Papers by Nike Francesca Del Quercio
Poteri della lettura. Pratiche, immagini, supporti. Vol. 2., 2024
Lo studio indaga l'impatto che i fotoromanzi italiani ebbero nel processo di alfabetizzazione ed ... more Lo studio indaga l'impatto che i fotoromanzi italiani ebbero nel processo di alfabetizzazione ed emancipazione femminile in epoca post-fascista. In un contesto caratterizzato da limitate opportunità educative, tale medium emerge per la sua grande fruibilità e accessibilità anche al pubblico meno colto. Per le donne, leggere i fotoromanzi costituisce un'esperienza colle!iva in cui svolgono un ruolo anche a!ivo, come testimoniano le numerosissime le!ere spedite alle redazioni delle riviste. A!raverso un'analisi quali-quantitativa delle testimonianze di le!ura e di altri materiali d'archivio anche audiovisivi, questo lavoro ricostruisce la pratica di le!ura colle!iva del fotoromanzo, rivelando il ruolo cruciale svolto dai fotoromanzi nel processo di alfabetizzazione ed emancipazione femminile e o rendo uno sguardo nuovo sui cambiamenti sociali che avvennero nella popolazione femminile italiana in epoca postfascista.
Lingua e Cultura dei Media, 2024
Il lavoro indaga la rappresentazione di genere nelle tre maggiori riviste di fotoroma... more Il lavoro indaga la rappresentazione di genere nelle tre maggiori riviste di fotoromanzi italiani, «Grand Hotel», «Bolero Film» e «Sogno», pubblicate in epoca post-fascista, in un periodo di tempo compreso tra il 1947 e il 1960. Lo studio è stato realizzato effettuando un’analisi quantitativa e qualitativa degli aggettivi qualificativi riferiti ai personaggi che compaiono nelle storie a fumetti di quasi 400 numeri. Il corpus totale analizzato è di 2.025 aggettivi qualificativi che sono stati prima divisi per genere, maschile e femminile, e poi distinti in aggettivi riferiti all’aspetto fisico e aggettivi relativi alle caratteristiche psicologiche e comportamentali dei personaggi. I risultati dell’analisi hanno confermato la presenza del doppio standard, teorizzato da Sontag negli anni Novanta, per cui alle donne è richiesto, molto più che agli uomini, di essere belle e giovane. Alcuni aggettivi sono segnale dell’erotizzazione del corpo femminile nei media, contrariamente a quello maschile, che non è mai esplicitamente oggettivizzato. Sul piano caratteriale, i personaggi femminili riflettono in gran parte i modelli della letteratura di formazione ottocentesca. Tuttavia, il dato più interessante riguarda gli aggettivi riferiti al carattere, dall’analisi di tale gruppo è emersa una simmetria tra i generi: sia gli uomini che le donne dei fotoromanzi sono rappresentati come travolti dall'amore, disperati per l’abbandono del partner, tristi e sconvolti dalla solitudine. Le pene d’amore sono vissute con lo stesso trasporto da entrambi i sessi, sfidando gli stereotipi dell'epoca della donna sentimentale e dell'uomo insensibile.
Italiano a scuola, 2023
This paper explores the presence of some linguistic traits considered as characteristic of conte... more This paper explores the presence of some linguistic traits considered as characteristic of contemporary Italian in the linguistic production of speakers, by using a survey with informants, and in school grammars, by comparing of textbooks with different approaches. The data from the two analyses are then compared to measure the dis-tance between the social norm and the explicit norm. Results show some oscillation in the evaluation on these traits by the speakers and a persistent gap between implicit norm and explicit norm.Il contributo indaga la penetrazione di alcuni tratti linguistici considerati caratteri-stici dell’italiano contemporaneo tra i parlanti, mediante un’indagine con informanti, e nelle grammatiche scolastiche, con la comparazione di alcuni libri di testo di diversa impostazione. I dati delle due indagini sono poi confrontati per misurare la distanza tra norma sociale e norma esplicita. I risultati dello studio mostrano alcune oscilla-zioni nel giudizio su questi tratti da parte dei parlanti e un divario persistente tra norma implicita e norma esplicita.
Organised Conferences by Nike Francesca Del Quercio
FAIR Periodicals: What Does It Really Mean to 'Digitize' a periodical? Periodical studies, an inh... more FAIR Periodicals: What Does It Really Mean to 'Digitize' a periodical? Periodical studies, an inherently interdisciplinary field spanning linguistics, literature, history, and cultural studies, offers a strong framework for engaging with digital humanities. Yet, as more humanities projects focus on digitization and the development of databases, digital archives, and openaccess infrastructures, the challenges and opportunities of digitizing periodicals are often overlooked by scholars from non-digital humanities disciplines. Drawing on case studies of 19th-and 20th-century Italian periodicals, this panel seeks to explore the tools and methodologies used in digitization projects, as well as the development of digital infrastructures that comply with the FAIR data principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable).
The panel sessions explore the roles and representations of women in Italian periodicals, spannin... more The panel sessions explore the roles and representations of women in Italian periodicals, spanning the 19th century tothe present. The focus is on magazines created for or by women and featuring women as protagonists. The sessionscover a wide range of topics, including literature, linguistics, fashion, journalism, politics, youth culture, and the jobmarket. These contributions investigate how women have shaped or been represented in these publications,highlighting their impact on Italian society and media. The speakers examine the inter-media dimensions of periodicals, engaging with various formats such as texts, illustrations, photographs, and the interaction betweenreaders and editors.
Conferences Organized by Nike Francesca Del Quercio
CAIS 2025 - Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Session Title: FAIR Periodicals: What Does It Really Mean to 'Digitize' a periodical?
Panel titl... more Session Title: FAIR Periodicals: What Does It Really Mean to 'Digitize' a periodical?
Panel titles:
1. FAIR Design: Metadata Strategies for Image-Driven Periodicals.
2. From OCR to AI: New Challenges and Tools in Text-Image Based Periodical Data Processing.
3. FAIR Infrastructures for the Past: Digitizing Institutional Archives and Heritage.
Periodical studies, an inherently interdisciplinary field spanning linguistics, literature, history, and cultural studies, offers a strong framework for engaging with digital humanities. Yet, as more humanities projects focus on digitization and the development of databases, digital archives, and open-access infrastructures, the challenges and opportunities of digitizing periodicals are often overlooked by scholars from non-digital humanities disciplines.
Drawing on case studies of 19th- and 20th-century Italian periodicals, this panel seeks to explore the tools and methodologies used in digitization projects, as well as the development of digital infrastructures that comply with the FAIR data principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable). Specifically, we are interested in projects that not only facilitate access to these materials but also contribute to transforming them into digital heritage.
Spanning three panels, the panel brings together diverse approaches to the digitization of periodicals. The first session focuses on institutional archives, examining both successful efforts and the practical challenges of reconstructing historical contexts through infrastructures that aim to comply with FAIR principles. The second explores visual and design-oriented periodicals, highlighting metadata strategies that not only align with FAIR standards but also grapple with the complexity of representing image-based knowledge. The final session shifts to computational tools and large-scale data analysis, investigating how technologies from OCR to AI can support—or complicate—the processing of multimodal periodical corpora. Together, these sessions offer a layered perspective on what it truly means to make periodicals Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable in practice.
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Organised Conferences by Nike Francesca Del Quercio
Conferences Organized by Nike Francesca Del Quercio
Panel titles:
1. FAIR Design: Metadata Strategies for Image-Driven Periodicals.
2. From OCR to AI: New Challenges and Tools in Text-Image Based Periodical Data Processing.
3. FAIR Infrastructures for the Past: Digitizing Institutional Archives and Heritage.
Periodical studies, an inherently interdisciplinary field spanning linguistics, literature, history, and cultural studies, offers a strong framework for engaging with digital humanities. Yet, as more humanities projects focus on digitization and the development of databases, digital archives, and open-access infrastructures, the challenges and opportunities of digitizing periodicals are often overlooked by scholars from non-digital humanities disciplines.
Drawing on case studies of 19th- and 20th-century Italian periodicals, this panel seeks to explore the tools and methodologies used in digitization projects, as well as the development of digital infrastructures that comply with the FAIR data principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable). Specifically, we are interested in projects that not only facilitate access to these materials but also contribute to transforming them into digital heritage.
Spanning three panels, the panel brings together diverse approaches to the digitization of periodicals. The first session focuses on institutional archives, examining both successful efforts and the practical challenges of reconstructing historical contexts through infrastructures that aim to comply with FAIR principles. The second explores visual and design-oriented periodicals, highlighting metadata strategies that not only align with FAIR standards but also grapple with the complexity of representing image-based knowledge. The final session shifts to computational tools and large-scale data analysis, investigating how technologies from OCR to AI can support—or complicate—the processing of multimodal periodical corpora. Together, these sessions offer a layered perspective on what it truly means to make periodicals Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable in practice.