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Il primo numero di Viaggiatori affronta uno dei temi chiave del recente dibattito storiografico, l’esilio. Esso vuole essere tuttavia una nuova occasione di confronto su tale questione cruciale considerando un ampio arco cronologico,... more
Il primo numero di Viaggiatori affronta uno dei temi chiave del recente dibattito storiografico, l’esilio. Esso vuole essere tuttavia una nuova occasione di confronto su tale questione cruciale considerando un ampio arco cronologico, dall’età antica a quella contemporanea, analizzando in particolare le pratiche amministrative, nonché giuridiche messe in atto dai governi e dalle società che accolsero gli esuli, mettendo in evidenza le interazioni che si instaurarono tra la comunità degli emigrati forzati e quella d'accoglienza, riflettendo infine sulle categorie che permettano di designare e di definire l'esilio.
Research Interests: History, Ancient History, Modern History, Greek Literature, Roman History, and 30 moreMedieval History, Early Modern History, Medieval Studies, Contemporary History, History of Science, Exile, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Ancient Greek History, Exile Literature, Histoire moderne, Storia medievale, Storia Romana, Storia Greca, Histoire Des Sciences, Storia, Histoire, Histoire contemporaine, Histoire du droit, Storia Antica, Histoire Medievale, Storia moderna, Storia Contemporanea, Political Migrations and Exile, Histoire Romaine, Storia Della Scienza, Antropology, Esilio, Antropologia, Histoire Grecque, and Storia Del Diritto Medievale E Moderno
Environmental History of Nuclear Energy. Contents INTRODUZIONE. TEMPI STORICI, TEMPI GEOLOGICI (p. 9) CAPITOLO 1. AMBIENTE SETTANTA (p. 21) 1.1 Il senso di un decennio (p. 21) 1.2 Scienza, ambiente e istituzioni negli anni Settanta.... more
Environmental History of Nuclear Energy.
Contents
INTRODUZIONE. TEMPI STORICI, TEMPI GEOLOGICI (p. 9)
CAPITOLO 1. AMBIENTE SETTANTA (p. 21)
1.1 Il senso di un decennio (p. 21)
1.2 Scienza, ambiente e istituzioni negli anni Settanta. Un percorso storico (p. 41)
1.3 The Closing Circle e la “svolta” dell’ecologia politica in Italia (p. 59)
1.4 Per una storia della radioecologia (p. 81)
CAPITOLO 2. ENERGIA PER QUALE FUTURO. L’OPZIONE NUCLEARE: IL CONTESTO INTERNAZIONALE, LE SOLUZIONI TECNOLOGICHE, I CONFLITTI (p. 93)
2.1 La questione energetica nella prospettiva internazionale (p. 93)
2.2 Gli echi della crisi (p. 102)
2.3 L’energia nucleare tra cooperazione e competizione nel contesto comunitario e internazionale degli anni Sessanta e Settanta (p. 117)
2.4 I reattori nucleari nella transizione dagli anni Sessanta ai Settanta (p. 137)
2.5 L’Atomo negato: gli anni della contestazione (p. 154)
2.6 L’Italia nella transizione energetica degli anni Sessanta e Settanta: considerazioni introduttive (p. 172)
CAPITOLO 3. LA CONTROVERSIA NUCLEARE NELL’ITALIA DELLA CONTESTAZIONE. UN PERCORSO INTERPRETATIVO TRA STORIA DELL’AMBIENTE E GIUSTIZIA AMBIENTALE (p. 181)
3.1 Lineamenti di un conflitto: la legge 393/1975 sulla localizzazione dei siti nucleari (p. 181)
3.2 Narrative di lotta e compromesso: organizzazioni sindacali e movimenti antinucleari tra scienza e ideologia (p. 213)
3.3 Le contestazioni di fine anni Settanta e la Commissione Fortuna (p. 230)
3.4 L’Atlante dei Siti Nucleari (p. 235)
3.5 La geografia contesa: geostoria ed energia nucleare (p. 251)
CONCLUSIONI. VENEZIA MON AMOUR (p. 283)
FONTI E STUDI (p. 297)
INDICE DEI NOMI (p. 325)
Contents
INTRODUZIONE. TEMPI STORICI, TEMPI GEOLOGICI (p. 9)
CAPITOLO 1. AMBIENTE SETTANTA (p. 21)
1.1 Il senso di un decennio (p. 21)
1.2 Scienza, ambiente e istituzioni negli anni Settanta. Un percorso storico (p. 41)
1.3 The Closing Circle e la “svolta” dell’ecologia politica in Italia (p. 59)
1.4 Per una storia della radioecologia (p. 81)
CAPITOLO 2. ENERGIA PER QUALE FUTURO. L’OPZIONE NUCLEARE: IL CONTESTO INTERNAZIONALE, LE SOLUZIONI TECNOLOGICHE, I CONFLITTI (p. 93)
2.1 La questione energetica nella prospettiva internazionale (p. 93)
2.2 Gli echi della crisi (p. 102)
2.3 L’energia nucleare tra cooperazione e competizione nel contesto comunitario e internazionale degli anni Sessanta e Settanta (p. 117)
2.4 I reattori nucleari nella transizione dagli anni Sessanta ai Settanta (p. 137)
2.5 L’Atomo negato: gli anni della contestazione (p. 154)
2.6 L’Italia nella transizione energetica degli anni Sessanta e Settanta: considerazioni introduttive (p. 172)
CAPITOLO 3. LA CONTROVERSIA NUCLEARE NELL’ITALIA DELLA CONTESTAZIONE. UN PERCORSO INTERPRETATIVO TRA STORIA DELL’AMBIENTE E GIUSTIZIA AMBIENTALE (p. 181)
3.1 Lineamenti di un conflitto: la legge 393/1975 sulla localizzazione dei siti nucleari (p. 181)
3.2 Narrative di lotta e compromesso: organizzazioni sindacali e movimenti antinucleari tra scienza e ideologia (p. 213)
3.3 Le contestazioni di fine anni Settanta e la Commissione Fortuna (p. 230)
3.4 L’Atlante dei Siti Nucleari (p. 235)
3.5 La geografia contesa: geostoria ed energia nucleare (p. 251)
CONCLUSIONI. VENEZIA MON AMOUR (p. 283)
FONTI E STUDI (p. 297)
INDICE DEI NOMI (p. 325)
Research Interests: History, History of Science and Technology, Cultural History, Peace and Conflict Studies, Italian Studies, and 31 morePolitical Ecology, Contemporary History, History of Technology, Environmental History, History of Science, Anarchism, Energy history, History and Philosophy of Ecology, History of Geology, Global History, Geohistory, Nuclear Energy, Law and Humanities, Radioecology, Uranium exploration, Antinuclear Movement, History of Nuclear Power, Italian History, Uranium Geology, Radioactivity, History of Nuclear Science, Uranium and Environment, Enviromental Justice, History of Uranium, History of Nuclear Industry, Environmental Justice Studies, History of the Earth Sciences, Environmental and Social History, History of Radioactivity, History of trade unionism, and history of radioecology
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Recensioni (reviews): - Le Scienze (Anna Rita Longo), n. 546, febbraio 2014, p. 93 - MATEpristem – http://matematica.unibocconi.it/libri/dal-sogno-degli-alchimisti-agli-incubi-di-frankenstein - Query on line. Rivista del Cicap... more
Recensioni (reviews):
- Le Scienze (Anna Rita Longo), n. 546, febbraio 2014, p. 93
- MATEpristem – http://matematica.unibocconi.it/libri/dal-sogno-degli-alchimisti-agli-incubi-di-frankenstein
- Query on line. Rivista del Cicap (recensione di Andrea Albini) – http://www.queryonline.it/2014/02/05/la-scienza-e-i-media-nellultimo-libro-di-andrea-candela/
- Scienza in rete (recensione di Cristina Bellon) – http://www.scienzainrete.it/contenuto/articolo/cristina-bellon/da-sogno-degli-alchimisti-allincubo-di-frankenstein/novembre-2013
- Dire fare scrivere. Mensile di cultura e scrittura (Selene M. Corapi) – http://www.bottegaeditoriale.it/lacultura.asp?id=122
- Prealpina (01/03/2014): http://www.prealpina.it
- Lombardia Oggi (Carlo Colombo), 9 marzo 2014, p. 38.
- La scienza nei media: da ieri ad oggi di Viola Rita (Galileo. Giornale di scienza): http://www.galileonet.it/articles/53515050a5717a6b81000001
- Scienze e Ricerche (rivista Associazione Italiana del Libro) - http://www.scienzericerche.com/?p=555
Abstract: http://www.francoangeli.it/Ricerca/Scheda_libro.aspx?ID=21352
Il libro traccia un'approfondita panoramica storica sulle diverse forme di narrazione (storytelling) della scienza e della tecnologia nei mass media. Si concentra prevalentemente sull’informazione giornalistica. Ne ripercorre la storia e cerca di cogliere le motivazioni storiche e culturali che hanno indotto prima la carta stampata e poi i mezzi di comunicazione di massa ad avvalersi di un linguaggio sensazionalistico nel raccontare le avventure della scienza in pubblico. La rappresentazione popolare della scienza rievoca spesso un insieme di figure appartenenti all’immaginario collettivo: maghi e alchimisti, mostri e apprendisti stregoni, gesta eroiche e catastrofi, elisir e veleni. Considerando diversi casi storici, dalle scienze biologiche di fine Settecento e inizio Ottocento fino agli odierni dibattiti su biotecnologie, Aids, nucleare, cambiamenti climatici ecc., il volume esamina quegli snodi salienti che hanno permesso la nascita di uno specifico immaginario scientifico, all’origine del quale si ritrovano narrazioni mitologiche, rumors e credenze popolari riguardanti maghi, alchimisti e mostruosità. L’informazione mediatica, talora inconsapevolmente, attinge alle forme narrative del mito con l’intenzione di attribuire un significato, non sempre chiaro ed evidente, al ruolo spesso ambiguo e sempre più invasivo delle scoperte scientifiche (da Il Galileo. Mensile di scienza, tecnologia, politica, cultura).
- Le Scienze (Anna Rita Longo), n. 546, febbraio 2014, p. 93
- MATEpristem – http://matematica.unibocconi.it/libri/dal-sogno-degli-alchimisti-agli-incubi-di-frankenstein
- Query on line. Rivista del Cicap (recensione di Andrea Albini) – http://www.queryonline.it/2014/02/05/la-scienza-e-i-media-nellultimo-libro-di-andrea-candela/
- Scienza in rete (recensione di Cristina Bellon) – http://www.scienzainrete.it/contenuto/articolo/cristina-bellon/da-sogno-degli-alchimisti-allincubo-di-frankenstein/novembre-2013
- Dire fare scrivere. Mensile di cultura e scrittura (Selene M. Corapi) – http://www.bottegaeditoriale.it/lacultura.asp?id=122
- Prealpina (01/03/2014): http://www.prealpina.it
- Lombardia Oggi (Carlo Colombo), 9 marzo 2014, p. 38.
- La scienza nei media: da ieri ad oggi di Viola Rita (Galileo. Giornale di scienza): http://www.galileonet.it/articles/53515050a5717a6b81000001
- Scienze e Ricerche (rivista Associazione Italiana del Libro) - http://www.scienzericerche.com/?p=555
Abstract: http://www.francoangeli.it/Ricerca/Scheda_libro.aspx?ID=21352
Il libro traccia un'approfondita panoramica storica sulle diverse forme di narrazione (storytelling) della scienza e della tecnologia nei mass media. Si concentra prevalentemente sull’informazione giornalistica. Ne ripercorre la storia e cerca di cogliere le motivazioni storiche e culturali che hanno indotto prima la carta stampata e poi i mezzi di comunicazione di massa ad avvalersi di un linguaggio sensazionalistico nel raccontare le avventure della scienza in pubblico. La rappresentazione popolare della scienza rievoca spesso un insieme di figure appartenenti all’immaginario collettivo: maghi e alchimisti, mostri e apprendisti stregoni, gesta eroiche e catastrofi, elisir e veleni. Considerando diversi casi storici, dalle scienze biologiche di fine Settecento e inizio Ottocento fino agli odierni dibattiti su biotecnologie, Aids, nucleare, cambiamenti climatici ecc., il volume esamina quegli snodi salienti che hanno permesso la nascita di uno specifico immaginario scientifico, all’origine del quale si ritrovano narrazioni mitologiche, rumors e credenze popolari riguardanti maghi, alchimisti e mostruosità. L’informazione mediatica, talora inconsapevolmente, attinge alle forme narrative del mito con l’intenzione di attribuire un significato, non sempre chiaro ed evidente, al ruolo spesso ambiguo e sempre più invasivo delle scoperte scientifiche (da Il Galileo. Mensile di scienza, tecnologia, politica, cultura).
Research Interests: History of Science and Technology, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Philosophy of Science, Communication, and 29 moreMedia Studies, Media and Cultural Studies, Journalism, Science Communication, History of Science, Development communication, Mass Communication, Media Education, Public Understanding Of Science, Media Literacy, Science Fiction, Media, Sociology of Science, History of Journalism, Science journalism, Mass media, Media Research, Popular Science, Epistemología, Science Writing, Public Communication of Science and Technology, Science Popularization, Social Communication, Media Impact and Effects and Usages, Alternate Media, Filosofia Della Scienza, Storia Della Scienza, Comunicazione Della Scienza, and Gionalismo Scientifico
Contents - INTRODUZIONE Atlantide e le bocche dell'inferno. La natura tra mito e geostoria. CAP. 1 La Alpi e le Prealpi nell'esplorazione naturalistica sette-ottocentesca. 1.1 Forme del tempo. 1.2 L'ultima "Terra incognita".... more
Contents -
INTRODUZIONE
Atlantide e le bocche dell'inferno. La natura tra mito e geostoria.
CAP. 1
La Alpi e le Prealpi nell'esplorazione naturalistica sette-ottocentesca.
1.1 Forme del tempo.
1.2 L'ultima "Terra incognita". Viaggi d'esplorazione e scienze della natura.
1.3 Le Alpi: ambiente e storia nell'Europa di fine Settecento e dell'età napoleonica.
1.4 Le Alpi tra teorie e storia della Terra: geologia regionale, storicizzazione della natura e scienze biologiche.
CAP. 2
Vulcani, orogenesi e "catastrofi naturali". Vulcanologia storica e storia della vulcanologia nel Settecento.
2.1 Lo studio e la storia delle catastrofi naturali nel Settecento.
2.2 Nel passato della Terra: vulcani estinti e viaggi vulcanologici.
2.3 Porcellane, metalli e graniti: storia e cultura materiale nello sviluppo delle scienze geologiche.
CAP. 3
Vulcani estinti e Geostoria
3.1 Alpi e Prealpi Lombarde: i caratteri originiali.
3.2 Eruzioni e inondazioni: l'ipotesi del "vulcanismo subalpino".
3.3 Sul "Diluvio Universale": le "rivoluzioni" della Terra tra "storia mosaica" e geostoria nel "sistema geologico" di Ermenegildo Pini.
3.4 Storia e teoria della Terra nell'Introduzione alla Geologia di Scipione Breislak (1811).
3.5 Vulcani ed orogenesi alpina: verso una teoria tettonica della Terra.
CONCLUSIONE
Gli sviluppi del XIX secolo: l'indagine vulcanologica tra fisica, chimica e geodinamica.
BIBLIOGRAFIA
INDICE DEI NOMI
INTRODUZIONE
Atlantide e le bocche dell'inferno. La natura tra mito e geostoria.
CAP. 1
La Alpi e le Prealpi nell'esplorazione naturalistica sette-ottocentesca.
1.1 Forme del tempo.
1.2 L'ultima "Terra incognita". Viaggi d'esplorazione e scienze della natura.
1.3 Le Alpi: ambiente e storia nell'Europa di fine Settecento e dell'età napoleonica.
1.4 Le Alpi tra teorie e storia della Terra: geologia regionale, storicizzazione della natura e scienze biologiche.
CAP. 2
Vulcani, orogenesi e "catastrofi naturali". Vulcanologia storica e storia della vulcanologia nel Settecento.
2.1 Lo studio e la storia delle catastrofi naturali nel Settecento.
2.2 Nel passato della Terra: vulcani estinti e viaggi vulcanologici.
2.3 Porcellane, metalli e graniti: storia e cultura materiale nello sviluppo delle scienze geologiche.
CAP. 3
Vulcani estinti e Geostoria
3.1 Alpi e Prealpi Lombarde: i caratteri originiali.
3.2 Eruzioni e inondazioni: l'ipotesi del "vulcanismo subalpino".
3.3 Sul "Diluvio Universale": le "rivoluzioni" della Terra tra "storia mosaica" e geostoria nel "sistema geologico" di Ermenegildo Pini.
3.4 Storia e teoria della Terra nell'Introduzione alla Geologia di Scipione Breislak (1811).
3.5 Vulcani ed orogenesi alpina: verso una teoria tettonica della Terra.
CONCLUSIONE
Gli sviluppi del XIX secolo: l'indagine vulcanologica tra fisica, chimica e geodinamica.
BIBLIOGRAFIA
INDICE DEI NOMI
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Contents - Introduzione Capitolo I Il paesaggio Prealpino 1.1. Le Prealpi Varesine, 17 – 1.2. Il territorio di Brinzio, 18. Capitolo II L’uomo e il suo territorio 2.1. I lavori della terra, 23 – 2.1.1. La lavorazione dei... more
Contents -
Introduzione
Capitolo I
Il paesaggio Prealpino
1.1. Le Prealpi Varesine, 17 – 1.2. Il territorio di Brinzio, 18.
Capitolo II
L’uomo e il suo territorio
2.1. I lavori della terra, 23 – 2.1.1. La lavorazione dei campi in montagna, 25 – 2.1.2. La cerealicoltura: dalla mietitura alla conservazione, 34 – 2.2. La stalla, 42 – 2.2.1. L’allevamento in montagna: considerazioni generali, 43 – 2.2.2. La fienagione, 51 – 2.3. Le risorse del bosco, 60 – 2.3.1. Il bosco prealpino: considerazioni generali, 60 – 2.3.2. Le attività del bosco e la selvicoltura, 61 – 2.4. Le colture minori, 75 – 2.4.1. La canapicoltura: dalla pianta alla fibra, 76 – 2.4.2. La bachicoltura, 83 – 2.4.3. L’apicoltura, 90 – 2.5. L’ediliza, 97 – 2.5.1. L’emigrazione stagionale, 99 – 2.5.2. La casa rurale di montagna, 102.
Capitolo III
L’uomo e la cultura del “saper fare”
3.1. Le attività domestiche, 109 – 3.1.1. La cucina: tra paiolo e focolare, 110 – 3.1.2. Il bucato: lavare, stirare, rammendare, 118 – 3.1.3. Dal filo al tessuto:filatura e tessitura casalinga, 127 – 3.2. Le pratiche quotidiane in dimora, 132 – 3.2.1. L’igiene personale, 132 – 3.2.2. I sistemi di illuminazione e riscaldamento, 134 – 3.3. Le attività di bottega, 137 – 3.3.1. Il falegname, 142 – 3.3.2. Il fabbro, 158 – 3.3.3. Il calzolaio, 164 – 3.4. L’educazione e il tempo libero, 168 – 3.4.1. I divertimenti, 171 – 3.4.2. La scuola, 173.
Conclusioni
Riferimenti Bibliografici
web site: http://www.museo.brinzio.va.it/
Introduzione
Capitolo I
Il paesaggio Prealpino
1.1. Le Prealpi Varesine, 17 – 1.2. Il territorio di Brinzio, 18.
Capitolo II
L’uomo e il suo territorio
2.1. I lavori della terra, 23 – 2.1.1. La lavorazione dei campi in montagna, 25 – 2.1.2. La cerealicoltura: dalla mietitura alla conservazione, 34 – 2.2. La stalla, 42 – 2.2.1. L’allevamento in montagna: considerazioni generali, 43 – 2.2.2. La fienagione, 51 – 2.3. Le risorse del bosco, 60 – 2.3.1. Il bosco prealpino: considerazioni generali, 60 – 2.3.2. Le attività del bosco e la selvicoltura, 61 – 2.4. Le colture minori, 75 – 2.4.1. La canapicoltura: dalla pianta alla fibra, 76 – 2.4.2. La bachicoltura, 83 – 2.4.3. L’apicoltura, 90 – 2.5. L’ediliza, 97 – 2.5.1. L’emigrazione stagionale, 99 – 2.5.2. La casa rurale di montagna, 102.
Capitolo III
L’uomo e la cultura del “saper fare”
3.1. Le attività domestiche, 109 – 3.1.1. La cucina: tra paiolo e focolare, 110 – 3.1.2. Il bucato: lavare, stirare, rammendare, 118 – 3.1.3. Dal filo al tessuto:filatura e tessitura casalinga, 127 – 3.2. Le pratiche quotidiane in dimora, 132 – 3.2.1. L’igiene personale, 132 – 3.2.2. I sistemi di illuminazione e riscaldamento, 134 – 3.3. Le attività di bottega, 137 – 3.3.1. Il falegname, 142 – 3.3.2. Il fabbro, 158 – 3.3.3. Il calzolaio, 164 – 3.4. L’educazione e il tempo libero, 168 – 3.4.1. I divertimenti, 171 – 3.4.2. La scuola, 173.
Conclusioni
Riferimenti Bibliografici
web site: http://www.museo.brinzio.va.it/
Research Interests: Cultural History, Cultural Studies, Cultural Heritage, Material Culture Studies, Environmental Studies, and 16 moreSocial and Cultural Anthropology, History of Technology, History of Science, History and Philosophy of Ecology, Ecology, Ecomuseums, Cultural Anthropology, Ecomuseology, Etnohistoria, Etnography, Etnohistory, Etnologia, History of Agriculture, Alps and Prealps, Museo Della Cultura Rurale Prealpina, and Brinzio
At the beginning of the “industrial atomic age”, which was officially launched by the President Dwight Eisenhower’s speech on peaceful uses of nuclear energy (Atoms for Peace, addressed to the United Nations General Assembly, New York, 8... more
At the beginning of the “industrial atomic age”, which was officially launched by the President Dwight Eisenhower’s speech on peaceful uses of nuclear energy (Atoms for Peace, addressed to the United Nations General Assembly, New York, 8 December 1953), and after the birth of the first Atomic Agencies in the United States (the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1946) and France (Commissariat a l’Énergie Atomique, 1945), the National Committee for Nuclear Research (Comitato Nazionale per le Ricerche Nucleari) was also established in Italy (1952). This new institution, which in 1960 became a self-governing organisation changing its name into National Committee for Nuclear Energy (Comitato Nazionale per l’Energia Nucleare, CNEN), aimed at promoting as well as developing Italian research in nuclear science and technology. Mining and mineral exploration were among the early activities that the National Committee had been undertaking since 1954, when the Geology and Mining Division had been established. A regional scale geochemical as well as geophysical prospecting survey for U-Th bearing ores involved different Italian regions (both in North and South Italy). Geological and mineralogical surveys, for instance, had been systematically carrying out in the Alps since 1954. They had been running by three main teams of geologists which were led by Paolo Baggio, Sergio Lorenzoni and Mario Mittempergher. Laying emphasis on the backdrop of post-WWII Italy, the paper aims at analysing those key factors that contributed to fostering the emergence of a new field of research about nuclear geology.
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The paper deals with issues which are raised by the approaches of experimental history, and are still widely discussed by historiography of science and technology. Following the critical analysis of those controversial matters which have... more
The paper deals with issues which are raised by the approaches of experimental history, and are still widely discussed by historiography of science and technology. Following the critical analysis of those controversial matters which have been involving this historiographical method since the Sixties, the article suggests some innovative applications of the experimental history to Earth sciences. The methodology, as defined below, could play an important role to plan interesting activities for geoconservation as well as improving the geological heritage.
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Research Interests: History of Science and Technology, Contemporary History, History of Technology, Environmental History, History of Science, and 10 moreHistory of Geology, Nuclear Energy, Mining History, Italy, Uranium, Uranium exploration, Italian History, Uranium Geology, History of earth sciences, and History of Uranium
Riassunto: Dalla seconda metà del diciottesimo secolo, il viaggio scientifico in montagna divenne una pratica di indagine piuttosto comune tra gli studiosi, italiani ed europei, della superficie terrestre. L'esplorazione scientifica dei... more
Riassunto: Dalla seconda metà del diciottesimo secolo, il viaggio scientifico in montagna divenne una pratica di indagine piuttosto comune tra gli studiosi, italiani ed europei, della superficie terrestre. L'esplorazione scientifica dei rilievi montuosi oltre a favorire la loro graduale conoscenza geologica e naturalistica, contribuì alla progressiva istituzionalizzazione delle scienze della Terra. L'articolo, dopo un'introduzione di sintesi sulla figura di Paolo Sangiorgio, savant milanese sette-ottocentesco, ripropone la trascrizione integrale della relazione del viaggio (1771) che egli condusse in Valsassina. Questa circoscrive, senza dubbio, una testimonianza primaria di rilievo, grazie alla quale poter cogliere anche il valore epistemico che il viaggio scientifico su Alpi e Prealpi acquisì tra Sette e Ottocento.
Abstract: Between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the institutionalization of Earth sciences was made possible by the spread across Europe of rather commonly known experimental approaches, which were partly based on the exploration of mountains. The scientific travel on mountains acquired its own tools and practices soon, and gave an important contribution to the emergence of historical geology. Against this backdrop, the geological as well as natural
Abstract: Between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the institutionalization of Earth sciences was made possible by the spread across Europe of rather commonly known experimental approaches, which were partly based on the exploration of mountains. The scientific travel on mountains acquired its own tools and practices soon, and gave an important contribution to the emergence of historical geology. Against this backdrop, the geological as well as natural
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This paper critically considers the history of nuclear energy in Australia, placing particular emphasis on the strong debate about uranium mining and exporting which occurred between the late 1960s and early 1980s. Though this topic has... more
This paper critically considers the history of nuclear energy in Australia, placing particular emphasis on the strong debate about uranium mining and exporting which occurred between the late 1960s and early 1980s. Though this topic has been already analyzed by different historical studies and through numerous methodological approaches, some issues of the Australian as well as international ‘atomic debate’ which involved civil uses of nuclear power in the second half of the 20th century remain under-investigated. This article, for instance, focuses on the little-known and seldom popularized history of Synroc which, in the late 1970s, was presented as the ‘geological perspective’ to deal with radioactive waste disposal. The matters under discussion here are particularly important because of their links with some key issues still prevalent in the international nuclear debate, such as nuclear safety, atomic weapons proliferation and the safe disposal of nuclear wastes.
Research Interests: History of Science and Technology, Cultural History, Environmental Studies, History of Technology, Environmental History, and 12 moreHistory of Science, Australia, History of Geology, Australian History, History of Mining, Aboriginal History in Australia, Nuclear Energy, Mining History, História Ambiental-Eco-História / Environmental History, History of earth sciences, History of Uranium, and Nuclear Waste Disposal
Introduzione; Lo "storytelling": considerazioni sul contesto teorico; "Storytelling" e meteorologia: l'estate "mitica" del 2012; Meteonomia: cornici narrative e analisi della copertura giornalistica; Conclusioni; Bibliografia
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At the beginning of the 20th century the collective imagination was fascinated and terrified by the discovery of radium. A scientific imagery sprang up around radioactivity and was disseminated by public lectures and newspaper articles... more
At the beginning of the 20th century the collective imagination was fascinated and terrified by the discovery of radium. A scientific imagery sprang up around radioactivity and was disseminated by public lectures and newspaper articles discussing the ambiguous power of this strange substance. It was claimed that radium could be used to treat cholera, typhus and tuberculosis, but at the same time there were warnings that it could be used for military purposes. The media and the scientists themselves employed a rich vocabulary influenced by religion, alchemy and magic. The ambivalent power of radioactive elements exerted a great influence on science fiction novelists. This paper will examine some significant works published in Europe, America and Russia during the first decades of the 20th century and their role in the creation of the complex imagery of radioactivity that seized the public imagination long before the invention of the atomic bomb.
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- Introduction: The Historical Context
- The Utopias of Emilio Salgari and H.G. Wells, Suspended between Progress and Catastrophe
- The Ambiguous Nature of Radioactivity and Anxieties Regarding Technology in Early 20th-Century Novels and Feuilletons
- Radioactivity and Nuclear Energy in Slavic Literature in the 1920s and 1930s
- Conclusions
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- Introduction: The Historical Context
- The Utopias of Emilio Salgari and H.G. Wells, Suspended between Progress and Catastrophe
- The Ambiguous Nature of Radioactivity and Anxieties Regarding Technology in Early 20th-Century Novels and Feuilletons
- Radioactivity and Nuclear Energy in Slavic Literature in the 1920s and 1930s
- Conclusions
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Italian news coverage of radiation in the early decades of the twentieth century: A qualitative and quantitative analysis (with F. Pasquarè Mariotto) [Public Understanding of Science, DOI: 10.1177/0963662514548135, 2016, 25(2): 236-251] (http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0963662514548135)more
http://pus.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/09/02/0963662514548135.abstract 1. Introduction - 2. Previous studies on radiation and nuclear energy - 3. Considerations on the historical and cultural contexts - 4. Science representation in... more
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1. Introduction - 2. Previous studies on radiation and nuclear energy - 3. Considerations on the historical and cultural contexts - 4. Science representation in the news media - 5. Methods - 6. Results - 7. Conclusion
1. Introduction - 2. Previous studies on radiation and nuclear energy - 3. Considerations on the historical and cultural contexts - 4. Science representation in the news media - 5. Methods - 6. Results - 7. Conclusion
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Research Interests: History of Science and Technology, Environmental Education, Globalization, Material Culture Studies, History of Technology, and 14 moreEnvironmental History, History of Science, Sustainable Development, Environmental Sustainability, Cultural Diversity, Ecomuseums, Museology, Etnography, Museología, History of popular culture, Antropologia, Etnografia, Etnoecologia, Etnohistoria, Museografia, Globalizzazione, and Museo Della Cultura Rurale Prealpina
(The contribution of the ecological thinking in the history of material culture studies. Some brief reflections) The history of material culture has become an important tool in order to achieve a better knowledge of given landscapes... more
(The contribution of the ecological thinking in the history of material culture studies. Some brief reflections)
The history of material culture has become an important tool in order to achieve a better knowledge of given landscapes and increase their cultural wealth. These studies are very useful for planning different typologies of land valorisation, such as ecomuseums. At the same time, they acquired an essential value to promote new forms of sustainable development and cultural tourism. After an initial discussion about the history of the concept of material culture, above all with relation to recent theoretical trends of biological and natural sciences, the paper will show the potentialities of these historical and scientific studies to analyse the management of natural resources during the history of a given settlement and the relationships between productive human activities and the environment of cohabitation. In such a way, the material proofs of the past could be a useful information source to recognize persistences, changes and vocations of a given landscape.
The history of material culture has become an important tool in order to achieve a better knowledge of given landscapes and increase their cultural wealth. These studies are very useful for planning different typologies of land valorisation, such as ecomuseums. At the same time, they acquired an essential value to promote new forms of sustainable development and cultural tourism. After an initial discussion about the history of the concept of material culture, above all with relation to recent theoretical trends of biological and natural sciences, the paper will show the potentialities of these historical and scientific studies to analyse the management of natural resources during the history of a given settlement and the relationships between productive human activities and the environment of cohabitation. In such a way, the material proofs of the past could be a useful information source to recognize persistences, changes and vocations of a given landscape.
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The Alps, from the 1780s onward, might be considered an area of technological transfer and development, especially with relation to mining activity and management of natural resources. At the end of the eighteenth century, a renewed... more
The Alps, from the 1780s onward, might be considered an area of technological transfer and development, especially with relation to mining activity and management of natural resources. At the end of the eighteenth century, a renewed interest towards the exploitation of mineral deposits, due to a growing request of metals all over Europe, caused the gradual reopening of excavations along the flanks of the Alps and Prealps. The rediscovery of many deposits has been included in the scientific and social background of geo-mineralogical travels. These were often supported by government funding in eighteenth-century Lombardy. In the wake of several measures, undertaken by some Italian States in order to increase mining activities and cope with the imminent shortage of firewood along the sides of the Alps, the paper will examine the technological transfer, occurred in Europe, that allowed the introduction of new technologies of melting and mining.
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In 1952, within CNR (National Research Council), National Committee for Nuclear Research (CNRN) was founded in Italy, with the main purpose of acquiring and developing knowledge about peaceful applications of nuclear energy. In 1960, CNRN... more
In 1952, within CNR (National Research Council), National Committee for Nuclear Research (CNRN) was founded in Italy, with the main purpose of acquiring and developing knowledge about peaceful applications of nuclear energy. In 1960, CNRN became a public self-governing institution, separated from CNR and changing the name into CNEN (National Committee for Nuclear Energy). During the first period of establishment, CNEN policy choices undoubtedly reflected optimism and triumphalism followed by the first United Nations Conference on peaceful use of nuclear power, held in Geneva in 1955. The huge interest towards different nuclear applications was certainly driven by strategic needs related to industrial and economic development of industrialized countries. At the beginning of the “industrial atomic age”, nuclear industry was surely an instrument of technological “transfer” and innovation; it didn’t represent an alternative to fossil fuels. Mining explorations were among the earlier activities undertaken in the CNRN foundation, mainly since 1961. A regional scale geochemical prospecting reconnaissance for uranium in several alpine regions and in different part of Central-Southern Italy was realized. These explorations represented undoubtedly an effort to manage an energy policy not entirely dependent on the international context and raw materials imports. Considering this historical outlook, the paper will try to trace the initial stages of uranium policy and studies in Italy. An interest that led to open a university teaching in “Geology of Uranium” at the Polytechnic School of Milan and to establish a scientific and technical discipline with its own handbooks,reviews and popular publications.
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(Climate Sciences and scientific method between science communication and sociology of knowledge) Climate sciences are not yet able to establish actual increase in globally averaged temperatures with certainty, especially in relation... more
(Climate Sciences and scientific method between science communication and sociology of knowledge)
Climate sciences are not yet able to establish actual increase in globally averaged temperatures with certainty, especially in relation to human activities. Although the majority of scientific community agrees that a phase of climatic instability is undoubtedly underway and we can talk about a current “Climate Change”, scientific and socio-political debates are still focused on the scientific relevance of the “Anthropogenic Global Warming” (anthropogenic greenhouse effect). The so-called “crucial proof” is still lacking. Starting from an analysis of several official reports, institutional sources and public discussions of last months, the paper examines the development of climate sciences through historiographical and epistemological categories of Sociology of Knowledge and Science Communication. Considering the complex relationships between science, technology and society, the definition of “scientific community” could be replaced by that of “scientific field”. Experimental data are only one of different tools used by scientific enterprise, indeed it should be taken into account others external factors, not necessarily related to laboratory activity and fieldwork, such as: negotiates, personal satisfaction, institutions, policy making, economy etc. Climatology is a case in point. Finally, the article analyses some interesting observations coming from cognitive approaches (cognitive theory of science), according to which science could be defined as an evolutionary and cultural phenomenon related to contingency (historical context).
Climate sciences are not yet able to establish actual increase in globally averaged temperatures with certainty, especially in relation to human activities. Although the majority of scientific community agrees that a phase of climatic instability is undoubtedly underway and we can talk about a current “Climate Change”, scientific and socio-political debates are still focused on the scientific relevance of the “Anthropogenic Global Warming” (anthropogenic greenhouse effect). The so-called “crucial proof” is still lacking. Starting from an analysis of several official reports, institutional sources and public discussions of last months, the paper examines the development of climate sciences through historiographical and epistemological categories of Sociology of Knowledge and Science Communication. Considering the complex relationships between science, technology and society, the definition of “scientific community” could be replaced by that of “scientific field”. Experimental data are only one of different tools used by scientific enterprise, indeed it should be taken into account others external factors, not necessarily related to laboratory activity and fieldwork, such as: negotiates, personal satisfaction, institutions, policy making, economy etc. Climatology is a case in point. Finally, the article analyses some interesting observations coming from cognitive approaches (cognitive theory of science), according to which science could be defined as an evolutionary and cultural phenomenon related to contingency (historical context).
Research Interests: Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Informatics, Science Communication, Climate Change, and 19 moreClimate Change, Climate Change, Sociology of Knowledge, Climate Change Adaptation, Philosophy Of Climate Change, Climate change policy, History of Science, Climatic Changes, Political communication, Sociology Of Scientific Knowledge, Social Studies Of Science, Climate Change Discourses, Global Warming, Communication Studies, ICTs, Climate Sciences, IPCC, Climate Change Communication, and Communication and Conflict
Nuclear energy and mass media in Italy
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(Researches of mining archaeology in the Western area of Lombard Prealps: scenarios of preservation and development of a "cultural environment") In the 18th and 19th centuries, there was a considerable development in mining activities... more
(Researches of mining archaeology in the Western area of Lombard Prealps: scenarios of preservation and development of a "cultural environment")
In the 18th and 19th centuries, there was a considerable development in mining activities in different regions of the Italian peninsula. Indeed, especially in the second hal of the 18th century, a renewed interest in the exploitation of mineral deposits, due to a growing demand of metals all over Europe, caused the gradual reopening of several ancient mines. For these reason settlements were established near mining sites, particularly in proximity to the Alps. Using various types of data and sources, both historical and archaeological, it is possible to reconstruct the history of these peculiar anthropical environments, on the basis of the geo-lithological and morphological features of given areas. Moreover, historical sources are important tools for the recovery and re-evaluation old mining sites, as well as for the reconstruction of the evolution of specific landscape in the broader spectrum og historical and technological trends. This paper examines a single case study, still poorly understood, concerning the mining deposits in the Pre-Alps of Western Lombardy. The hill of this area cannot be historically considered a remarkable mining district, such as the better known eastern mountain regions of Lombardy, nevertheless, excavation activities shaped this slopes of the Pre-Alps with distinctive infrastructures which still exist. This type of research represents an interesting way of increasing the environmental riches and cultural heritage of the Alps, through the establishment of mining parks, Geoparks and naturalistic or historical routes.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, there was a considerable development in mining activities in different regions of the Italian peninsula. Indeed, especially in the second hal of the 18th century, a renewed interest in the exploitation of mineral deposits, due to a growing demand of metals all over Europe, caused the gradual reopening of several ancient mines. For these reason settlements were established near mining sites, particularly in proximity to the Alps. Using various types of data and sources, both historical and archaeological, it is possible to reconstruct the history of these peculiar anthropical environments, on the basis of the geo-lithological and morphological features of given areas. Moreover, historical sources are important tools for the recovery and re-evaluation old mining sites, as well as for the reconstruction of the evolution of specific landscape in the broader spectrum og historical and technological trends. This paper examines a single case study, still poorly understood, concerning the mining deposits in the Pre-Alps of Western Lombardy. The hill of this area cannot be historically considered a remarkable mining district, such as the better known eastern mountain regions of Lombardy, nevertheless, excavation activities shaped this slopes of the Pre-Alps with distinctive infrastructures which still exist. This type of research represents an interesting way of increasing the environmental riches and cultural heritage of the Alps, through the establishment of mining parks, Geoparks and naturalistic or historical routes.
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Nota introduttiva Il dibattito specialistico, e non, sulle problematiche etiche sollevate dalla gravosa questione del cambiamento climatico si è ampliato, soprattutto, nel corso dell'ultimo decennio, arricchendosi di importanti... more
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Il dibattito specialistico, e non, sulle problematiche etiche sollevate dalla gravosa questione del cambiamento climatico si è ampliato, soprattutto, nel corso dell'ultimo decennio, arricchendosi di importanti contributi. Tuttavia, scopo dello scritto proposto in questa sede non è quello di ripercorrere in modo analitico la complessità delle differenti impostazioni teoretiche che hanno alimentato questo dibattito, bensì, attraverso la rivisitazione di un precedente contributo, chiarire nuovamente il valore che alcune categorie della riflessione bioetica possono avere al fine di allargare gli orizzonti dell'indagine, non solo scientifica, sul fenomeno climatico in atto.
Il dibattito specialistico, e non, sulle problematiche etiche sollevate dalla gravosa questione del cambiamento climatico si è ampliato, soprattutto, nel corso dell'ultimo decennio, arricchendosi di importanti contributi. Tuttavia, scopo dello scritto proposto in questa sede non è quello di ripercorrere in modo analitico la complessità delle differenti impostazioni teoretiche che hanno alimentato questo dibattito, bensì, attraverso la rivisitazione di un precedente contributo, chiarire nuovamente il valore che alcune categorie della riflessione bioetica possono avere al fine di allargare gli orizzonti dell'indagine, non solo scientifica, sul fenomeno climatico in atto.
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updated version of "Tutela e valorizzazione del patrimonio geologico", in Nuova Museologia, 2009, 20: 7-11
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Research Interests: History of Science and Technology, Cultural Heritage, Italian Studies, Material Culture Studies, History of Technology, and 15 moreEnvironmental History, History of Science, Cultural Heritage Conservation, History of Geology, Ecomuseums, Geotourism, Geoconservation, New Museology, History of techniques, History of material culture, Geoturismo, Ecomuseums, museums and territory, interpretive centers, History of earth sciences, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century, and Alps and Prealps
During the second half of the eighteenth century, the study of volcanism was related to the question of orogenesis and the controversial lithogenesis of basalt. In the Italian peninsula, the key outcrops occurred mainly along the... more
During the second half of the eighteenth century, the study of volcanism was related to the question of orogenesis and the controversial lithogenesis of basalt. In the Italian peninsula, the key outcrops occurred mainly along the foothills of the Alps of Veneto. Moreover, the question of the origin of columnar basalts and other rocks (porphyry, granite) involved theories on the age of the Earth and the possible recognition of an evolutionary process of the making of lithosphere. Consequently, following explorations in the Alps and Prealps several scientists began to regard the basaltic formations as evidence of the relationships between mountains and ancient volcanoes. Nevertheless, especially from the 1780s, the spread of Wernerian theory in some Italian States led to criticism of the vulcanists' conclusions. Thus, some naturalists working in Lombardy tried to re-establish the idea of a great flood to explain the morphology of the Central Alps. Discussing this complex situation, the paper analyses the development of regional geology, based on fieldwork, which emphasized the function of volcanic activity in the history of building the Earth's crust and mountains.
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Intervento presentato nel corso del ciclo di conferenze dal titolo: "Predatori del microcosmo".
Varese 17 ottobre 2014 – 25 gennaio 2015.
Varese 17 ottobre 2014 – 25 gennaio 2015.
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Research Interests: Journalism, Social Sciences, Science Communication, History of Science, Public Understanding Of Science, and 9 moreScience, Science, Technology and Society, Sociology of Science, Scientific Journalism, Mass media, Public Communication of Science and Technology, Science Popularization, Scientific Culture, and Phylosophy of Science
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History of Stratigraphy in Italian environments (17th-20th centuries) The great variety of lithological and structural features (particularly in mountain areas), volcanoes and subvolcanic phenomena, made the Italian peninsula a sort of... more
History of Stratigraphy in Italian environments (17th-20th centuries)
The great variety of lithological and structural features (particularly in mountain areas), volcanoes and subvolcanic phenomena, made the Italian peninsula a sort of ‘paradise’ for geological fieldwork and attracted many travelling geologists since the early 17th century. The description of the Earth’s strata became an important issue of the naturalistic research after the work by N. Stensen. From the end of the 17th century until the end of the 18th century the lithostratigraphical research developed in Italy within the studies and fieldwork of remarkable scientists, such as A. Vallisneri, L.F. Marsili, G. Arduino, L. Spallanzani and others. The emergence of stratigraphy as significant part of the new science of geology was also supported by the work of Italian scientists and geological institutions from the 19th to the 20th century. Although several studies have investigated the development of Earth Sciences in Italy, the history of stratigraphy is still lacking systematic research. The session aims to consider some key issues of this relationship between the history of stratigraphy and the Italian environments.
The great variety of lithological and structural features (particularly in mountain areas), volcanoes and subvolcanic phenomena, made the Italian peninsula a sort of ‘paradise’ for geological fieldwork and attracted many travelling geologists since the early 17th century. The description of the Earth’s strata became an important issue of the naturalistic research after the work by N. Stensen. From the end of the 17th century until the end of the 18th century the lithostratigraphical research developed in Italy within the studies and fieldwork of remarkable scientists, such as A. Vallisneri, L.F. Marsili, G. Arduino, L. Spallanzani and others. The emergence of stratigraphy as significant part of the new science of geology was also supported by the work of Italian scientists and geological institutions from the 19th to the 20th century. Although several studies have investigated the development of Earth Sciences in Italy, the history of stratigraphy is still lacking systematic research. The session aims to consider some key issues of this relationship between the history of stratigraphy and the Italian environments.