Posts by Luca Cipriani

Torino is proud to offer the first ever Italian bachelor’s degree course in contemporary circus, thanks to the twenty-year work experience of Cirko Vertigo. This degree course, which is the evolution of the Professional Training Course for Contemporary Circus Artists created by the Foundation Cirko Vertigo, which has now become the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree in arts, music and entertainment (DAMS), thanks to the Interministerial Commission.

This project is sponsored not only by the MIC (Ministry of Culture), but also the Regional government of Piedmont, the Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, which has always tried to foster an educational model which supports those professions connected to cultural studies and which encourages the growth of
the entire sector. This project is also sponsored by the Fondazione CRT and the City of Grugliasco, in cooperation with blucinQue Nice Production Center, the DAMS university of Turin and the City of Turin.

The subjects that are studied during this course of study are more than 20, among which there are both theoretical subjects, such as history of circus, of theatre, of dance and of cinema, anatomy, biomechanics, sport psychology, communication, marketing and entertainment business economics, as well as practical subjects such as physical and acrobatic training, costume design, make-up techniques and specific circus techniques (from aerial techniques to
juggling and acrobatics), theatre, classical and contemporary dance.

After the Politecnico di Milano, the Politecnico di Torino has published its callfor application to the master's degree course in Architecture (in addition to the course in Italian, it is also possible to enrol in the course in English) for the academic year 2022/2023.

There are 500 spots available (85 of which are reserved for non-EU students lives abroad). The admission test (called TIL-A, which stands for Architecture
online entrance test) will take place on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, only remotely(in different time slots, as indicated in the call for application). Let's see what this exam consists of and how to prepare for it. The Architecture test at the Politecnico di Torino consists of 50 questions divided into 5 sections:

• Reading comprehension (10 questions)
• knowledge acquired during your studies, history, and general
knowledge (10 questions)
• logical reasoning (10 questions)
• drawing and representation (10 questions)
• physics and mathematics (10 questions)

The time limit for the TIL-A exam is 100 minutes.
In the event that, once all the candidates had been admitted to the course, there were still places available, the University reserves the right to schedule a second test for September 20, 2022.

For all the details on how to register for this exam, please consult the official call for application.

Conversation is a fundamental exercise in learning a foreign language, but it is often difficult to practice. By participating in language cafés you will have the opportunity to talk, share experiences, learn about a different culture and make
friends with students from all over the world.
The conversation groups organized by the Centro Linguistico d'Ateneo (CLA- UniTO) in different languages with native students in Erasmus mobility have
resumed. Ideal for practicing the language in small groups (maximum 6 people), in an informal context, improving comprehension and oral expression.
The language cafés are free and open to all UniTO students and are currently  available in English, French, Spanish and German.
However, it is advisable to have at least a pre-intermediate language level. The activities will take place at the CLA offices in the basement of Palazzo Nuovo, via Sant’;Ottavio 20, upon reservation.

“Lessico e Nuvole”- Lexicon and Clouds exhibition is inspired by the project “Lessico e nuvole: le parole del cambiamento climatico” – Lexicon and Clouds: climate change
words”.
After the preview at the Science Festival in Genoa, the exhibition will be held at Palazzo del Rettorato palace (Sala Athenaeum, Biblioteca Storica di Ateneo “Arturo Graf”- via Po 17, Torino) from 25 th November to 30 th December 2021.

The climate crisis affects us more and more frequently and more closely and while the news updates us on extreme events in distant regions and in our territories reporting the social, political and economic-financial impacts, we are witnessing an evolution of the language itself, which changes and adapts to accompany the study and communication of the phenomenon.

Starting from the contents of the guide on climate change published by the Università di Torino, the exhibition focuses on the fundamental mechanisms of language that contribute to the construction of the climate crisis in our imagination. It explores the multiple forms of communication adopted to represent it as well as the social and psychological processes through which we all, individually and collectively, process the information that reaches us.
The exhibition – unlike other exhibitions on the subject – is thus configured as a useful tool to raise awareness of all the linguistic and media aspects of such a dramatic and current
problem as climate change.