Humanities & Social Sciences

The here collected contributions relating to the 46th International Conference of the Representation Disciplines Teachers, organized jointly by Sapienza University of Rome, Roma Tre University, and San Raffaele Roma University, aim to offer the scientific community a reflection on the theoretical and methodological aspects related to the concept of èkphrasis, a term that, in the field of representation, concerns descriptive, analogical, and digital activities that generate new knowledge in several areas of application. The Conference aims to place at the center of the discussion an interpretation of the concept of research that, without neglecting an idea of study, protection, and enhancement of environmental and cultural heritage, focuses on the needs of contemporary society and its possible developments, making use of innovative theoretical, methodological, and operational activities, including those characterized by an interdisciplinary approach. According to this interpretation, research can also be seen as a foreshadowing of the definition and testing of experimental proposals aimed at exploring new areas of investigation: this opens up imaginative and utopian perspectives in the relationship between the sciences, the arts, and the disciplines that contribute to common goals, through the experimentation of methods, techniques, and languages for conceiving, prefiguring, designing, and representing.

In October 2017, UiT – the Arctic University of Norway hosted the international conference The Russian Revolutions of 1917: The Northern Impact and Beyond. The aim was to explore the events of 1917 in Russia, with a particular focus on the northern regions and the impact on Russia’s neighbor state in the northwestern corner of the empire, Norway. The conference also included contributions that reach beyond the North, opening up for more general perspectives on the revolutionary events of 1917 and their impact in Europe, as well as Russia. Several contributions contain a bilateral perspective, discussing the reception of the Russian revolutions of 1917 in Scandinavian states and the significance of these events for the bilateral relations between various states.

Conceptual engineering is a branch of philosophy that is concerned with assessing representational devices such as concepts and words. Conceptual engineers looks for the problems with such devices and attempt to come up with ways of improving flawed concepts: they attempt to say how those concepts should be. This is the first volume devoted entirely to the possibility, benefits, problems, and applications of conceptual engineering and conceptual ethics. It consists of twenty chapters; some advocate for the field, while others develop sceptical arguments, and some focus on the various methodological issues that arise while others apply the method to issues in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and social and political philosophy.

This open access book explores the impact of the Arctic shipping routes on the reconfiguration of the global maritime transportation pattern and China's maritime transportation productivity from an interdisciplinary perspective, including climate change, the Arctic, and maritime transportation. The innovative nature of the study lies in its combination of the strategic value of the Arctic shipping routes with the mechanism of their influence on China's maritime transportation productivity. The book employs a range of quantitative methods, including general equilibrium analysis, spatial econometrics, and counterfactual evaluation, to assess China's maritime transportation productivity. The content encompasses alterations in global maritime patterns, the economic and geographical significance of Arctic shipping routes, the measurement of China's maritime transportation productivity. Utilising a theoretical framework model, an assessment framework and layout optimization strategy for the impact of Arctic shipping routes on China's maritime transportation productivity is established. This book is intended for academic researchers, policymakers, and professionals in the maritime industry. It covers a range of topics, from macro-level theoretical frameworks to empirical research, and finally to national strategic countermeasures. The following are the primary features of the system: The integration of natural science and social science theories is imperative in order to construct a comprehensive analytical framework for Arctic shipping and maritime productivity. Furthermore, it is essential to propose practical and feasible paths that are in line with China's development towards the Arctic Economic Corridor. In addition, achieving a balance between academic rigour and policy applicability through quantitative models and case studies is crucial, as this will provide theoretical and practical insights for reshaping the global trade pattern and enhancing China's maritime competitiveness.

This volume stems from the need to contribute systematically to the debate on racism and to offer the opportunity to reflect on the different theories that have followed one another over time. This work does not intend to be exhaustive about the vast and articulated theoretical and empirical literature. The authors intend to provide an introduction focused on those aspects that seem most pertinent in understanding the evolution of the phenomenon and unveiling the mechanisms that underlie the discourses and practices of rejection and denial of the Other. The narrative structure that has been pursued relates to the historical-sociological reconstruction of the main theories that have attempted to respond to the forms in which different racisms have presented themselves within different societies. Historical analysis and contemporary hermeneutics in the social studies are indispensable factors for the understanding of racism in its complex manifestations. The attempt is to go so far as to reveal the ‘grammars of racism’ as the basic structures through which racist dynamics are made explicit and determined. The themes addressed are manifold: from the birth of racism as a field of study, through classical anthropological studies, the issue of social distance, the studies of Adorno and Myrdal, to the broad contribution of social psychology and the so-called new racism. In addition, the text introduces a novel reflection on the current relationship between racialisation processes and climate change with reference to the broader debate on environmental racism. Most of the chapters are a re-proposal of the book published in 2000 to which a partially unpublished introduction and the unpublished last chapter have been added. In the socio-historical phase we are currently living through with the peremptory assertion of a public and political discourse increasingly against ethnic diversity, we consider this re-proposal important, accompanied by the idea that there is still much to be done and that it may encourage further necessary reflection and research.

#UsToo: How Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Women Changed Our Communities examines the relationship between sexual harassment, gender, and multiple religions, highlighting the voices of women of different faiths who found their voices and used them for the betterment of their communities. Through personal interviews and other research, this book explores the actions of American Jewish, Muslim, and Christian women who broke the silence about sexual misconduct and abuse of power by male co-religionists. Using a three-dimensional, ethnoreligious approach that examines gender, ethnicity, and religion, it addresses the relationship between religion and women’s experiences and examines both historical contexts and present-day experiences of sexual misconduct within faith communities. This book will be of key interest to students within Gender Studies, History, Religion, and Sociology, clergy and lay religious leaders, and human rights advocates.

Hate speech creates environments that are conducive to hate crimes and broad-scale conflict. This book discusses the mechanics of hate speech and its expression from a linguistic perspective. The author addresses the challenges that legal practitioners and linguists meet when dealing with hate speech, especially with the advent of social media, and offers the reader a comprehensive linguistic approach to the legal problem of hate speech.

Even after 1945, Sinti and Roma were confronted with marginalisation and discrimination, as antigypsyist prejudice structures continued to guide action, especially at state level. This study examines the state apparatus in Baden-Württemberg and its minority policy up to the 1970s, addressing three main topics (compensation, legislation and the legal punishment of National Socialist crimes of violence). The focus is on how the authorities dealt with the survivors of the Sinti and Roma and their perspective on their experiences of state persecution and extermination under National Socialism.

The present catalogue is the first of three volumes which record the books printed before 1801 currently held by the legal historical section of the Biblioteca di Scienze Sociali of the Università degli Studi di Firenze. This volume encompasses 1,532 editions published from the beginning of printing to 1600. The present Florence library is the successor to that of the Facoltà di Giurisprudenza, the nucleus of which is the historic collection of the Collegio degli Avvocati di Firenze acquired in 1924. Supplemented by further important acquisitions, including the library of the Corte d'Appello, the collection has come to be numbered among the foremost in its field in Italy. The 16th century volume exhibits a wide range not only of the famous medieval authors of the ius commune, but also of the growing number of contemporary 16th century jurists.

Refugees have existed since ancient times, but it was in the early modern era that they were first recognized as a social category . This open access book maps the invention of the refugee and uncovers their impact on local, regional, and transnational politics. With case studies ranging from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean Basin, Refugee Politics in Early Modern Europe traces how refugees transformed the European continent. Topics explored include: the discursive strategies of exiles to distinguish themselves from other migrants; the role of displaced people in forging humanitarian networks; and the agency of religious minorities in migration management and imperialism. Moving beyond common images of refugees as passive victims of repression, this collection of essays shines a spotlight on the political interplay between displaced people, persecuting authorities, transnational support groups, and receiving societies – drawing a fuller picture of the many decision-making processes that determined the lives of newcomers and their hosts. The result is a sophisticated comparative study of mobility, identity, power, and politics, which will be vital reading to all scholars of migration history. The open access edition of this book is available under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

This open access book is the first of its kind to address a question of both theoretical and practical significance: how do countries or entities approach economic cooperation in the face of vexing political concerns and overlapping sovereignty claims? Built upon three contemporary case studies on North-South Korea, China-Taiwan, and North-South Cyprus – representative pairs of ‘divided nations’, broadly defined – the book explores from both an empirical and a conceptual perspective the underlying factors, approaches and patterns that influence the economic relationship between the two sides. The book examines complex dynamics and identifies critical factors across the case studies, making a timely contribution to debates surrounding sovereignty, democracy and legitimacy in the context of international economic laws given the shifting geopolitical landscape. It further informs countries that do not share the same features of divided nations but nonetheless experience diplomatic crises or military conflicts, which render their economic cooperation sensitive and strenuous. This book is a must-read for researchers, trade lawyers, and students in international law and international relations. It also serves as a valuable asset for negotiators, diplomats and policymakers, providing crucial insights for making decisions that can either escalate or de-escalate geopolitical conflicts. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Academia Sinica Thematic Program.

Medical, gastronomic, and artistic recipes are compiled, read, and used by both professionals and enthusiasts, they pose editorial challenges and inform us about the syntax of everyday language and specialized vocabulary. In this volume, art historians, paleographers, and linguists analyze the content, authors/compilers, and sources of early modern Italian recipe books, against the backdrop of the European scholarly tradition.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Bringing together interdisciplinary climate change scholarship and grassroots activism, this book considers the possibilities of planetary justice across human difference, generations, species and the concept of life and non-life. Writing amidst bushfires, cyclones, global climate strikes and a global pandemic, contributors from the Earth Unbound Collective share stories from India, Australia, Canada and Scotland. Chapters draw on Indigenous, Black, Southern, ecosocialist and ecofeminist perspectives to call for more radical and interconnected ideas of justice and solidarity. This accessible book features diverse voices that speak with the planet in the face of climate change, biodiversity loss and extinction. It explores the politics and practices of working towards a future where the planet thrives.

The first section of the chapter illustrates the legal bases for processing personal data and exceptions to the prohibition of processing special categories of personal data. In the second section, the principles governing data processing are analyzed through a systematic and structured legal framework. In the last section, rules on data breach are analysed showing the relevance of EDPB guidelines on this subject.