International Magazine Research Articles

Students' perception of the application of nudges

In this research it was examined how students of two private institutions perceive the nudges. Although the nudge theory has gained considerable popularity in international research, as it is reflected on recent articles in international magazines, it does not count on the recognition or implementation in a local context. In that way, with the developed research, knowledge is generated with regard to the population object of study and it is an important test about the possible implementations of deliberative and non-deliberative nudges in public policies. The methodology used is a quantitative approach, descriptive method, snowball probabilistic sample technique and the test was carried out through chi square to determine gender perception. The results gotten showed that students are receptive to the use of nudge tool in their daily contexts. In conclusion, there is acceptance of the use of deliberative nudges and there is a little distrust of non-deliberative nudges, likewise, it is exposed that nowadays the nudge tool is discussed in top level international universities; nevertheless, in the Latin American context, its formulation is minimal.

Studi Literatur: Menelusuri Model-Model Pembelajaran yang Efektif Untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Berpikir Komputasi Siswa

The importance of computational thinking skills has encouraged educational institutions around the world to integrate these concepts into their curricula. However, the challenge faced is finding the most effective learning methods and models to teach these skills. An appropriate learning model must not only be able to attract students' interest and motivation, but must also be able to increase their understanding and practical abilities in computational thinking. This research adopts a literature review method to explore information about effective learning models in improving students' computational thinking skills. Data was collected from various sources such as national and international journals, reference books, newspapers and magazines. The main aim of this literature review, as explained. The results of research on Problem Based Learning (PBL) and Project Based Learning show very positive results in improving students' computational thinking. These two models not only improve computational thinking skills, but also critical, creative and analytical thinking skills, as well as student participation and involvement in the learning process.

Study of the Bionomy and the Therapeutic Potential of a Substance Obtained from Spider Venom (Arthropoda: Araneae)

Venom is present in most spiders in the world, only two groups of venomous spiders are known and their chemical composition varies greatly between species. The vast majority have venom that is not very toxic to the human body, as is the case with crabs. However, the venom of other spiders affects humans more seriously. This manuscript aims to verify the bionomics of spiders and their therapeutic potential (Arthropoda: Araneae). Regarding the type of research source, As for the type of research source, it was worked with scientific articles published in national and international magazines. This type of production is commonly the most valued in all bibliographic production and is the easiest to access. Access to articles was through virtual libraries such as SciELO, the University of São Paulo, Latin American Literature, and the University of Brasília. This library has a specific section for Hymenoptera, with journals and article texts available in full. Considering only this section constitutes a limitation of the study since articles belonging to journals that are part of other sections of the electronic library could also contribute to the discussion of the production of knowledge. However, in principle, within these articles, there could not necessarily be a discussion focused on biology, ecology, and taxonomy.

From Bolton to Brussels and Beyond: Two Women’s Passion for Museums and Collecting

The youngest daughter of one of the northwest of England’s largest cotton magnates, Annie Barlow, was a well-educated and passionate woman. At the time of studying English Literature and History in London in 1880 to 1882 she became involved with the newly formed Egypt Exploration Fund, and at just nineteen years old became one of the first, and youngest, Honorary Local Secretaries for Bolton and the surrounding area—a roll she held for almost sixty years up to her death in 1941. The social circles opened to her by her father and brothers included world business leaders, academics and royalty. Through lectures, exhibitions and many cups of tea, Annie proclaimed the work of the fund across the United Kingdom, while modestly keeping her own efforts unannounced. Her fundraising surpassed that of many other local secretaries and led to the amassing of the largest collection of Egyptology in a local authority museum in the UK at Bolton Museum. Her travels took her far and wide, and she too built a sizeable collection of antiquities. Her passion for history, driven by a desire for educational development and religious devotion, was transmitted to those whom she met. It was through her influence and intimate knowledge of textile production that Bolton and its first curators became a renowned center for textile analysis, with excavators sending material to Bolton to aid their interpretations. During the First World War, Annie and her family homed European refugees. Her support for one girl in particular, Raymonde Frin, became a life-long friendship. Growing up under the wing of Annie, and surrounded by private collections of ancient material, Raymonde developed a passion for archaeology. Annie’s financial legacy directly supported the development of Raymonde’s life. Eventually achieving formal archaeological qualifications, she went on to be an integral part of the newly formed UNESCO museums and monuments division, becoming its first editor for Museums International Magazine, and involved in projects to save Egyptian heritage. This paper will look at the two women, Annie and Raymonde, within the context of women collecting and museum work, and their legacy for collections, in particular Egyptology, to the current day.

Analysis of Cross-Cultural Adaptability of International Magazine Cover from the Perspective of Multimodal Metaphor

Analysis of Cross-Cultural Adaptability of International Magazine Cover from the Perspective of Multimodal Metaphor

The Medieval Church in Caransebes and the Observance of the “Historical Truth” in the Documents of the Department of State Security of Romania

The research hereafter intends to establish how complex the Department of State Security (also known as Securitatea (DSS) was involved with the archaeological research in Romania during the eighties; this topic has been rather absent within recent historiographic studies. Having made this statement, it should be considered that some approaches have tackled the interferences of the official ideology in the interpretation of the archaeological data. The orthodoxy of some archaeologists can be justified by the continuous pressure from the DSS, or because of their status as collaborators of this institution of repression. The archaeological research from Caransebeș provides a relevant tool for understanding the mechanisms used by DSS to intervene in the middle of scientific debates, as a neutral judge; on the other hand, a series of documents from Arhiva Consiliului Național pentru Studierea Arhivelor Securității (ACNSAS) reveals further details that had been somewhat predicted by those archaeologists living within the respective period. The outcome of our research nevertheless overcomes all predictions the contemporary historians. The actual controversy regarding chronological and confessional ascriptions of Caransebeș disclosures was brutally altered by DSS, following its empirical principles of so-called historical truth. Those archaeologists refusing to obey and follow the principles established by DSS and of the official ideological framework had to face certain repercussions, from interdiction to proceed further archaeological prospecting to secret police surveillance, refusals to travel abroad, and close censorship for every study intended to be published in international magazines and other publications.

Field trip – Outer Flysch Carpathians and Pieniny Klippen Belt (PKB)

We are glad that we can meet personally during the 2nd Symposium of the IGCP 710 Project, after the pandemic time, which disrupted our idea of regular, annual meetings. After the 1st virtual meeting during the autumn of 2021, we have now the chance to discuss face to face and go to the field together to touch „Tethyan” rocks for a better understanding of what happened hundreds/decades of millions years ago in our lovely ancient ocean. As you know, through your knowledge and experience, the Tethyan Ocean history, both in its western and eastern parts, is fascinating, but enigmatic from time to time, to say the least.Generally, the geological history of the Tethys Ocean is broadly established. Yet many details are still unknown and many major questions remain, related to geotectonics, palaeogeography, palaeoceanography and palaeobiogeography. Improved understanding of the Mesozoic-Cenozoic ocean/climate history is based on accurate reconstruction of the distribution of continents and ocean basins and on opening and closing of seaways along the Tethys. There is little or no agreement about the number or size of separate basins, nor on their space-time relationships. Moreover, there is no consensus on the number and location of former micro-continents and on their incorporation into the present-day Eurasian-Mountain Belt. Geologists studying individual parts of these belts have been educated within different geological systems and adhere to different geological paradigms. Correlation between Western and Eastern Tethys is difficult, not only because of the large distances involved, but also because they are separated by the area of the huge Himalayan collision within which much of the pre-Paleogene tectonostratigraphic information has been lost. The aim of this IGCP project is to bring together geologists from the western and eastern parts of the former Tethys (Morocco/Iberia–SE Asia) to establish a common framework and a common tectonostratigraphic concept (latest Paleozoic–Mesozoic with emphasis on Permian–Jurassic).On the one hand, UNESCO forms a special umbrella for the IGCP Projects, and on the other hand, it has been very active in supporting the ideas of “geoparks” and “geotourism” for years. For this reason, we decided to use an international magazine – Geotourism – to print our materials, both abstracts and a field trip guidebook. We hope it will be useful for both Tethyan friends and geotourism enthusiasts.Enjoy Krakow during the stationary part of the Symposium and the Polish-Slovak-Czech Carpathians during a 5-day field trip!!

Hashtagging in advertising texts of international glossy magazines

Статья посвящена особенностям процесса хештегирования и функционирования хештегов в печатной рекламе. Актуальность выбранной темы обусловлена, с одной стороны, интересом, проявляемым лингвистами к проблеме композиции креолизованного рекламного текста, словесным и несловесным средствам экспликации явных и скрытых смыслов, единицам языковой компрессии, с другой – малоизученностью вопроса специфики процесса хештегирования, типов и функций конкретных хештегов в креолизованных рекламных текстах. Источниками исследования послужили российские издания международных журналов за 2019–2022 гг.: «Tatler», «Elle Decoration», «Cosmopolitan», «Men’s Health», «Elle», «Esquire», «GQ» и др. Для интерпретации и систематизации фактического материала применялись коммуникативно-прагматический и описательный методы, а также метод количественного анализа. Полученные результаты можно сформулировать в виде нескольких тезисов: 1) функционируют хештеги преимущественно в тех типах креолизованных текстов, где ведущую роль играет иконический компонент (аддитивных и изобразительно-центрических); 2) хештеги рекламного дискурса глянцевых изданий не отличаются тематическим разнообразием и представляют три группы: «Одежда, обувь, аксессуары премиум-класса», «Парфюмерно-косметические товары глобальных брендов», «Ювелирные изделия и часы известных марок»; 3) занимая сильную позицию в композиции креолизованного рекламного текста, хештеги нередко функционально сближаются со слоганами; 4) процесс хештегирования в анализируемых текстах отличается рядом особенностей (использование однокомпонентных, двух- и трехкомпонентных хештегов; факультативность подчеркиваний; доминирование в графическом облике хештегов латиницы, а не кириллицы; редкость языкового смешения; активность хештегов-словосочетаний и хештегов-предложений). Автор приходит к выводу, что хештеги в рекламной коммуникации международных журналов отличаются

이승만의 열린 세계관 형성과 옥중 서역(書役)

Syngman Rhee embraced Christianity when he was imprisoned in Hansung Prison. He converted fellow prisoners there, and set up a school and a library to teach them. The prison school and the library were the birthplace of the coexistence of civilization. Rhee enlightened prisoners and expanded his worldview through a large amount of reading. Rhee read Christian books, books on international law, newspapers and magazines, and literary books in prison. Rhee's writing in prison is divided into books and editorials. Rhee's remaining translations and writings in prison are Cheyeok jip (Anthology of Poems Written in Lieu of Physical Labor), Cheong-Il jeon-gi (A History of the Sino-Japanese War), New English-Korean Dictionary, and The Spirit of Independence. Rhee was able to carry out several tasks at the same time because he wrote and translated according to a meticulous plan, and carefully recorded the writing schedule in various places. From February 8, 1902 to August 7, 1904, Rhee also contributed numerous anonymous editorials to the Jeguk sinmun (Imperial Newspaper) and spread the strategy of Joseon's independence to the public based on his open worldview.

Threaded Edition 21: Exploring Māori creation narratives with augmented reality-animated sonic experiences in publication design

In this article, we present the creative strategies implemented on the practice-based research project Threaded Edition 21, an international design magazine published in Aotearoa New Zealand. The editorial model draws from a cultural and collaborative framework situated in Tikanga (customary practices of the Indigenous people of New Zealand), Mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) and kawa (protocols). In this Special Edition, the structural format was inspired by Māori Maramataka (lunar cycles) and whakapapa (genealogy), and incorporated queues to communicate the multi-layered Māori creation narrative of Te Kore (nothingness), Te Pō (night realms and darkness), Te Whē Ao (coming in to being) and Te Ao Mārama (light realms). These narratives resided primarily in the virtual realm of augmented reality (AR) (as a spiritual encounter), while the printed matter functioned as an enigmatic vessel, creating an ontological reversal where the ‘virtual’ (AR) answered to the ambiguities of ‘real’ (publication). AR-animated vignettes and sonic artistry were activated through printed motifs to incorporate hau (breath of life) into the pages. The AR-animated sonic experience expanded the connection with the audience that when synthesized, provided a sense of immersion into the domain of the unseen which is felt aurally and visually. Structurally, the AR pages open with a chanted karakia (a welcoming prayer) and end with a mihi (closing speech), creating a balance that acknowledges aspects of Māori cultural significance and dualities. When scanned, the AR-animated sonic experiences direct the audience to the accessibility of the Instagram platform, expanding the materiality of printed matter. This approach afforded distinct modes of cognitive processing that combined the visual and the linguistic, the spatial and the temporal, sound and virtual reality to graphically symbolize the many layers and dimensions of things unseen: the realm between being and non-being.

Destination Branding Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur Melalui ‘The New Tourism Territory”

The purpose of this research is to find out how the implementation of the Destination Branding "The New Tourism Territory" stage is carried out by the East Nusa Tenggara Tourism Office. This study uses a qualitative research method using a case study approach. The results of the study show that 1) In implementing Destination Branding through "The New Tourism Territory" East Nusa Tenggara Province has carried out the five stages of destination branding proposed by Morgan, Pritchard and Pride, namely market investigation, analysis and strategic recommendations; brand identity development; brand launch and introduction; brand implementation; and monitoring, evaluation and review. 2) Brand Identity Development carried out by the Tourism and Creative Economy Office of East Nusa Tenggara Province, namely forming a destination identity, which is the characteristic of the Komodo dragon and "The New Tourism Territory is the new identity of the Province of NTT. 3) Brand Launch and Introduction carried out by the Office of Tourism and Creative Economy of East Nusa Tenggara Province through advertising, direct selling in international tourism exhibitions, tourism magazines, brochures, pamphlets, websites, Instagram, Facebook and events. 4) Brand Implementation carried out by the Office of Tourism and Creative Economy of East Nusa Tenggara is to apply the brand to promotional media, creating tourism products in the form of cultural events and attractions. 5) Monitoring, evaluation and review carried out by the Office of Tourism and Creative Economy of East Nusa Tenggara Province is a review of the use of promotional media as a communicator for the branding of "The New Tourism Territory", in this case the dispar.ntt website.

Ayurveda and Yoga in the Modern World

Ayurveda and Yoga have a new medium to be witnessed, and this is where Internet comes in.Internet take on many different forms including social media, magazines, blogs, podcasts, photos, videos and Internet forums. This study aims to find out the impact of web in sensitizing and creating awareness amongst the masses on following Yoga and Ayurveda.Yoga has been around for roughly 5,000 years with its origins in India. Online platform has helped people establish their names while practicing Yoga at their place. People like Meera Watts, the owner and founder of Siddhi Yoga, Singapore, a yoga teacher and yoga therapist, blogger is known around the world for her thought leadership in the wellness industry and was also recognized as a Top 20 International Yoga Blogger. Her writing on holistic health has appeared in Elephant Journal, Cure Joy, FunTimesGuide, OMtimes and other international magazines. On the other hand, Mia Park based in Chicago, teaches yoga to facilitate self integration and personal transformation. She draws from Vedic, Yogic and Tantric techniques that use the breath, body, energy and meditation to cultivate focus, awareness and purpose. To find out the effect of internet on audience, methodological triangulation is done using content analysis, a qualitative method and a survey conducted with 45 respondents of Amritsar to collect the data quantitatively.

Visual looting on the covers of international magazines

The strategy of designing the covers of international magazines emerges as one of the expressive means that reflect the emotional and expressive aspects and employ them according to the spatial transformations and the struggles of globalization to usurp the intellectual, cultural, value and civilizational essence of man, which makes him vulnerable to psychological and spiritual alienation and becomes the abstract meaning of identity and culture, and the empowerment of cultural invasion and the control of consumer thought The contemporary globalist on the largest area and the globalization of the peoples of the world, and the study came in the first chapter: the general framework that includes the problem of the research to raise in our mind the following question: (What is the alienation of the visual in the design of the covers of international magazines?), The importance of the research lies in the study of the features of cultural, religious, political and social expression In the covers of contemporary international magazines and making their global covers a visual message related to cultures and values of authenticity and civilizational race at the global level. The aim of the study was to identify visual usurpation in the covers of international magazines. Alienation through the design idea) with indicators, and the third chapter included procedures The research and how to choose the research community and analyze sample forms, and the most important conclusions: 1- International magazines raise topics that raise controversy towards political, cultural, religious, moral and aesthetic alienation, through design elements as visual alienation that raises ideas and questions in the imagination of the recipient and the reader.2- The covers of international magazines seek to be a means of visually alienating their design content by supporting different aspects that contribute to strengthening the material presented towards a self-visual culture that competes with globalized perspectives.

Art Style, Art & Culture International Magazine, v. 11, no. 11

Art Style, Art & Culture International Magazine, v. 11, no. 11

A Sociological Inquiry on Training and Treatment of the Wellbeing of Female Inmates in Correctional Facilities in Ogun and Lagos States, Nigeria

All over the world, the UNODC policy of 2011 agitates for needs to train, treat and promote the wellbeing of female inmates so as to reduce and control rate of recidivism in the country. Women are considered as care givers whose duty includes socialisation; domestication and procreation of offspring for societal continuity. In Nigeria, once women are convicted or apprehended by law, they faces lot of challenges ranging from stigmatization, poor health treatment, isolation, psychological trauma, unequal treatment among others Relevance publications to include local and international journals, magazines, newspaper, textbooks and articles were reviewed and double deviance feminist theory was adopted for justification of the inquiry. A mixed method was adopted with cross sectional survey method. Total population for the study in the three selected correctional facilities in Lagos and Ogun states was estimated to 348 inmates but 250 was found useful for the quantitative analysis while 15 female inmates were selected for the qualitative analysis. The result indicated that there are many factors that increase female involvement in criminal acts ranging from greed, poverty, unemployment. The second result shows that the treatment available for female inmates has insignificant negative effect on their wellbeing while the last indicated that training have significant relationship with female wellbeing in the facilities. The government, non-governmental organisation and the philanthropists should collective support the promotion of the wellbeing of female inmates and adequate cares and supervision should be ensure through the use of CCTV cameras in the facilities

ВЕРБАЛЬНЫЙ КОМПОНЕНТ КРЕОЛИЗОВАННЫХ РЕКЛАМНЫХ ТЕКСТОВ В КОНТЕКСТЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ КЛИПОВОГО МЫШЛЕНИЯ

In the article, the author considers the problem of clip thinking of a postmodern era person through the prism of advertising communication. The aim of the work is to identify and systematically describe the features of the verbal part of creolized messages in the format of direct and native advertising, which are focused on the addressee with fundamental changes in the cognitive style and the mechanism of perceiving linear text. The sources of the research are the Russian editions of periodical international glossy magazines of various thematic, age and gender orientation published in 2018-2021. The methods of studying the language material are descriptive-analytical, communicative-pragmatic, comparative methods and the method of contextual analysis. As a result of the study, a set of specific tools and techniques were identified that ensure the retention of the recipient’s attention with fragmentary mosaic perception, the speed of decoding information, its compression, segmentation, visualization. It is noted that the verbal component of direct advertising messages tends to minimize and is distinguished by the primitivization of the syntactic structures, the constant switching of the language code, and the regular inclusion of hashtags. The verbal component of advertising texts in the native advertising format is characterized by an increased volume and hybridity of nature, uses language units that create short-lived emotionally expressive and aesthetically perfect images, means that cause positive associations and ensure switching the recipient’s attention (intertexts, bisubstantial sentences, question-answer complexes, perceptual vocabulary, etc.). The author comes to the conclusion that further research of forms of mass communication in the context of the problem of clip thinking should choose the path of interdisciplinarity, joint activity of psychologists, philologists, cultural scientists, philosophers and other specialists.

К ИСТОРИИ ИЗУЧЕНИЯ ЖИЗНИ И ТВОРЧЕСТВА Г.С. СКОВОРОДЫ В РОССИИ: Г.Г. ШПЕТ

The article is one of a series of works by the author, which considers the long and bizarre history of the study in Russia of the life and creative heritage of Grigory Savvich Skovoroda (1722–1794). The proposed article deals with the Russian thinker from Kiev Gustav Gustavovich Shpet (1879–1937). In the rich intellectual context of Russian philosophy, where almost all directions of European thought were represented, Shpet occupied a special place. A disciple of E. Husserl, he was a supporter and conductor of the ideas of phenomenological philosophy, in his own original edition, suggesting a rather critical attitude to a number of the teacher’s positions. That particular philosophical position markedly distinguished him from both the thinkers of the religious and philosophical group “Put’(Way)” and from the Russian thinkers of the neo-Kantian orientation from the circle of the international magazine “Logos”. Philosophy, in the understanding of Shpet, is pure autonomous knowledge, the subject of which is the field of the profound foundations and absolute principles. From such positions, Shpet tried to comprehend the specifics of Russian philosophy, its origins, issues, and historical deployment. With that in mind, he approached the consideration of the life and work of G.S. Skovoroda.

Renato Rizzi

Full Professor in Architectural Design at the Instituto Universitario di Architettura (IUAV) in Venice, he carries out an intense intellectual activity by connecting teaching, theory, research, and practice. Prize of the Italian Presidency of the Republic for architecture 2017, he has delivered seminars and lectures in some of the main universities including Harvard, UIC Chicago, ETH, etc. From 1984 to 1992 he collaborated with Peter Eisenman, New York, on the projects Romeo and Juliet, Verona (1986, Stone Lion, III Architecture Biennale of Venice), La Villette Park, Paris (1986), Monte Paschi, Siena (1988), etc. Among the main international projects: Great Egyptian Museum, Cairo (2002, third prize); MOMA Warsaw (2007, Honorable Mention); John Paul II Center, Krakow (2007, special mention); Torre della Ricerca, Padua (2008, fourth prize, in collaboration with Peter Eisenman); Museum of Judaism, Ferrara (2010, Special Mention). Main projects completed: Ghiaie Sports Area, Trento (1984-1998); Fortunato Depero Museum of Futurism, Rovereto (1992-2008); Gdańsk Shakespearean Theater (2004-2013). His projects are published in the main international magazines such as Casabella, Domus, Architectural Review, Detail, and have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale (1984, 1985, 1996, 2002, 2010 and 2016), Triennale di Milano, Accademia di San Luca, etc. Awards: Fritz Höger, Berlin, 2017; Architizer A, Belgium, 2016; Iconic Award, Monaco DB, 2015; Gold Medal, Milan, 2015, 2009; Golden Compass, Milan, 2015, 2011; Council of Europe, Landscape Award, 2009. Some significant publications: Il Cosmo della Bildung, Mimesis 2016; Unexpected Parma, MUP 2013; The Daìmon of Architecture, Mimesis 2014; John Hejduk, Incarnatio, Marsilio 2010; The Divine of the Landscape, Marsilio 2008; John Hejduk BRONX, Manual in verse, Mimesis 2020. He recently founded in Venice the Nuova Scuola Architettura, a free school that focuses on the urgency of a new (heretical) gaze at Architecture, a necessity which derives from the cultural abyss of our time. The Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome is currently paying a tribute to his oeuvre in a grand exhibition of gypsum models and maquettes titled “eden-eden. Renato Rizzi”, which can be visited until March third, 2023.

Renato Rizzi

Full Professor in Architectural Design at the Instituto Universitario di Architettura (IUAV) in Venice, he carries out an intense intellectual activity by connecting teaching, theory, research, and practice. Prize of the Italian Presidency of the Republic for architecture 2017, he has delivered seminars and lectures in some of the main universities including Harvard, UIC Chicago, ETH, etc. From 1984 to 1992 he collaborated with Peter Eisenman, New York, on the projects Romeo and Juliet, Verona (1986, Stone Lion, III Architecture Biennale of Venice), La Villette Park, Paris (1986), Monte Paschi, Siena (1988), etc. Among the main international projects: Great Egyptian Museum, Cairo (2002, third prize); MOMA Warsaw (2007, Honorable Mention); John Paul II Center, Krakow (2007, special mention); Torre della Ricerca, Padua (2008, fourth prize, in collaboration with Peter Eisenman); Museum of Judaism, Ferrara (2010, Special Mention). Main projects completed: Ghiaie Sports Area, Trento (1984-1998); Fortunato Depero Museum of Futurism, Rovereto (1992-2008); Gdańsk Shakespearean Theater (2004-2013). His projects are published in the main international magazines such as Casabella, Domus, Architectural Review, Detail, and have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale (1984, 1985, 1996, 2002, 2010 and 2016), Triennale di Milano, Accademia di San Luca, etc. Awards: Fritz Höger, Berlin, 2017; Architizer A, Belgium, 2016; Iconic Award, Monaco DB, 2015; Gold Medal, Milan, 2015, 2009; Golden Compass, Milan, 2015, 2011; Council of Europe, Landscape Award, 2009. Some significant publications: Il Cosmo della Bildung, Mimesis 2016; Unexpected Parma, MUP 2013; The Daìmon of Architecture, Mimesis 2014; John Hejduk, Incarnatio, Marsilio 2010; The Divine of the Landscape, Marsilio 2008; John Hejduk BRONX, Manual in verse, Mimesis 2020. He recently founded in Venice the Nuova Scuola Architettura, a free school that focuses on the urgency of a new (heretical) gaze at Architecture, a necessity which derives from the cultural abyss of our time. The Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome is currently paying a tribute to his oeuvre in a grand exhibition of gypsum models and maquettes titled “eden-eden. Renato Rizzi”, which can be visited until March third, 2023.

Carmina Balcanica – o revistă a dialogului intercultural

The international cultural magazine Carmina Balcanica has been intiated in 2008. It has as main goals to promote the South-Eastern culture, to establish an intercultural dialogue between people from the East and West, and from the East and East as well. In its pages, the editors delimited the concept of Balkanism, emphasizing the mixture of elements which imbue the psychology, mentality and, correspondingly, the forms of artistic creation specific to the sensitiveness of Southern man, past and present. The editors are trying to reopen the horizon of realities wherein Iorga had envisaged South-Eastern Europe as a historical, spiritual, religious, ethnographic, artistic, cultural, folkloric unity of morals and manners, institutions and influences. At the same time, the editors’ aim is to soften the pejorative, quite demonizing, image of the Levant as Europe’s powder keg. Their intention is also to recall the fact that, above and beyond the tragedies which have been haunting it, the Levant was – and still is – the cradle of a great civilization.