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Marinai strombolani fino ai confini del mondo
No full textOggetto di questo capitolo è la storia intensa, affascinante e, spesso,
poco o mal conosciuta della marineria dell’isola di Stromboli, una delle isole Eolie
An Introductory Essay
No full textRiflessione metodologica sullo studio delle mafie attraverso il metodo autoetnografic
Paolo Berizzi, L’educazione di un fascista
No full textReview of the book “The Education of a Fascist” by Paolo Berizz
Introduzione. Sulla nascita della sociologia e sulla morte di un ricercatore
No full textIl gruppo di Portici alle origini della sociologia italian
Autoetnografia e interazionismo simbolico: un modo di essere e di vedere il mondo
No full textThe subject of this paper is the link between the conceptual tools of symbolic interac-
tionism and ethnography, with particular reference to autoethnography.
Ethnography and symbolic interactionism are closely intertwined, both from a his-
torical point of view and in terms of their theoretical points of reference. This deep
bond formed in the context of the Chicago School at the beginning of the last centu-
ry, in the early days of urban sociology and applied sociology.
After briefly introducing some historical references to the link between symbol-
ic interactionism and ethnography, and offering a basic definition of autoethnogra-
phy, we analyze the link between interactionism and ethnography using the meta-
autoethnographic method. The main general propositions that emerge from our work
are: a) Social life, identities, social relationships are fluid, not static, and autoethno-
graphic research is a consciously situated form of ethnography; b) Autoethnographic
research is open but grounded in the transformations of «obdurate reality» (Blumer),
with which the researcher negotiates the process of ethnographic interpretation and
understanding; c) «Epiphanies» (Denzin) and «sensitizing concepts» (Blumer) are cru-
cial tools for autoethographic interpretation; d) Autoethnography is a way of seeing
the world.
The autoethnographic process is a time-consuming, open, flexible, and often very
demanding way of understanding reality. The autoethnographer is himself both
observed and observer. His way of viewing the world around him also becomes the
prism through which he filters all the information that allows him to understand the
situation he is studying, in a continuous, ongoing process of interpretation
I lavori ombra delle persone senza dimora
No full textThis article examines the survival strategies undertaken by homeless people. The findings of an ethnographic research, both in Italy and in Colombia, highlight the main activities which are performed by the homeless for their daily survival. We can call those activities ‘shadow works’. They refer to the informal and hidden economy linked to exchanges carried out di- rectly on the street and allow the procurement of essential goods for the mental and physical health of the people who live their marginality on the street. These works are “shadow” in the sense that, in addition to belonging to the informal sphere of the underground economy, they often reproduce work activities of the “normal” society in a form adapted to street life. Challenging many misconceptions, this article suggests that “street society” is complex, or- ganized, clearly separated from mainstream society, and providing a cultural framework that guides homeless people’s survival strategies
Confronti. La valutazione: attori, punti critici, prospettive
No full textOggetto del lavoro è un confronto sul tema della valutazion
Ignazio di Loyola e Carl Rogers per la formazione degli osservatori partecipanti e per la conduzione di ricerche “centrate sulla persona”
No full textThis paper is concerned with conducting ethnographic research that is
“person-centered.” Centered, that is, on the social actor who is the protagonist of the contexts
cultural contexts that are to be studied. The objective is to provide useful tools
operational, at the different stages of ethnographic research, that enable the researcher: a) to
choose the identities through which to have the best access to the reality of study, b) to
establish face-to-face interactions that are based on respect for the actors he is
studying, c) to transform what, in a classical approach of participant observation
participant observation, were called “subjects” of the research, into “collaborating ethnographers,” d)
to adapt quickly to the sudden transformations in the field of observation that
often characterize studies of “other” cultures
Sesso impersonale e interazioni online. Rivoluzione o continuità?
No full textIl saggio ha per oggetto le pratiche di sesso impersonale nelle relazioni on lin
Cent'anni di tortura dal fascismo ad oggi
No full textThis article traces the history of institutional torture in Italy from Fascism to the present
day. After the Ventennio - during which fascists specialized in the most up-to-date military
techniques - torture by state actors continues to be practiced in republican Italy. The salt
and water, the cassette, the mask are in fact traditional fascist techniques that continue
to inhabit the rooms of Italian police still in the first decades of the Republic. Starting in
the 1970s, alongside traditional techniques, new techniques are introduced that leave
fewer traces of torture on the bodies of the tortured: this is the so-called “no-touch
torture”. This is a form of torture based on certain basic principles: sensory deprivation,
self-inflicted pain, disorientation, and humiliation. Over the years, “no-touch torture”
will find institutionalization in the harshest disciplinary paths of the Italian prison system,
finally taking on clear and well-defined manifestation within the 41-bis regime
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