Riviste Clueb (Cooperativa Libraria Universitaria Editrice Bologna)
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Prefigurare il lavoro del futuro. Scenari etnografici tra crisi finanziaria e crisi pandemica
No full textThis article is focused on the transformations of work affectingvarious sectors of production, goods and services, and the challenges of anthropology in understanding the extent of these changes which are being accelerated by the impact of the pandemic. The constellation of new skills, rolesand tasks generated by the latest generation of digital technologies is analysed through the contribution of recent theoretical thoughts. The implications of these changes are manifold and depend on the various theoretical approaches taken into consideration. In order to empirically grasp these changes in the workplace, ethnographic research must necessarily acquire new and morespecific knowledge in the field of information technology and artificial intelligence, and adapt its methodologies to new contexts that appear quite heterogeneous
Black Hole, It Follows e lo Spirito Cannibale. Adolescenza e riti di passaggio: Trauma, isolamento e trasformazione nel dialogo tra graphic novel, cinema e conoscenza etnografica
No full textThis essay analyzes the passage to adulthood in three different art and culture contexts. In the graphic novel Black Hole a sexually transmitted disease turns the characters into lonely mutants. In the movie It Follows some teenagers with ‘no-future’ lives are threatened by disturbing figures trying to kill them. Both these works show the lack of adults and youth isolation from the society. Among the Kwakiutl, the Cannibal Spirit kidnaps young boys and take them to the forest where they experience a liminal condition: the rite involves the whole society and the adults play a key role. These social dramas will be used to analyze the weakening of the ritualization related to the transition to adult age in the contemporary world
Il lato quotidiano dell’islamofobia: Micro-razzismo a scuola tra differenzialismo culturale e razzismo spirituale
No full textThe paper explores everyday forms of racism toward sons and daughters of Muslim migrants born or raised in Italy since the late 1990s and early 2000s by shedding light on recent debates on Islamophobia in Italy and Europe. Based on my interlocutors’ narratives about their experiences of racism at different levels of education, the paper shows how these experiences significantly impacted their identity paths. The case is initially read through the lens of anthropological literature on cultural racism to introduce the discussion of another way of marking difference that seems particularly apt to describe long-standing forms of discrimination against ethnic-religious minorities in Europe: spiritual racism. Then, the paper introduces the notion of “micro-racism” to shed light on how Islamophobia is reproduced in an elusive and almost imperceptible way in daily interactions with teachers and peers, especially since middle school. Defining these forms of racism as “micro” is not meant to belittle the phenomenon but to point to its specificity. It is useful to highlight the particular ways in which ethnoreligious difference is marked in a context like Italy where minorities are relatively less visible than in other European countries. Finally, the paper refers to recent academic discussions on femonationalism, yet by moving the analysis from the level of public discourse to that of daily interactions between female teachers and students especially
Derelict land. Una riflessione sulle fabbriche abbandonate nel territorio biellese.
No full textThe marks left on the ground by the industrial history are a distinctive feature of the Biella landscape. The nineteenth-century origins of the first wool entrepreneurial adventures produced obsolete structures already in the last century, triggering an initial interest in the recovery and enhancement of “historic factories”. Starting from studies about deindustrialization and the effects of the subsequent process of abandonment, the article examines the need to reflect on the presence of abandoned areas, taking into account not only their heritage but also the repercussions on the lives of the inhabitants. Through the meanings that can be found in artistic productions such as movies or novels, and from the description of the “social ruins” caused by the loss of work, an anthropological research path is traced to give voice to the community and to the “cultural drama” caused by a long period of transition [Dudley 1997]
Essere sul campo. Dialoghi e comunicazioni etnografiche a distanza Being in the field. Distance ethnographic dialogues and communications
No full textThe restrictions due to the Covid pandemic in which we lived from 2020 to 2022 imposed distancing as a social behavior and the use of technological devices to partially compensate for the impossibility of interpersonal contact. Field research was also limited due to the impossibility of moving around the area, distrust of close contact and the precautions necessary to preventcontagion. Therefore, the question arose as to what was meant by «being in the field». This paper is based on long-lasting ethnographies and on the reflections that emerged following the production of dense and profound ethnographic documents based on data collected through WhatsApp, one of the most widespread digital messaging platforms
Industria 4.0. Riflessioni antropologiche su innovazioni e forme del lavoro a partire dal caso di Automobili Lamborghini
No full textThe article analyses, from an anthropological perspective, an Italian example of Industry 4.0, concerning the Urus SUV production department of Automobili Lamborghini, owned by the VW-Audi Group since 1998. Within the context of Enterprise Anthropology and starting from the polysemy of the Industry 4.0 category, it examines some aspects regarding the realisation of the department, the transformation of the car product and the productive process, which is entirely computerised and supported by paperless technology. Through the eyes of ethnography, it registers some distinguishing traits belonging to new workers, in the context of transformations related to technology and the significance of labour in their experience: Digital Blue Collars and engineers who deal with change in process and product. Finally, the article reflects upon the lights and shadows of new technologies, and the new forms of labour, characterised by increasing job insecurity, among apocalyptic views and enthusiastic perspectives
L’organizzazione e il valore sociale del lavoro pubblico tra riforme e crisi pandemica
No full textThis paper offers a discussion concerning the social value of the labour in public sector as perceived by the public employees and emerging from some research conducted from 2017 onwards in different sector of the public administration. The issue of public administration has been pertinent given that regulatory and market failures have been attributed to its inefficiencies. The last reforms have changed the public administration and modified the relationship with citizens. In this context, public employees are copying growing difficulty to reconcile their professional ethos with the aims of the public administratio
