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THERSITES. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date, Vol. 10 (2019): Modern Identities and Classical Antiquity

none 4 si Regional economies are shaped by their economic histories and existing endowments. This paper explores the question: how do a region’s economic history and institutional endowments affect its success and trajectory in an emerging industry? Our case, electric vehicle development and production, is an industry which combines more traditional skilled manufacturing with knowledge-driven innovation activities. We present deep qualitative case studies of two regions, focusing on one firm in each. The case of Tesla in the San Francisco Bay Area examines an electric vehicle firm in a region with a strong tech innovation system, while the case of Maserati in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, examines a firm that builds on a regional history of automotive manufacturing. Across cases, we compare regional skill endowments, institutional coordination, and place-based policymaking. We conclude that, as an emerging industry under a new economic paradigm, electric vehicle manufacturing by Tesla and Maserati represents two different conceptions of the industry and consequently two different location strategies. Yet these two strategies remain rooted in regional contexts, owing both their success to successful exploitations of these, and their struggles to their failure to compensate for regional gaps. This presents a clear opportunity for place-based industrial strategy to evolve and intervene. mixed Clara Turner; Marco R. Di Tommaso; Chiara Pollio; Karen Chapple Clara Turner; Marco R. Di Tommaso; Chiara Pollio; Karen Chapple

Post Covid-19 Cities will be radically different from the ones we have experienced in the 20th Century. Covid-19 has dramatically questioned the old pattern based upon Mass Public Transit and Skyscrapers. 500,000 citizens have abandoned New York City as a consequence of its high death rate. In New York City people died 3 times more than in the rest of the United States. The same happened in many other metropolis such as Madrid, London, Milan. Cities need to rethink their urban pattern according to the needs of safety and accessibility strongly advocated by citizens. The new Healthy City will be based upon the Garden City pattern with a correct balance between density and safety., I castelli di Yale online, volume VIII, numero 2, 2020

At the heart of the European Union’s innovation policy is Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) as embodied in the Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) programme. So far, RIS3’s efficacy on the revival of so-called lagging regions has been weak. This is in large part due to the weak initial endowments of technology, social/business networks, poor governance and institutional failures that typify lagging regions. This combination inhibits both the effectiveness of the programme and the ability of lagging regions to take advantage of the new opportunities proffered by Industry 4.0. This paper highlights some of these challenges and presents some policy directions for S3 and Industry 4.0 to deliver better regional cohesion and enhance inclusive growth.

Che cos’è una città? [Apertura al numero], Tracce Urbane. Rivista Italiana Transdisciplinare di Studi Urbani, N. 7 (2020): Per una genealogia degli studi urbani critici/ Towards a genealogy of critical urban studies

The urban problems that the pandemic poses are not new problems, they have been the object of urban planning reflection since the founding of the discipline with the industrial revolution. The policies of growth and development have thus become an opportunity for the accumulation of wealth for small groups, while the negative effects on the environment as well as social inequalities have not been (and do not constitute) a source of concern. The time has come to question the ethics of doing and governing architecture and urban planning, Covid-19, like the current environmental crisis, does not require generic answers but precise field choices. The considerations in this text address several topics. First of all, the relationship between pandemic, environmental crisis and inequality. This problematic interweaving has repercussions on the organisation of cities and processes of urban “neo-colonialism” that fail to recognise the complexity of the urban phenomenon in the world. Finally, the association between the pandemic, the environmental crisis and the city, which presupposes urban visions and shared projects, but appears increasingly directed towards marketing strategies, to the detriment of governance practices., Contesti. Città, territori, progetti, No. 2 (2020): Beyond the pandemic. Rethinking cities and territories for a civilisation of care.

The article analyzes whether and to what extent regional related and unrelated variety matter for the development of green technology, and whether their influence differs over the technology life cycle. Using patent and socioeconomic data on a thirty-year (1980–2009) panel of US states, we find that unrelated variety is a positive predictor of green innovative activities. When unpacked over the life cycle, unrelated variety is the main driver of green technology development in the early stages, while related variety becomes more prominent as the technology enters into maturity., Davide Consoli acknowledges the financial support of Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) “Ayuda de Incorporación para Científicos Titulares” (OEP2014) and of the Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad “Programa Estatal de I+D+i Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad, 2017” (ECO2017- 86976R). François Perruchas acknowledges the financial support of European H2020 Project RISIS2 (grant agreement nº 824091).

Oggetto di questo articolo è la formazione di una rete di intellettuali a Ferrara tra l’inizio degli anni Cinquanta e la fine degli anni Ottanta che hanno prodotto fuori e dentro le Mura cittadine una serie di opere visive – se pensiamo alla pittura, alla fotografia, al cinema, alla videoarte – di scritti – reportage, inchieste sociali, saggi, poesie, racconti, romanzi – di difficile classificazione. Alla base dello sguardo analitico di questa generazione di intellettuali vi era un punto di vista fortemente transdisciplinare laddove le separazioni tra discipline – a cominciare da quella studi scientifici/umanistici – erano meno evidenti, vista anche l’assenza di facoltà umanistiche e l’istituzione della prima cattedra di Antropologia a Ferrara solo nel 2008/2009. La domanda al centro di questo articolo è: prima della nascita di una cattedra di antropologia in che modo studiosi dallo sguardo urbano e artisti hanno prodotto pensieri ibridi, frutto di una contaminazione, attraverso un comune sguardo antropologico? The present essay deals with the network of intellectuals that was active in Ferrara between the beginning of the Fifties and the end of the Eighties in the fields of visual arts – painting, photography, movies – and writing – reportage, social enquiry, essays, poetry, fiction – and which are rather difficult to classify. These intellectuals had an analytic view marked by a transdisciplinary approach, in an environment where the disciplinary boundaries, starting from the duality Human vs. Scientific studies, were much less sharp than they are today, due to the absence of a Humanities faculty. The first professorship of anthropology in Ferrara was established in 2008 – 2009. How did scholars and artists produce hybrid and contaminated views of the urban before the introduction of Anthropology? This is the question this article wants to answer., Tracce Urbane. Rivista Italiana Transdisciplinare di Studi Urbani, N. 6 (2020): La città interdisciplinare. Per itinerari non tracciati tra saperi urbani / The interdisciplinary city. Untracked itineraries of/for urban knowledges

Adapting or supplanting production and distribution systems to accommodate new criteria of environmental sustainability entails the search for and the recombination of know-how from a variety of domains. How this process plays out in different areas depends crucially on the specific composition of local economic activities. This paper contributes this debate by analysing whether and to what extent regional industrial and occupational diversification affects the change in green employment across 363 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in the United States between 2006 and 2014. Our findings suggest that industrial unrelated variety within MSAs is a positive and significant predictor of green employment growth whereas related variety has very little impact. Conversely, both related and unrelated diversification across occupations are positively associated with green employment growth. The analysis also uncovers heterogeneity across existing, new and evolving green jobs., Davide Consoli acknowledges the financial support of Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) “Ayuda de Incorporación para Científicos Titulares” (OEP2014) and of the Ministerio de Economia Industria y Competitividad “Programa Estatal de I+D+i Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad, 2017” (ECO2017-86976R)

In the 1970s, the fragile historical centre of the city of Perugia was a key area where the binomial of sustainable mobility and urban regeneration was developed and applied. At the turn of the xxi century, the low carbon automatic people-mover Minimetrò broadened that application from the city's historical centre to the outskirts, promoting the enhancement of several urban environments. This paper is the outcome of an investigation of original sources, field surveys and direct interviews, which addresses the Minimetrò as the backbone of a wide regeneration process which has had a considerable impact on the economic development of a peripheral area of the city which was previously devoid of any clear urban sense. The conclusion proposes some solutions to improve the nature of the Minimetrò as an experimental alternative means of transport.

Little is known about place attachment in the Balkans. This study aims to start filling this gap. After a contextualization of place attachment studies in the Balkans and its relevance for research and practice, a brief review of theory is offered. Then the methodology of the empirical part of the study is clarified. Over 300 citizens living in seven different neighborhoods of Tirana have been interviewed on place attachment issues such as sense of belonging, familiarity, self-identification and neighborhood experience. The results of the empirical study show that place attachment in Tirana is quite positive. The findings and analysis indicate that place attachment indicators do not vary significantly according to educational level, gender and age, but do correlate with length of residence. It also appeared that place attachment indicators are higher in well-established neighborhoods compared to the new high-rise areas. The study concludes with recommendations for follow-up research, specifically qualitative research on citizens’ meanings of place attachment and study on place attachment related to responsible behavior.