Cecilia Pennacini

Università degli Studi di Torino | UNITO · Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società

This article charts the collection history of the only surviving precolumbian cotton reliquary ( cemí ) from the Dominican Republic, establishing its provenance from the mid-nineteenth century through a previously unpublished manuscript written by the collector, Rodolfo Domingo Cambiaso Sosa, and using archival documents in Italy. The cemí , found...

The scientific analysis of mummified individuals can reveal important details on the way people lived and died in the past. Palaeoproteomic approaches are theoretically suitable for obtaining information on the extent of tissue preservation, on the use of protein-based substances for embalming and/or restoration, as well as for characterising the m...

This contribution aims at giving a general framework of the urbanization processes in Sub-Saharan Africa, giving a specific attention to the production of new artistic and cultural expressions which are different from the traditional forms typical in the pre-colonial era. Despite the presence of cities in different contexts since ancient times, the...

Spirit possession was first observed by European travellers in the second half of the nineteenth century, and was later studied by numerous authors during the twentieth century. This paper reflects on the trans-national dimension of the practice, analysing examples of Kubandwa rituals from various places and periods: Kubandwa tends to cross linguis...

Results of the research project "Religion ad Immigration in Turin", granted by Intercultural Center of Turin in 2004-5 and published in 2006. Contributors: Luigi Berzano, Giovanni Filoramo, Fedora Gasparetti, Javier González Díez, Laura Gramaglia, Cecilia Pennacini, Francesco Remotti. Contents: Giovanni Filoramo, Francesco Remotti, Introduzione...