Focusing on contemporary Italian and Tuscan gastronomy as its starting point, the course examines the history of Italian cuisine and the economics and sociology of food in Tuscany, particularly in the city of Siena. The analysis will begin with the...
This course explores the emerging reality of social innovation, social production and social businesses and their ability to generate social impact efficiently, effectively, and sustainably. We will explore this global phenomenon through...
“All the biggest problems that we face now (…) like global climate change or the pandemic, require collaborative efforts, not just the multiplication of the same sort of person a million times over.” - Peter Galison
Cities are not only where most of...
“All the biggest problems that we face now (…) like global climate change or the pandemic, require collaborative efforts, not just the multiplication of the same sort of person a million times over.”
Peter Galison[1]
Cities are not only where...
Cities are not only where most of the world’s population now lives, they also use 78% of the world’s resources and produce more than 60% of greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, innovating cities around the world are leading the way in...
Cities are not only where most of the world’s population now lives, they also use 78% of the world’s resources and produce more than 60% of greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, innovating cities around the world are leading the way in...
Salamanca is an aging and depopulated province where there is still traditional knowledge about sustainable management of natural resources and environmentally friendly production practices. This wisdom is being lost, although some people are using...
The increase in the world's population has been (and still is) used as a scapegoat for the evils that haunt the earth: poverty, hunger, global warming, ecological damage, deforestation, biodiversity threat, depletion of the seas, energy shortages...
This course will focus on and provide insight into health and healthcare within community settings in South Africa. The socio-economic landscape of South Africa will be introduced, in order to provide a backdrop for how healthcare is delivered within...
"The very ink with which History is written is merely fluid prejudice," Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson and Other Tales.
What are the origins of modern religious, racial, and ethnic prejudice and persecution in Europe? Why have anti-Semitism and...