Essays about: "Sicily"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word Sicily.

  1. 1. Uncontrollable Bodies : Self-harm behaviour among male undocumented migrants detained in Southern Italian CPR

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Giada Tagliente; [2023]
    Keywords : immigration detention; migrants; Italy; self harm; resistance;

    Abstract : In response to the recent surge in migrants entering Italy, the Italian government has implemented several laws since early 2023 to expand the administrative detention system for migrants - mostly males - pending repatriation, commonly known as Centri di Permanenza per il Rimpatr io (CPR). Despite the large body of evidence provided by national humanitarian organizations and academic research concerning their overall detrimental effect - both on national budgets and detainees’ psychophysiological health –, these centers are still deemed as the best way to deal with the migration phenomenon. READ MORE

  3. 2. Organized Crime and Government Trust under the Covid-19 pandemic. The case study of Sicily.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Andrea Cavallo; [2023]
    Keywords : Sicilian Mafia; organized crime; government trust; Covid-19; vaccination campaign.; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Do municipalities in which organized crime is strongly established present lower Covid-19 vaccination rates, as a proxy for government trust? This paper aims to answer this question in the specific case of the Italian region of Sicily. Specifically, the analysis exploits a panel dataset of 390 Sicilian municipalities over 107 weeks (between the 27th of December 2020 and the 1st of January 2023) to study if areas with a higher presence of the Mafia, measured through historical sources and more recent data, negatively correlate with the cumulative weekly percentage of Covid-19 vaccinations per municipality. READ MORE

  4. 3. Valley of connections : Networks and spatiality in the archaeological landscape of the Morello Valley in central Sicily

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Josefine Tegerdal Hune; [2022]
    Keywords : archaeology; spatial analysis; spatiality; GIS; landscape analysis; spatial network analysis; networks; connections; intervisibility; movement; accessibility;

    Abstract : This thesis uses GIS and spatial analysis to study connections in the archaeological landscape of the Morello Valley, in the Enna province in Sicily (Italy). To identify potential social relations, the idea of social networks is adapted into the spatial network analysis. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Site of an Unidentified Greek Settlement? New Surveys in Coda Volpe on Eastern Sicily

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    Author : Michael Bratell; [2020-06-30]
    Keywords : Archaeology; Archaic Age; Catania; Coda Volpe; Greek Colonization; Micro-archaeology; Periphery; Post-Colonial Theory; Sicily; Survey; Symaetus;

    Abstract : This study examines Greek colonisation’s potential for archaeology in relation to Coda Volpe district on eastern Sicily where necropoleis indicate the existence of unidentified both Greek and Roman settlements. Recent initial surveys near the Simeto delta suggests the location of a periphery, without any previous systematic study, prospecting or geophysical survey. READ MORE

  6. 5. Motivations, Integration, Identity and Sense of Belonging: African Immigrants in Sicily Assisting Other Immigrants

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Alexa Teresa Berardino; [2019]
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