government carried out a massive regional policy in southern Italy, through the State-owned agency «Cassa per il Mezzogiorno» (1950-1986). The article reconstructs the activities of the Cassa, by taking ad- vantage of its yearly reports. The agency was effective in the first two decades, thanks to substantial technical autonomy and, in the 1960s, to a strong focus on industrial develop- ment; however, since the 1970s it progressively became an instrument of waste and misalloc- ation. Below this broad picture, we find important differences at the regional level, and signi- ficant correspondence between the quality of state intervention and the regional patterns of GDP and productivity. Keywords: Southern Italy, regional development, State intervention, industrialization, con- vergence. JEL codes: N14, N24, N44, N94. a Emanuele Felice is associate professor of Applied Economics at the University “G. D’Annunzio” Chieti-Pesca- ra, Department of Philosophical, Pedagogical and Economic-Quantitative Sciences, Pescara, Italy. He published extensively on Italy’s regional inequality ad long-run economic growth.
    [Show full text]
  • Urban Society and Communal Independence in Twelfth-Century Southern Italy
    Urban society and communal independence in Twelfth-Century Southern Italy Paul Oldfield Submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of PhD. The University of Leeds The School of History September 2006 The candidate confirms that the work submitted is his own and that appropriate credit has been given where reference has been made to the work of others. This copy has been supplied on the understanding that it is copyright material and that no quotation from the thesis may be published without proper acknowledgement. Acknowledgements I would like to express my thanks for the help of so many different people, without which there would simply have been no thesis. The funding of the AHRC (formerly AHRB) and the support of the School of History at the University of Leeds made this research possible in the first place. I am grateful too for the general support, and advice on reading and sources, provided by Dr. A. J. Metcalfe, Dr. P. Skinner, Professor E. Van Houts, and Donald Matthew. Thanks also to Professor J-M. Martin, of the Ecole Francoise de Rome, for his continual eagerness to offer guidance and to discuss the subject. A particularly large thanks to Mr. I. S. Moxon, of the School of History at the University of Leeds, for innumerable afternoons spent pouring over troublesome Latin, for reading drafts, and for just chatting! Last but not least, I am hugely indebted to the support, understanding and endless efforts of my supervisor Professor G. A. Loud. His knowledge and energy for the subject has been infectious, and his generosity in offering me numerous personal translations of key narrative and documentary sources (many of which are used within) allowed this research to take shape and will never be forgotten.
    [Show full text]
  • Italian Immigrants and Italy: an Introduction to the Multi-Media Package on Italy
    DOCUMENT RESUME ED 067 332 SO 004 339 AUTHOR Witzel, Anne TITLE Italian Immigrants and Italy: An Introduction to the Multi-Media Package on Italy. INSTITUTION Toronto Board of Education (Ontario). Research Dept. PUB DATE May 69 NOTE 16p. EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC -$ 3.29 DESCRIPTORS Annotated Bibliographies; *Cultural Background; Elementary Education; *European History; Geography; History; *Immigrants; *Italian Literature; Resource Guides; Secondary Education IDENTIFIERS *Italy ABSTRACT The largest group of non-English speaking immigrants who come to Canada are Italians, the vast majority of whom are from Southern Italy. This paper furnishes information on their cultural background and lists multi-media resources to introduce teachers to Italian society so that educators may better understand their students. Immigrant children are faced with choosing between two conflicting life styles -- the values of Canadian society and family values and customs. When teachers are aware of the problem they can cushion the culture shock for students and guide them througha transitional period. The paper deals with history, geography, and climate, explaining and suggesting some ideas on why Southern Italy differs from Northern and Central Italy. Cultural differencescan be traced not only to the above factors, but also to ethnic roots and the "culture of poverty" -- attitudes of the poor which create a mentality that perpetuates living at a subsistence level. The low status of women as it affects society is discussed, since the family is seen as a society in microcosm. The last portion of the paper presents primary sources, annotated bibliographies, and audio-visual materials. A related document is SO 004 351.
    [Show full text]
  • Regional Cooking of Italy : Ingredients, Techniques, Traditions, 325 Recipes Pdf, Epub, Ebook
    REGIONAL COOKING OF ITALY : INGREDIENTS, TECHNIQUES, TRADITIONS, 325 RECIPES PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Valentina Harris | 128 pages | 16 Feb 2013 | Anness Publishing | 9781908991010 | English | London, United Kingdom Regional Cooking of Italy : Ingredients, Techniques, Traditions, 325 Recipes PDF Book It is a fair statement to say that the 20 regions that comprise Italy could be considered a loosely stitched patchwork of nation states, as Italians often see themselves through their regional identity first and as Italians after. The love of dumplings means you will find several different types of gnocchi and not so much in the way of pasta. However, don't miss the Barbera , and Dolcetto reds along with whites Arneis , and desert wine Moscato to finish. That means it may help slow the rate of carbohydrate absorption, blunting your blood sugar response. When you add it to your bubbling sauce, the alcohol cooks away, leaving behind loads of flavor; wine also deglazes the cooking pan to help all those yummy bits on the bottom incorporate into the dish. I will begin the next portion of my Italian Regional Culinary Guide with Liguria and Emilia Romagna as they are also part of the north and begin the transition to the central portion of Italy. Jan 25, Zoha Trabelsi rated it liked it Shelves: cookbook , ebook. See 1 question about La Cucina…. Rosa Fiore's calling as a cook is very much part of who she is. Haven't had a chance to give this one a workout yet. And now I have an even better excuse to learn more. Looks impressive on my cookbook shelf.
    [Show full text]
  • ANCIENT TERRACOTTAS from SOUTH ITALY and SICILY in the J
    ANCIENT TERRACOTTAS FROM SOUTH ITALY AND SICILY in the j. paul getty museum The free, online edition of this catalogue, available at http://www.getty.edu/publications/terracottas, includes zoomable high-resolution photography and a select number of 360° rotations; the ability to filter the catalogue by location, typology, and date; and an interactive map drawn from the Ancient World Mapping Center and linked to the Getty’s Thesaurus of Geographic Names and Pleiades. Also available are free PDF, EPUB, and MOBI downloads of the book; CSV and JSON downloads of the object data from the catalogue and the accompanying Guide to the Collection; and JPG and PPT downloads of the main catalogue images. © 2016 J. Paul Getty Trust This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042. First edition, 2016 Last updated, December 19, 2017 https://www.github.com/gettypubs/terracottas Published by the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Getty Publications 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 500 Los Angeles, California 90049-1682 www.getty.edu/publications Ruth Evans Lane, Benedicte Gilman, and Marina Belozerskaya, Project Editors Robin H. Ray and Mary Christian, Copy Editors Antony Shugaar, Translator Elizabeth Chapin Kahn, Production Stephanie Grimes, Digital Researcher Eric Gardner, Designer & Developer Greg Albers, Project Manager Distributed in the United States and Canada by the University of Chicago Press Distributed outside the United States and Canada by Yale University Press, London Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: J.
    [Show full text]
  • Regional Wages and the North-South Disparity in Italy After the Unification
    Regional wages and the North-South disparity in Italy after the Unification Vittorio Daniele* Paolo Malanima* (submitted to: Rivista di Storia Economica) Abstract. Information on wages has never been exploited in the long-lasting debate on North-South disparities in Italy in the aftermath of the national Unification. The present article is based on a wide array of data on provincial wages in the building sector over the period 1862-78. Nominal wages in the Centre-North and the South, including the Islands, were similar, because of the high wage levels in Sardinia and Sicily. If we exclude the Islands and compare the peninsular South with the Centre-North, nominal wages were, about 10-15 percentage points lower in the South. Yet, whenever we take into account the difference in prices, any disparity between North and South fades away. Geographic differences in real wages are discussed on a regional basis. The conclusion is that the level of wages was primarily conditioned by labour supply and, particularly, by the participation rate, depending on the local economic and social conditions of any region. Keywords: wages, regional disparities, Italy, Acknowledgements. In the preparation of this paper we exploited the work on the Italian wages from the Unification to the First World War by G. Federico, A. Nuvolari, M. Vasta, ‘The Origins of the Italian Regional Divide. Evidence from Real Wages 1861-1913’ (forthcoming). We thank the authors who provided us with the forthcoming text of their work. We also thank Francesco Samà for research assistance and Francesco Aiello e Giuseppe Albanese for some useful suggestions on a previous draft of the paper.
    [Show full text]
  • Southern Italian Wild Boar Population, Hotspot of Genetic Diversity
    Published by Associazione Teriologica Italiana Online first – 2016 Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy Available online at: http://www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/article/view/11489/pdf doi:10.4404/hystrix-27.2-11489 Research Article Southern Italian wild boar population, hotspot of genetic diversity Valeria Maselli1, Daniela Rippa1, Adriana DeLuca2, Greger Larson3, Barbara Wilkens4, Anna Linderholm3, Marco Masseti5, Domenico Fulgione1,∗ 1Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy 2Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy 3Palaeogenomics & Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology, University of Oxford, Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY 4Department of Science for Nature and Environmental Resources (DipNeT), University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy 5Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy Keywords: Abstract genetic variability Italian peninsula The wild boar, Sus scrofa, is an important game species widely distributed in Eurasia. Whereas the MC1R genetic variability of most European wild boar populations is well known, the status of wild boar mtDNA living in Southern Italy is not as clear. We evaluated the present and past genetic diversity (D-loop, Sus scrofa mtDNA) of the South Italian population, comparing it with that observed in other Mediterranean glacial refugia. Italian population showed highest genetic variability, if compared to other two Article history: European refugia (Iberian and Balkan). Most of samples from Italy carried sequences belonging to Received: 03 September 2015 the European E1 haplogroup (80.9%) with a small proportion of the private Italian E2 (10.2%) and Accepted: 29 March 2016 of the Asian (8.9%) ones.
    [Show full text]
  • The North-South Divide in the Italian Higher Education System1
    The north-south divide in the Italian higher education system1 Giovanni Abramo (corresponding author) Laboratory for Studies of Research and Technology Transfer Institute for System Analysis and Computer Science (IASI-CNR) National Research Council of Italy ADDRESS: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi e Informatica Via dei Taurini 19, 00185 Roma - ITALY tel. and fax +39 06 72597362, [email protected] Ciriaco Andrea D’Angelo Department of Engineering and Management-University of Rome “Tor Vergata” ADDRESS: Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Impresa Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Roma - ITALY tel. and fax +39 06 72597362, [email protected] Francesco Rosati Department of Management Engineering-Technical University of Denmark ADDRESS: Technical University of Denmark Centrifugevej, Building 372 2800 Kgs. Lyngby - Denmark tel +45 45256021, [email protected] Abstract This work examines whether the macroeconomic divide between northern and southern Italy is also present at the level of higher education. The analysis confirms that the research performance in the sciences of the professors in the south is on average less than that of the professors in the north, and that this gap does not show noticeable variations at the level of gender or academic rank. For the universities, the gap is still greater. The study analyzes some possible determinants of the gap, and provides some policy recommendations for its reduction. Keywords Research evaluation; bibliometrics; universities; FSS 1 Abramo, G., D'Angelo, C.A., Rosati, F. (2016). The north-south divide in the Italian higher education system. Scientometrics, 109(3), 2093-2117.
    [Show full text]
  • The Greek Monasteries in South Italy. Iii
    22 THE JOURNAL OF THEOLOGICAL STUDIES THE GREEK MONASTERIES IN SOUTH ITALY. III. THE POLICY OF THE NORMANS TOWARDS THE GREEK MONASTERIES. THE eleventh century was until its closing years a period of decadence in the Greek monasteries of South Italy. They in­ creased in numbers during this period, but their character was lowered. Probably the older monasteries sent out on every side colonies of monks who left the parent house, not from any desire to propagate their' faith, or to lead a more religious life, but from the wish to leave companions whom they disliked. There was not much to prevent this. The monasteries were not rich, there was no tradition of splendid buildings ; any one who wished could easily start a new monastery. Even in the older monasteries the standard of life was going down, if we may judge from the scanty evidence which we possess. This is to be found in the Life of S. Philaretus 1 already mentioned, which presents a very different picture to that given by the earlier Lives. There is no mention of any especial know­ ledge, or of intellectual pursuits; no mention of the production of manuscripts ; manual labour and useless asceticism are the features which are prominent. Philaretus was first a herdsman, afterwards a gardener in the monastery of Aulinas; he was energetic in these occupations, and he was renowned for those austerities of asceticism which were as fashionable in ancient monasteries as athletics are in a modern college. Hence he became famous. He and all the other monks of the first half ofthe eleventh century seem to have lost the energy 1 A.
    [Show full text]