Friendship Dynamics between Emotions and Trials

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Rebughini
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Structural Dynamics ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Research Project ◽  
The Third ◽  
The City ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
The Way

The aim of this article is to analyze friendship ties and the emotions connected to them in some particular phases of life: periods when subjects are faced with difficult challenges such as mourning, separation, job loss or illness. Under these circumstances, friendship ties and emotions take on exceptional intensity. To investigate these moments I will use the analytical concept of trial and I will outline its heuristic utility in the analysis of friendship ties. The article is based on a research project on the dynamics of friendship relationships among adults conducted in the urban area of the city of Milan. In order to shed light on the dynamics of friendship in difficult moments of life, the article is organized in three sections: in the first part, I will introduce some narratives collected during the research. In the second part, I will shed light on the way that trial phases of life are the periods in which the relation between friendship and emotions becomes more visible, in particular through the way that friendship bonds offer the possibility of narrating and sharing emotions themselves, thus introducing an element of reflexivity. In the third part, I will conclude by underlining the way that this kind of analysis of friendship ties can reveal some more structural dynamics of contemporary individualized society.

Géographie et cartographie fictionnelles dans l’Utopie (1516) de Thomas More

Moreana ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (Number 181- (3-4) ◽  
pp. 9-68
Author(s):  
Jean Du Verger
Keyword(s):  
Complex Network ◽  
Narrative Strategies ◽  
Thomas More ◽  
The Third ◽  
Editio Princeps ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
The Way

The philosophical and political aspects of Utopia have often shadowed the geographical and cartographical dimension of More’s work. Thus, I will try to shed light on this aspect of the book in order to lay emphasis on the links fostered between knowledge and space during the Renaissance. I shall try to show how More’s opusculum aureum, which is fraught with cartographical references, reifies what Germain Marc’hadour terms a “fictional archipelago” (“The Catalan World Atlas” (c. 1375) by Abraham Cresques ; Zuane Pizzigano’s portolano chart (1423); Martin Benhaim’s globe (1492); Martin Waldseemüller’s Cosmographiae Introductio (1507); Claudius Ptolemy’s Geographia (1513) ; Benedetto Bordone’s Isolario (1528) ; Diogo Ribeiro’s world map (1529) ; the Grand Insulaire et Pilotage (c.1586) by André Thevet). I will, therefore, uncover the narrative strategies used by Thomas More in a text which lies on a complex network of geographical and cartographical references. Finally, I will examine the way in which the frontispiece of the editio princeps of 1516, as well as the frontispiece of the third edition published by Froben at Basle in 1518, clearly highlight the geographical and cartographical aspect of More’s narrative.

L’articolazione argomentativa di Plat. Soph. 237b7–239a11 e la natura del medamos on

Elenchos ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-98
Author(s):  
Francesco Aronadio
Keyword(s):  
Crucial Importance ◽  
Relational Ontology ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
The Third ◽  
Linguistic Level ◽  
Argumentative Structure ◽  
The Stranger ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
The Way

Abstract In Soph. 237b7–239a11 Plato lays out a sequence of arguments that are generally considered homogenous. An analysis of each argument can shed light on the need to differentiate their respective nature. Firstly, it will be shown that the arguments do not work only at the linguistic level, contrary to the way these passages are interpreted by most of commentators. The meta–linguistic nature of the third argument will be particularly emphasised. Secondly, it will be argued that the three arguments follow each other according to a crescendo. The implications of this argumentative structure will be specifically appreciated. Both these results of the analysis induce to attribute a crucial importance to the notion of medamos on: the arguments do not aim to definitively exclude the possibility of a Parmenidean non–being; they play a positive role within the inquiry of the Stranger of Elea, inasmuch the thematisation of Parmenidean non–being is seriously taken into account and embraced at this stage of the dialogue. In fact it is only through this dialectical step that the Stranger gains the chance to proceed in the direction of a relational ontology and a new concept of non–being. The positive role played by the medamos on presupposes that this expression and the equivalent ones are not mere absurdities and can find place in the Platonic use of language; this implies that the notion of medamos on must have a justification in the framework of Platonic relational ontology and conception of language. The consideration of this aspect eventually gives the opportunity to return to the three arguments and present an explanation of their positioning in that stage of the dialogue.

Autoethnography of an Anthropology Fieldworker in Two Housing Complexes in the City of Kolkata in India: A Semiotic Study on Anthropology of Space

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-239
Author(s):  
Sankha Priya Guha
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
The Other ◽  
Residential Housing ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Fieldwork Experience ◽  
Housing Complex ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

The following paper is an outcome of a research project conducted on “Anthropology of Space” in two housing complexes in the city of Kolkata in India. I am to present my write up in two different contexts: the first one of which will include my fieldwork experience in an autoethnographic form in the studied complexes. One of the two is my own residential housing complex, while the other is new one for me. Majority of the residents of these complexes are the educated middle-class Bengali people, popularly and colloquially called Maddhyabitta. The second one will complement my fieldwork experience with theoretical discourse on “Anthropology of Space,” the domain of the study. The collected information is thereafter analyzed using “semiotic cluster” and “semiotic chain” techniques. Finally, I will try to narrate the way, my fieldwork experience has led to the construction of an autoethnography in the studied complexes.

scholarly journals La conversión religiosa como instrumento de búsqueda y construcción de identidades: el budismo tibetano en España

2019 ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Carmen Castilla-Vázquez
Keyword(s):  
Religious Identity ◽  
Spanish Society ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
The City ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
The Way

Resumen: Aunque el mapa religioso de la España actual ha cambiado considerablemente como consecuencia de la inmigración, no es solamente este factor el único a tener en cuenta a la hora de mencionar el cambio que ha experimentado la sociedad española en materia religiosa pues, el número de españoles que se convierten desde el catolicismo a otras confesiones ha aumentado extraordinariamente. Este trabajo busca reflexionar sobre los procesos de conversión al budismo en España, tomando como ejemplo, la ciudad de Granada, a partir de observaciones etnográficas y través del relato biográfico que nos ofrecen personas conversas a esta religión. Además de analizar los motivos que les llevaron a la conversión, nos acercamos a la manera en que estas personas han construido su nueva identidad religiosa, modificando su sistema de creencias y valores, así como su percepción de la sociedad en la que viven.Abstract: Although the religious map of Spain today has changed considerably as a result of immigration, this is not the only factor to take into consideration when mentioning the change in religious matters that the Spanish society has experienced. The number of Spaniards that convert from Catholicism to other faiths has increased remarkably as well. This project seeks to reflect on the processes of conversion to Buddhism in Spain, using the city of Granada as an example. This analysis is based on ethnographic observations and the biographical testimony offered by people who converted to Buddhism. In addition to analyzing the reasons that led to this conversion, we also shed light on the way in which these individuals have built their new religious identity, modifying their system of beliefs and values as well as their perception of the society they live in.

scholarly journals Os esforços para resgatar as necessitadas almas do Purgatório. Os ritos fúnebres da Ordem Terceira Franciscana de São Paulo ao longo do século XVIII

2018 ◽  
Vol 75 (300) ◽  
pp. 889
Author(s):  
Juliana De Mello Moraes
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Funeral Rites ◽  
The Third ◽  
Saint Francis ◽  
The City ◽  
The Church ◽  
Shed Light

Síntese: A preocupação com a salvação das almas durante o século XVIII fazia parte da vivência dos católicos. Como outras instituições da época, a Ordem Terceira franciscana de São Paulo (SP/Brasil) inumava seus associados e possuía disposições a respeito dos ritos funerários, entre as quais, para garantir o bem morrer, destacavam-se: a utilização de mortalhas, a celebração de missas, o enterro no interior da igreja e a celebração anual em prol dos defuntos. Nesse sentido, a partir da documentação produzida no interior da associação são analisados os ritos fúnebres e os sepultamentos entre os irmãos terceiros, no intuito de lançar luz sobre alguns aspectos da vivência religiosa dos moradores de São Paulo, indicando também a relevância da Ordem Terceira franciscana no conjunto de associações da cidade.Palavras-chave: Ordem Terceira de São Francisco. Rituais fúnebres. Morte. São Paulo. Século XVIII.Abstract: Concern for the salvation of souls during the eighteenth century was part of the experience of Catholics. Like other institutions of the time, the Third Order of Saint Francis of São Paulo (Brazil), had provisions regarding funeral rites and buried its members. Among the provisions destined to ensure a good death stood out: the use of shrouds, the celebration of mass, burial inside the church and the annual celebration in favor of the deceased. In this sense, from the documentation produced within the association, we analyze the funeral rites and burials among the brothers of the Third Order of Saint Francis in order to shed light on some aspects of religious life of the inhabitants of São Paulo at that time, also indicating the importance of the Third Order of Saint Francis in the set of the city associations.Keywords: Third Order of Saint Francis. Funeral rites. Death. São Paulo-Brazil. Eighteenth century.

The Rise and Fall of the “Third Weimar”: Harry Graf Kessler and the Aesthetic State in Wilhelmian Germany, 1902–1906

1996 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-532
Author(s):  
Laird Easton
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
German Culture ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Leipzig ◽  
The City ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Way

In August 1891, shortly before his graduation from the University of Leipzig and his subsequent departure on a trip around the world, Harry Graf Kessler visited the city that had become an icon of German culture in the nineteenth century. Weimar, vegetating in the long twilight years of Carl Alexander's reign, made an unfavorable impression on the young aesthete. At the church cemetery, thinking no doubt of the way England and France honored their great writers, he remarked, “I do not find the idea that the coffins of our two greatest poets should serve as the antechamber for all the princely nullities of the house of Weimar especially worthy—it reminds one a little too strongly of the Geheimen Hofrat.”

scholarly journals Writing Lived Experience – A Melancholy Elegy

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
Ying Liu
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Creative Potential ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Core ◽  
Psychoanalytic Concept ◽  
Shed Light

This paper explores the limitations of language in psychotherapeutic writing about lived experience and how psychanalytic concepts can help us both understand and work through the inevitable loss that results from these limitations. It is illustrated by the author’s experience of undertaking a doctoral research project in psychotherapy where the experience of narrative incoherence was explored through writing. Paralleled to the doctoral research project was the author’s challenges in writing the experience of incoherence. By reflecting on and analysing these challenges, this paper explores the sense of loss that is located at the core of writing lived experience through psychoanalytic concepts including the third position and melancholia. The limitations of language in capturing the fullness of lived experienced is shed light on. Connecting the psychoanalytic concept of melancholia to Romanyshyn’s (2013) writing as elegy, I propose writing lived experience as a melancholy elegy in which what is lost in language can be acknowledged and kept alive in the writer’s psyche. I argue for the creative potential brought by the continuous engagement with the sense of loss in writing lived experience.   Reference: Romanyshyn, R.D. (2013). The wounded researcher: research with soul in mind. New Orleans, Louisiana: Spring Journal Books.

scholarly journals The Three Piano Sonatas by José de Almeida Penalva

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Heron Moreira ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Edition ◽  
Bela Bartok ◽  
Anton Webern ◽  
Piano Sonatas ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Twelve Tone ◽  
George Gershwin ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Many ◽  
The City

This research project discusses the three piano sonatas by José de Almeida Penalva (1924-2002), a priest and composer from the southern region of Brazil, who lived most of his life in the city of Curitiba, in Paraná state. Along with overall information about the composer’s life and general output, the reader will find brief discussions of Penalva’s keyboard works, along with comprehensive formal analyses of his three piano sonatas. Sonata no. 1 (1970, chronologically the second to be written) appears in one large movement that reveals two distinct sections. Its language is atonal and its first section displays sonata-allegro form. The work employs twelve-tone technique along with folklore elements from the Brazilian genres seresta and desafio. Sonata no. 2 (1960, chronologically the first to be written) employs free modal language in each of its three contrasting movements. According to Penalva’s own indications, the first movement draws on the styles of George Gershwin and Béla Bartók, the second movement refers to Camargo Guarnieri (Brazilian composer who lived from 1907-1993), and the third evokes Anton Webern. Although no material from these composers is directly quoted, it is possible to recognize their stylistic traits within the respective movements. Sonata no. 3 (1991) is the most complex and technically demanding among the three sonatas. It employs free atonal language and displays three highly contrasting movements. Some folk elements also appear, as for example the third movement's energetic rhythm, which clearly suggests the Brazilian popular genre baião. This research project is the first part of a larger undertaking that the author hopes will eventually include a commercial recording of all three sonatas, along with preparing a new performance edition that takes into account the many discrepancies among the composer’s manuscripts and the currently available editions. It is the author’s sincere hope that this research can help to popularize this repertoire, which is colorful and satisfying, but remains relatively unknown, both in Brazil and beyond.

scholarly journals The Icelandic (Pilot) Project in ScanDiaSyn

Nordlyd ◽  
10.7557/12.91 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Höskuldur Thráinsson ◽  
Ásgrímur Angantýsson ◽  
Ásta Svavarsdóttir ◽  
Thórhallur Eythórsson ◽  
Jóhannes Gísli Jónsson
Keyword(s):  
Spontaneous Speech ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Spoken Language ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Syntactic Variation ◽  
The Third ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Work Done ◽  
The Way

In this paper we outline the Icelandic research plans in the Scandinavian Dialect Syntax project and explain why we have made these plans the way we have. We begin by reporting on a pilot project that was conducted in Iceland 2004-2005, explain its nature and describe the resulting plans. As will be seen, our research project includes the collection and analysis of spoken language corpora (“spontaneous speech” of different kinds), collection of syntactic material by using different elicitation techniques (including written questionnaires and interviews), and the comparison of this material. The spoken language corpora are listed and described in the second section of the paper. In the third section we describe how our present (and future) work relates to some previous work done on syntactic variation in Icelandic (and Faroese) and offer some thoughts on the nature of syntactic variation in general.

Pottery and trade at Euesperides in Cyrenaica: an overview

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
Eleni Zimi ◽  
K. Göransson ◽  
K. Swift
Keyword(s):  
Fourth Century ◽  
Third Century ◽  
Processed Meat ◽  
Petrographic Analysis ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
The Third ◽  
Maritime Networks ◽  
Transport Amphorae ◽  
The City ◽  
Shed Light

AbstractThe excavations conducted at Euesperides between 1999 and 2007 under the auspices of the Society for Libyan Studies, London, and the Department of Antiquities, Libya, and jointly directed by Paul Bennet and Andrew Wilson, brought to light private houses and a building complex, industrial areas related to purple dye production and part of the city's fortification wall. Among the finds was a highly significant body of local, regional and imported pottery (from the Greek and Punic world, Cyprus, Italy and elsewhere), dated between the last quarter of the seventh and the middle of the third century BC, when the city was abandoned.This archaeological project adopted an innovative approach to the study of pottery from the site, based on the total quantification of the coarse, fine wares and transport amphorae. This was supplemented by a targeted programme of petrographic analysis to shed light on production centres and thus questions about the trade and the economy of ancient Euesperides. The pottery study by K. Göransson, K. Swift and E. Zimi demonstrated that although the city gradually developed a significant industry of ceramics, it relied heavily on imports to cover its needs and that imported pottery reached Euesperides’ sheltered harbour either directly from the supplying regions or most often through complex maritime networks in the Mediterranean which changed over time.Cooking pots from Aegina and the Punic world, mortaria, bowls, jugs and table amphorae from Corinth as well as transport amphorae from various centres containing olive oil, wine, processed meat and fish were transported to the city from Greece, Italy/Sicily, Cyprus and elsewhere. The so-called amphorae B formed the majority, while Corinthian, Aegean (Thasian, Mendean, Knidian, etc.), Greco-Italic and Punic were adequatly represented. Regarding fine wares, East Greek, Laconian and Corinthian are common until the end of the sixth century; Attic black-glazed, and to a lesser extend, black-figure and red-figure pots dominate the assemblages between the fifth and the mid-third centuries BC, while Corinthian, Italian/Sicilian and Punic seem to have been following the commodities flow at Euesperides from the fourth century BC onwards. Finally, Cyrenaican pottery and transport amphorae have been also identified at Euesperides implying a considerable volume of inter-regional trade.

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