Globalization as a socio-symbolic process

Introduction The issue of globalization has been addressed from different theoretical perspectives (Berry 2008, Martell 2010). The neoclassical approach (Ohmae 1993, Wolf 2005), who first defined the concept and is currently dominant, tended to propose a structural vision, identifying the concept with the material transformations of the economy in a global sense. Different approaches - …

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Biopsychosocial dimensions of soundscape perception

An exploratory investigation in the shared representations of the acoustic environment in three different locations in Rome. Which factors influence the perception and social representations of soundscape and make difference between sound and noise? And what influences orientations to action towards noise? An integrated interpretative approach to the study of soundscape representations, aimed at defying …

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