1,721,145 research outputs found
Geografie dell'università. Esplorazioni teoriche e pratiche generative
No full textLa dimensione spaziale rappresenta una componente essenziale dell’attività universitaria: dallo spazio fisico occupato all’interno delle città alle attività industriali e commerciali connesse ad essa; dalla presenza di docenti e studenti nei contesti urbani alla partecipazione alla governance locale; dai flussi di conoscenza che circolano a livello globale a quelli che generano ricadute dirette sul territorio. Partendo dall’ampia letteratura internazionale e presentando alcuni casi di studio, il libro esplora i cambiamenti che hanno investito il mondo accademico negli ultimi anni, ponendo l’accento sia sulle criticità che sulle potenzialità di impatto e di pratiche generative innescate. Nel percorso vengono evidenziate le molteplici geografie che caratterizzano l’agire universitario, come il ruolo di interfaccia tra scala globale e locale, il contributo alla resilienza territoriale, l’impegno sociale e l’interazione con la comunità locale, l’attivazione di processi di trasformazione urbana
Understanding immigrants’ integration in Italy: the role of second generations in building territorial and translocal social capital
No full textImmigration is a central issue in the European and also in the Italian political debate, that recently emphasizes the problems linked to emergencies in the reception of migrants, to crime and insecurity supposedly attributed to foreigners, to the difficult cohabitation between new inhabitants and old residents. Nonetheless, the importance given to analyzing the phenomenon more carefully and to promoting the fruitful integration of migrants is clearly insufficient. The present work aims at providing a contribution in this broad area through a better understanding of the dynamics of second generation’s immigrants to the strengthening of the territorial social capital and to the improvement of the interconnections between foreign and indigenous communities.
More specifically, starting from the definition of territorial social capital and its link with migration studies, this paper will focus on areas where “second generations” are likely to influence the dynamics of social and territorial integration: intergenerational relations, language practice, inclusion processes at school and work, intercultural activities and contamination spaces, participation in associations and social life, cultural interaction and multiple spatial belongings.
The paper also includes, from an empirical point of view, an extensive survey carried out in Italy, through the use of semi-structured questionnaires distribued to second generations with a migration background. The analytical proposal, based on comparative method, aims to investigate not only the territorial and extra-territorial relations, but also the spheres of behaviors, narratives, perceptions concerning the sense of belonging, the processes of integration, the signs of social and spatial marginalization
Dalle fabbriche ai nuovi spazi dell’innovazione: transizioni socio-economiche e mutamenti dei paesaggi della produzione
No full textThe paper aims to combine the analysis of urban changes generated by the dynamics of socio-economic transition with the study of the transformations of industrial landscapes and the emergence of signs and meanings of new innovation ones. Starting from evolutionary approaches applied in the geographic field and adopting some historical-cultural approaches elaborated by the literature about landscape, the work reconstructs the history of the processes of industrialization, abandonment and recovery of three spaces, in the province of Pisa, and their transformation into places for the university, for cultural activities and for high-tech entrepreneurship. In addition to the discussion about the contents of the projects and the role of the involved organizations, the paper also highlights the new forms of materiality linked to the innovation landscape and the interconnections with post-fordist development trends and local strategies
La politica regionale per l’innovazione tecnologica e il rafforzamento dell’area high-tech in Toscana. Contributi di analisi
No full text- …
