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This paper aims to present an unedited original autograph letter by the orientalist Eugenio Griffini preserved in the Angela Codazzi Collection at the Central Municipal Library in Milan, known as Sormani Library. The letter, dated January 5, 1922, was written by Eugenio Griffini during his stay in Egypt as librarian and archivist at the court of King Aḥmad Fuʾād I and was addressed to Angela Codazzi. The study focuses on the translation of the text of the letter from Arabic into Italian and on the analysis of some of the most significant terms and expressions contained therein. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The conversion of the urban economy in a creative and knowledge industry dimension required a strong strategic investment in improving the attractiveness of cities, focusing, above all, on young talents. Such a process happened without considering the distance between high cultural capital and low economic capital of this population which, from the housing point of view, translates into extreme fragility, showing the issue of affordability in all its contradictions. The outbreak of the pandemic has exposed social and housing weakness of young talents who represent the new urban vulnerability of post-industrial cities. The paper is based on empirical research carried out during the first lockdown on a sample of newcomer families residing in Milan since less than 5 years, aimed at understanding how this population experienced the emergency phase between 30 April and 24 May 2020. The results highlight aspects of economic fragility and social isolation due to the lack of social networks in the neighborhood. At the same time, however, in times of crisis there is a significant increase of relationships, interactions and exchanges between subjects, more likely to create or enhance a sense of intersubjective solidarity. Furthermore, for many new residents the experience of confinement in the attractive city triggered a process of change of future residential preferences, assuming new possible scenarios in the postpandemic city. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In recent years, Italian academic libraries have undertaken third mission activities linked to the enhancement of their heritage: library science scholars have already been studying this kind of initiatives, and today the Italian national agency for the evaluation of universities and research institutes (Anvur) considers such actions as a result of the institutional commitment of a university library. A workshop, organized by the Library System of the University of Ferrara together with the Italian library association during the Stelline congress 2022 (Milan, 11 march), analyzed the case study of the bibliotour Storie di libri e palazzi, set up by the University of Ferrara; the workshop also explored new strategic opportunities for the enhancement of academic libraries' heritage, firstly the inclusion of all audiences, with specific reference to Goal 10 ("Reduce inequalities") of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. Furthermore, this perspective embraces potentially the entire corpus of recommendations provided by the Agenda. The paper is intended not only to report the main ideas that emerged during the workshop held in Milan but, starting from them, also to suggest building a network of academic libraries, in order to facilitate the communication of third mission initiatives and their public outreach. Therefore, full adherence to the inclusive dimension and the commitment to sustainable development are two new strategic opportunities for academic library activities related to heritage enhancement. AIB has been supporting both strategies for several years, by means of concrete actions, such as the "Maria A. Abenante" Award, as well as organizational structures, like the Observatory on library and sustainable development (Obiss). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

«It is the feet of clay that make the gold of the image precious. Her feet are very pretty, but they are not feet of clay. White porcelain feet, if you like. They have been through the fire, and what fire does not destroy, it hardens» (Oscar Wilde, Il ritratto di Dorian Gray, BUR, Milano, 2004, p. 217). With these words Oscar Wilde, British poet and novelist, inside of his masterpiece The picture of Dorian Gray, if on the one hand he underlines the value of clay by comparing it to the most precious of materials, that is gold, on the other he manages to admirably summarize the importance of fire within the clay manufacturing process. Taking inspiration from this quote, we can define the clay as one of the most used materials by man, second only to paper. In fact, throughout history, clay, mainly used for building purposes, was also used for the production of decorative objects or as a support for the first forms of writing. The stated objective of this article is precisely to retrace the evolution of clay extraction and processing processes, with particular reference to the industrial basin of Venetico/Fondachello, focusing, in a second time, on the recent challenges in the field of the enhancement of heritage of industrial archeology. In fact, this area, affected by an extraordinary economic expansions after the SecondWorld war, appears today studded with numerous plant for the production of clay in ruing. These structures, testimony of the area's industrial past, are currently at the center of many initiatives that aim to enhance both materially and culturally. The article is addressed to students of archaeological sciences and aims to highlight the key role that the concept of an educational tour (or field visit) plays. The concept of educational tour in intimately connected to the phenomenon of educational tourism. This phenomenon, used in various pedagogical systems, is considered by experts to be one of the most effective teaching techniques. The educational tourism, by definition, is considered as the meeting point between education and tourism, structuring tourism itself as preparatory activity for the achievement of educational objectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Benefits and well-being perceived by green spaces users during heat waves. In urban environments, green spaces have proven to act as ameliorating factors of some climatic features related to heat stress, reducing their effects and providing comfortable outdoor settings for people. In addition, green spaces have demonstrated greater capacity, compared with built-up areas, for promoting human health and well-being. In this paper, we present results of a study conducted in Italy with the general goal to contribute to the theoretical and empirical rationale for linking green spaces with well-being in urban environments. Specifically, the study focused on the physical and psychological benefits and the general well-being associated with the use of green spaces on people when heat stress episodes are more likely to occur. A questionnaire was set up and administered to users of selected green spaces in Italy (metropolitan area of Milan and Bari - n=400). Results indicate that longer and frequent visits of green spaces generate significant improvements of the perceived benefits and well-being among users. These results are consistent with the idea that the use of green spaces could alleviate the perception of thermal discomfort during periods of heat stress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents the results of a research on friendship networks of single people. The research has been undertaken using both social network analysis tools (egonetworks) and qualitative interviews, on a non-representative sample of 23 heterosexual singles of Milan, aged between 25 and 35, 12 male and 11 female. Single youths has been portrayed as a generation who decentres sexual and romantic relationships and refuses to commit: this paper demonstrates the need for new analytical concepts in order to describe the contemporary transformations of intimacy, that underline the importance of friendship for single youth. In order to focus on the dynamics of friendship, an heuristic model has been set up, which analyses the influences of the constitutional dimensions of friendship (ideal, negotional and situational). The modifications of one of these three analytical dimensions reflect on the others in a reflexive process that shows how friendship networks and ties evolve through time and keep a strong core of long lasting bonds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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