Introduction

PUBLICATIONS

 

Our philosophy

Consistent with its declared vocation, to promote and spread American studies, Centro Studi Americanistici “Circolo Amerindiano” could not exempt itself from publishing activity.

Witness of the various moments of profound transformation of techniques and supports, which from the second half of the Seventies of the last century to today, have touched the publishing world, from offset to digital, from paper to online publication, the Centro Studi throughout its history «has given rise to a series of publications which, on the one hand, have accompanied the creation of itinerant exhibitions, with the aim of divulging and making known the heritage of the Centro Studi; on the other hand have marked one of the purpose of the “Circolo Amerindiano” to promote and spread the knowledge of the peoples and cultures of the American continent, of yesterday and today. Precisely through the knowledge and scientific study of the various human experiences, the conviction arises that it is possible to carry out a meeting with Otherness with a critical sense, responsibility and with the awareness of having made a contribution, albeit minimal, to the struggles that the native peoples bring forward daily for survival, as stated in the same summary information sheet of our Centro Studi. It could be said that the monographs represent intercultural education paths, offering overviews and insights on historical, social, political, cultural, in general, issues of the American world, from the first population to the present day» (Rossi Th. Other publications, in “Thule”, special edition on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the foundation).

 

The precursors

 

Everything began in 1978 with a mimeographed internal publication, the Bullettin (18 issues)Bollettino 17, completed in 1993. A Newsletter, from 1979 to 1983 (27 issues) followed by various attempts, between 1983 and 1986 (Nuestra América – Nossa America and, finally, the only issue of American Information).

During this period, other publications were also made (Prehistoric America, Pre-Columbian Mexico, Mayan Culture, Elements for the study of pre-Columbian cultures, A comparative study for missionary intervention in Brazil from the 16th century to the present day) – monographs, still mimeographed with internal circulation, for use in the History of the Americas course, before the public activities of the Centro Studi.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibition catalogs

 

The approach of 1992 and the V centenary of the fatal journey of Christopher Columbus across the Atlantic offered new and more important editorial challenges. “Circolo Amerindiano” presented itself at this appointment with many initiatives, from the issue of an official document, to the organization of conferences, debates and, above all, many exhibitions of its mostra didattica “Teocuicatl: the sacred song”, which between 1990 and 1992 it has been presented in many Italian cities, with thousands of visitors. In this exhibition with regard to the triumphalism of the “discovery”, prevailing then in the celebrations of the V Centenary, a new reading was proposed, in which the pre-Columbian re-emerged in all its autonomous millenary magnificence and the journey of the caravels was configured, in the first place, as the inauguration of the greatest tragedy in human history.

LThe exhibitions thus provided an important editorial period made of publications which, far from being the normal exhibition catalog, reflected the essence of the exhibition itself and became «Synthetic history manuals that offer an excursus on Amerindian cultures to tell pieces of a history of the humanity sometimes “denied”, forgotten, or “exalted” in its most evident, most impactful but not “realistic” aspects» (Rossi Th. Other publications, in””Thule”, special edition on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the foundation).

 

From 1990 to 2000 the following were published as catalogs of as many exhibitions:

 

– Uomini e Foreste, Arnaud publishing house, Florence, 1990, published for the exhibition of the same name (Perugia, 1990), of which it forms a guide/extension of the topics covered, with maps and color photos;Uomini e Foreste

– Teocuicatl, il canto sacro, historical profile of the cultures of the Americas, Arnaud publishing house, Florence, 1991, including the expanded texts of the exhibition of the same name, black and white and color photos, 156 pages, format 22 x 24, laminated cover in 4 colors; Teocuicatl il canto sacro

– 500 years of resistance in India, history of the struggles of indigenous peoples for their survival, Idea 2000 publishing house, Rome, 1992; summary catalogue of the homonymous exhibition, 32 folders of 50×70 cm, with four-color photos;

– Uomini di mais: history and culture of the people of Mesoamerica, Gramma publishing house, Perugia, 1999, published for the homonymous exhibition, of which it forms a guide/extension of the topics covered, with maps and color photos on 64 color pages;

– I nomi di Dio: Amerindian spirituality in the face of Christianization, Gramma publishing house, Perugia, 2000; published for the exhibition of the same name, of which it forms a guide/extension of the topics covered, with color maps and photos on 128 color pages.I nomi di Dio

 

 

 

 

Other publications

 

After 2000, the editorial commitment for the Teocuicatl exhibition decreased drastically and it was the moment when several monographs were published, either directly by the Centro Studi or in collaboration with other institutions:

 

After 2000, the editorial commitment for the Teocuicatl exhibition decreased drastically and it was the moment when several monographs were published, either directly by the Centro Studi or in collaboration with other institutions:

GRILLO Rosa Maria and Santoni Romolo (cur.), 2007, Ruta de la Obsidiana. Mesoamerican itineraries, Conference Proceedings (Salerno, 12th-13th December, 2002), Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli, Catanzaro;

GRILLO Rosa Maria (cur.), America Latina tra civiltà e barbarie, texts by María Teresa González de Garay, Piero Gorza, Mario Humberto Ruz, Romolo Santoni, Oedipus, 2007; America Latina tra civiltà e Barbarie

Mesoamérica como área de intercambio lingüístico y cultural, 2007, Proceedings of the International Seminar promoted by CISAI, University of Siena in collaboration with Centro Studi Americanistici “Circolo Amerindiano” (Siena, 6th April 2006), Quaderni CISAI/Series Atti 2, University of Siena-CISAI, Siena;

FABBRI Edda, Oblivion, Oèdipus, Salerno/Milan, 2012 (published with funds from the University of Salerno and Centro Studi Americanistici “Circolo Amerindiano”).Oblivion

 

Published independently from the Salerno office (Italy):

 

Bellone Liliana, 2019, In the footsteps of Elena, Salerno/Milan, Oédipus, trad. Vincenza Visciano, intr. by Rosa Maria Grillo, contribution from the Edwuin Cerio Study Center and Centro Studi Americanistici “Circolo Amerindiano”;

Loustaunau Fernando, 2018, Dying in Palermo, Salerno/Milan, Oédipus, trad.Irina Bajini, intr. by Antonella Cancellier, contribution of Centro Studi Americanistici “Circolo Amerindiano”;

 

Published independently from the Padua office (Italy):

 

Published independently from the Cordoba office (Argentina):

PICCONI, María Lina/GARDUÑO Everardo, 2015, Sonidos ancestrales de América Latina. Nueva Interpretaciones, Editorial Babel, Córdoba, ISBN 978-987-697-079-2

PICCONI, María Lina/MENDOZA Román Robles, 2017, Los instrumentos musicales en nuevos contextos sociales de América, Editorial Centro de Producción and Imprenta de la UNMSM, Lima, ISBN 978-612-00-2944-2

 

 

Active publications

 

The Centro Study today has 4 lines of active publications which are published both in paper and online on the pages amerindiano.org and www.circoloamerindianosalerno.it/. The most recent are accessible online to everyone, the others, always online, are on a page reserved for members. All of them are freely available in the American Studies Library “Tullio Seppilli”/ Biblioteca Specializzata in Americanistica “Tullio Seppilli”, in the Perugia headquarter.

 

Thule, rivista italiana di studi americanistici. Since 1993, our proposal to open a real American journal was collected by Tullio Seppilli, at that time involved with the foundation of AM – Medical Anthropology. Seppilli took up the proposal and together with Rosalba Proietti Pizzi began the editorial process which, from the definition of the typographic and content aspects, to the formation of Editorial Committees to the editorial structure, led 3 years later, in 1996, to the birth of Thule, rivista italiana di studi americanistici. Shortly afterwards the first issue of AM will also be released and for many years the two magazines will mark together, like sister publications, even with identical publishing house and identical typography.

 

Quaderni di Thule and Collana di Studi Americanistici. In Thule, which became the scientific body of the “Circolo Amerindiano”, in 1991 the Quaderni di Thule and, starting from 2012, the Collana di Studi Americanistici were born with the project to publish monographic works.

 

 

 

Atti delle Giornate di Letteratura Latinoamericana. In 2007, the product of the newborn (2005) headquarter in Salerno, the CD publication of Atti delle Giornate di Letteratura Latinoamericana began, a collateral event and an integral part of the International Congress of American Studies, which continues with a punctual annual deadline and is presented during the following Congress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Published texts: http://www.circoloamerindianosalerno.it/atti-salerno/

 

Guagliano Eliana (cur.), 2007, Voci femminili dall’America Latina, Oèdipus. In collab. Con il Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Letterari dell’Università di Salerno, Italia.

Guagliano Eliana (cur.), 2009, Viaggio e mito / Viaje y mito, Oèdipus. In collab. con il Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Letterari dell’Università di Salerno, Italia.

Guagliano Eliana (cur.), 2009, Incontri e disincontri tra Europa e America, Oèdipus. In collab. con il Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Letterari dell’Università di Salerno, Italia.

Guagliano Eliana (cur.), 2010, Letteraturae americane e altre arti, Oèdipus. In collab. con il Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Letterari dell’Università di Salerno, Italia.

Guagliano Eliana (cur.), 2011, Donne in movimento, Oèdipus. In collab. con il Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Letterari dell’Università di Salerno, Italia.

Grillo Maria Rosa (cur.), 2012, Penelope e le altre, Oèdipus. In collab. con il Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Letterari dell’Università di Salerno, Italia.

Grillo Maria Rosa (cur.), 2013, I tempi e i luoghi di de formazione, Oèdipus. In collab. con il Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici dell’Università di Salerno, Italia.

Grillo Maria Rosa (cur.), 2014, El olvido está lleno de memoria, Oèdipus. In collab. con il Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici dell’Università di Salerno, Italia.

Grillo Maria Rosa (cur.), 2015, Venimos de la noche y hacía la noche vamos, Oèdipus. Oèdipus. In collab. con il Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici dell’Università di Salerno, Italia.

Grillo Maria Rosa (cur.), 2016, La letteratura ispanoamericana e il Nobel, Oèdipus. In collab. con il Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici dell’Università di Salerno, Italia.

Grillo Maria Rosa (cur.), 2017, Tradizioni classiche e letterature latinoamericane Oèdipus. In collab. con il Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici dell’Università di Salerno, Italia.

Grillo Maria Rosa (cur.), 2018, Tradizioni classiche e letterature latinoamericane, Oèdipus. In collab. con il Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici dell’Università di Salerno, Italia.

Grillo Maria Rosa (cur.), 2018, Tradizioni classiche e letterature latinoamericane, Oèdipus. In collab. con il Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici dell’Università di Salerno, Italia.

Grillo Maria Rosa (cur.), 2019, Letteratura testimoniale, Oèdipus. In collab. con il Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici dell’Università di Salerno, Italia.

 

 

Conservation of publications

 

The publications cited here have become part of the cultural and scientific heritage of the Centro Studi, its historical memory, as well as the approximately 30,000 volumes of American Studies Library “Tullio Seppilli” of our Centro Studi Americanistici “Circolo Amerindiano” present in the Perugia headquarter.

To these, we hope to support others, as a testament to the scientific and social commitment that accompanies the work of the Centro Studi on a daily basis, welcoming the many demands of our time.