“Molte tribù hanno maschere che rappresentano questi animali, e quando le usano, nel corso di speciali cerimonie, credono di sentirsi trasformati, di essere divenuti corvi od orsi. Sono come bambini che giocano ai pirati o ai poliziotti; a un certo punto non sanno più dove finisce il gioco e comincia la realtà.“
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We live in entropic societies in which security increasingly unfolds within the invisible terrain of technosocial interdependencies.
Energy, digital, and communication infrastructures do not merely constitute the material support of everyday life; rather, they represent its deep architecture, to the point that their continuity is perceived as natural, almost taken for granted. It is precisely this apparent invisibility that renders them critical: when they fail, as in the case of blackouts, the result is not simply a technical disruption but a genuine systemic rupture that simultaneously affects the economy, social relations, meaning-making processes, and public order.
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Negli ultimi cinque anni i fenomeni di estremismo violento, terrorismo e aggressioni di varie tipologie sono profondamente cambiati adattandosi ad un contesto tecnologico e sociale che pone sempre più sfide alle singole persone.
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E’ uscito per Btt Edizioni a cura di Barbara Lucini il libro “Radicalizzazione, estremismi e nuove minacce”. In uno scenario complesso e conflittuale diventa essenziale l’apporto delle scienze sociali nella lettura di questi fenomeni, nella identificazione di nuove minacce e nella promozione di una cultura personale e professionale che sia in grado di comprendere i cambiamenti in atto.
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Si è concluso con successo il progetto triennale CounteR, finanziato attraverso Horizon 2020, il programma di ricerca e innovazione dell’UE. Il 30 aprile 2024 segna il completamento formale del progetto CounteR – Countering radicalisation for a safer world: privacy-first situational awareness platform for violent terrorism and crime prediction, counter radicalisation and citizen protection.
Continue reading CounteR Project Newsletter’s Issue #6 is now released and its full text is available here.
The spring edition marks CounteR’s successful entering into the third year of project implementation and provides insights from the fourth consortium meeting, held in Toulouse – France. In Issue #6, we continue presenting the scientific publications, authored by consortium members. Notably, ICON’s CEO Ian Castillo gives a special interview, in which he talks about CounteR’s scientific and technological advantages that contribute to making Europe a safer place.
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The previous issues of the CounteR newsletter can be found here: Issue #5, Issue #4, Issue #3, Issue #2, and Issue #1.
Thе CounteR Project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101021607.
CounteR Project Newsletter’s Issue #5 is now released and its full text is available here.
The editorial team looks forward to readers’ feedback through CounteR’s LinkedIn Cluster Group. Join the group now, share your thoughts, and stay tuned to upcoming webinars and thematic discussions on online radicalisation prevention! Continue reading
Privacy-First Situational Awareness Platform for Violent Terrorism and Crime Prediction, Counter Radicalisation and Citizen Protection. Continue reading
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We proudly present the CounteR Project Newsletter for all those interested in combating radicalisation, violent extremism, and crime prevention! Continue reading
TRIVALENT is a three years EU funded project which aims to a better understanding of root causes of the phenomenon of violent radicalisation in Europe in order to develop appropriate countermeasures, ranging from early detection methodologies to techniques of counter-narrative. ITSTIME is part of the Consortium. Continue reading
Durante queste ultimi giorni, alcuni fatti meritano un’attenzione particolare, in quanto da essi emerge chiaramente il ruolo finora sottovalutato della sociologia e dell’analisi che essa può offrire, per l’interpretazione e la valutazione di fenomeni terroristici o ad essi associati. La sociologia in particolare permette di comprendere processi sociali tipici come la socializzazione in connessione con le attività terroristiche e gli ambienti sociali e geografici dove esse si sviluppano. Continue reading
Sicurezza, Terrorismo e Società – Security, Terrorism and Society. A new international magazine on line.(Italian and English)
