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The Conversation Canada’s office in Toronto is across the street from Eataly, the popular Italian food emporium found in several cities around the world. If you haven’t been, picture restaurants, food counters, groceries and home goods, all under one roof.
Our editors (including Scott White, the usual author of this Saturday newsletter) enjoy stopping by at lunch to grab a bite to eat. As an Italian Canadian, I love the familiar sights and smells of Italian cuisine — gigantic wheels of parmesan cheese, salami hanging from the ceiling, fancy espresso machines … who doesn’t love Italian food?
For this Saturday’s newsletter, I’ve rounded up a selection of recent stories about Italy and Italian culture for your weekend reading — including the debate over how to cook spaghetti properly. Ciao!
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David Fairhurst, Nottingham Trent University
Many Italians would disagree but there are ways of cooking pasta and saving energy.
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Erica Meneghin, Unesco
Designed to act as a call for ideas and projects by all of Genoa’s stakeholders, Rolli Lab seeks to enhance the World Heritage site’s impact on city’s cultural, social and economic activity.
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Stefano Jossa, Royal Holloway University of London
For many readers of Dante, there is in fact no connection between his writing and rightwing thinking.
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Stéphane Mourlane, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)
Italy’s administration has adopted increasingly hostile policies towards migrants of late. Yet, history reminds us the latter may not be that different from past generations of Italians.
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Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross
A specialist in Catholic liturgy and rituals explains that while several popes have been canonized, it is a long process that may take several years to examine and uncover any hidden flaws.
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Felia Allum, University of Bath
The mafia boss is the last known face of the Cosa Nostra crime syndicate. But his capture represents the end of an era, not the end of the mafia in Sicily.
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Language is the primary way for communities to promote and safeguard their knowledge and heritage.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Frank Deer, University of Manitoba
A recurrent theme in the testimonies of Residential School survivors is how their cultural and linguistic identities were adversely affected.
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Des recrues sur un champ de tir près de Krasnodar, dans le sud de la Russie, en octobre 2022. L’opération militaire spéciale russe en Ukraine devient une guerre totale.
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Alexander Hill, University of Calgary
L’armée russe en Ukraine mène une guerre beaucoup plus intense en artillerie et plus méthodique qu’il y a un an. C’est devenu une guerre totale.
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Beavers dramatically change a landscape by building dams that create ponds of still water.
Jerzy Strzelecki/Wikimedia Commons
Daniel Merino, The Conversation; Nehal El-Hadi, The Conversation
Restoring entire ecosystems is a difficult and expensive process. Thankfully, certain species, called ecosystem engineers, can make restoration easier. Gaining social and political support is critical too.
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