A quick trip to some Mediterranean countries shows significant disparities, situations of inequality, different religious preferences, and struggling minority populations. The dream of a Mediterranean crossroads of cultures, which has taken up so much space in our past, seems today to retreat-- leav…

This paper aims to investigate the ways in which parents relate to the emotional and sexual lives of their adolescent children, considering the changes that occurred in the configuration of current families, at both the relational and structural level. Of these two levels, the former considers the q…

“Diffused religion” is to be understood in at least a double sense. First of all, it is diffused in that it comprises vast sections of the population and goes beyond the simple limits of church religion. Besides, it has become widespread, since it has been shown to be a historical and cultural resul…

This paper aims to open a discussion in the scientific point of view and policy making processes on sustainability of water policies. The social and environmental impact on the Agriculture sector in Southern European countries (Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain) will be investigated to analyse the a…

Gjithçka që erdhi në jetën kulturore dhe fetare shqiptare, veçmas me fillimet e Lëvizjes së Rilindjes Kombëtare, u përgatit me dashuri dhe kujdes nga prijësat, çka siguronte se do të jepte prodhim të mbarë. Kongresi i Alfabetit i vitit 1908 tregoi se diversiteti i panevojshëm gjuhësor, mund të ndale…

Më 18 – 20 gusht 2017 u zhvillua në Rapsha të Tuzit, Festivali Mbarëkombëtar Shqiptar i Folklorit. Autori ishte i ftuar me detyrën e antarit të jurisë. Në festival morën pjesë 22 grupe, shoqata apo ansamble folklorike fhqiptare, që përfaqësonin shtatë shtete: Shqipëria, Kosova, Maqedonia, Mali i Zi,…

Në këtë artikull jepet një pjesë nga letërkëmbimi mes autorit Antonio Belushi dhe etnologut të njohur Qemal Haxhihasani, mbledhës dhe studiues i folklorit dhe i dialektologjisë, filolog dhe profesor. Njohje që zë fill në Tiranë, kur u mbajt Kuvendi Ndërkombëtar mbi Ilirët, më 15-16 shtator 1972, ku …

Arbërishtja e Italisë përbën një arkipelag gjuhësor, që është shkëputur valë-valë nga trungu i gjuhës-nënë para më shumë se pesë shekujsh. Duke mos qenë në kontakt me atdheun e lashtë dhe duke mos marrë pjesë në ndryshimet e shqipes, arbërishtja ka ruajtur fjalë e shprehje, forma gramatikore e struk…

Multiculturalism and the new multi religious social realities are becoming dominant dimensions of today’s world. The huge changes in the social tissue of those societies, which up to now had an established dominant culture and religious affiliation, made them now face more than the effects of migran…

This paper aims at analyzing the particular case concerning Ornella Labriola (1908-1991), who lived between Italy and Soviet Union. She was a guest of the famous hotel “Lux” in Moscow, the dwelling place of international Communism during the years of Stalinism. In that place, happened her love story…

The migrant crisis is an imposed problem that requires a thorough solution. The complete understanding of the reasons for migration, as well as the situation in the Mediterranean basin and in the Middle East is a precondition for finding appropriate solutions. Eradication of poverty and disparity, t…

The proposal aims to highlight the semiotic elements of the discourse that refer to the symbolic ones of representations, and that transform the therapy in an exercise of professional dominion aimed to modify the perception of the self of the female patient through the subversion of specific emotion…