The Humanities symposium ‘Translating Africa/Africa in Translation’, convened by Ousseina Alidou and Alamin Mazrui, was held in April 2021 at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, United States. The ...following conversation extends the symposium’s debates on the relationship between translation and African women’s poetic knowledge in different languages. I invited three African women poets who participated in the symposium, Tariro Ndoro, Fatoumata Adelle Barry, and Conceição Lima, to further discuss the task of poets as translators of African knowledge and experience.
In The World and U2: One Band's Remaking of Global Activism, Alan McPherson trains a historian's eye on the evolution and influence of the band's activism from its formation in 1976 to its most ...recent album and concert tour.
Allison discusses digital film restoration and the politics of whiteness in the new World War I documentary They Shall Not Grow Old by Peter Jackson. Jackson prizes historical accuracy, and as a ...prodigious collector of World War I memorabilia and materiel, he appears to worship the authenticity inherent in the physical evidence of the war. That veneration did not prevent him from dramatically re-envisioning the past to better "bring it to life" in the twenty-first century. She argues below that the film replaces the norms of celluloid with those of digital media.
The knowledge of natural hazards that occurred in the past is essential for implementing forecasting and prevention actions, for managing risk, and identifying proper land use. Floods do not escape ...this rule. This article sheds light on an unknown intense rainfall period, which affected the Campania region and the territory of the current Molise region (Southern Italy) on October–November 1961. The period culminated in floods, particularly involving the town of Benevento (Campania region), which had been affected by several inundations over centuries. The research made an extensive use of unpublished archival sources. The documents allowed us to both outline the pluviometric and hydrological picture of the period and catalogue seventeen physical and environmental effects suffered by over two hundred municipalities. Furthermore, we also disclosed the economic consequences in the wide territory involved. Special attention was paid to Benevento, for which we also drew up the scenario map related to the 19 October flood. For this town, historical data were effective for developing and testing the hydraulic model of the Sabato and Calore Rivers, which overflowed at the site. In this regard, we made some considerations on the current flood risk of the town. From a methodological point of view, we stress the importance of a historical approach in close relationship to other expertise for the knowledge of natural hazards, tracing also some future perspectives. The research complies with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Goal 11 concerned with making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. The research findings will be useful for scholars and practitioners for both improving flood hazard models and arranging archival research path. Finally, local authorities in charge of risk mitigation can also benefit from the research results.
