Framed on the 800th anniversary of the celebration of the meeting of St.Francis and the Sultan, convoked by the Franciscan Order, the present article seeks to enquire into the conception of the image of the Moor in colonial society.Particularly reflectedin the Harvard series of 54 paintings, of the life of Saint Francis, from the Museum of Colonial
This paper explores decolonial outdoor counterstories written by minoritized adventure athletes, focusing particularly on Indigenous voices within the sports of rock climbing, (ski) mountaineering, highlining, and, marginally, white-water kayaking.Traditional adventure narratives have long been dominated by white, masculine figures who glorify conq
This paper analyses the android M3GAN in the 2022 film of the same name, problematising recent framings that celebrate M3GAN as a gay icon, LIGHT HOLD HAIR SPRAY a feminist figure, or understand her as embodying our collective fear of artificial intelligence.Instead, I place M3GAN in a long line of narratives that mediate on the role of women in so
Highlights Education and training are identified as a key means of reducing carbon emissions from buildings to help address the climate emergency.Institutional, industry and organisational responses are shown to be failing in this regard.This editorial introduces the themes and individual papers in the special issue and then explores the current st
Lake Iseo is undergoing a progressive deterioration in water quality, mainly due to eutrophication.This paper, based on measurements performed on the main tributaries and the outflow, considers the phosphorus, nitrogen and silica budget of the lake, related to its trophic evolution.The chief conclusion of Bone Beads the study is that the significan