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When University Meets the Needs of The Territory: The case of the Edge Project Presentation
No full textThe participation of Universities in the promotion of territorial development is one of the main paradigms of innovation of university work in the last twenty years (Moscati, Vaira 2008; Charle, Souliè 2008). But, if the design of the innovation model appears to be defined from the beginning, its implementation mechanisms and results appear territorially heterogeneous and, in many cases, contribute to reproducing the well-known territorial inequalities (Regini, Trigilia 2019).
The institutional learning of the innovation in which universities are protagonists could be reconstructed through the contributions offered by the rich literature on local development and, more recently, by innovation studies (Cersosimo, Wolleb 2001; Trigilia 2007). But, it could also be reconstructed by trying to reverse the method of analysis, trying to understand how the actors involved in the process of change perceive innovation and observing what happens in informal moments such as those in which the results of research are returned to the territory.
This contribution aims to capture the dynamics of institutional innovation in university work during an informal moment of its manifestation: an online webinar which presented the results of the EDGE project, a European project on employment inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in which Universities, social cooperatives, and bodies specialised in the training of people with disabilities from different European countries participated.
The contribution aims to bring to light a bottom-up innovation path, identifying the participants of the webinar and the communicative situation that allows the different participants to mutually recognize their institutional roles and to experience an active involvement in the innovation process.
This study is divided into two sections. In the first, the recurring elements in the contributions of the various participants in the webinar and the inter-individual logic that supported the various contributions are highlighted. At this stage particular emphasis will be given to the identification and collective communication of common needs. A second moment is instead dedicated to the institutional pre-conditions and to the reciprocal interinstitutional perceptions that structured the webinar.
The EDGE project presentation is only the final moment of a research project. However, its interinstitutional and intersubjective analysis could highlight the forms of interinstitutional cooperation most suitable for intercepting territorial needs and the possible responses that Universities can contribute to them
The Sociological Relevance of Public Emotions in Online University Education. A Nussbaumian interpretation
No full textNussbaum's Lesson on Public Emotions: A sociological Reading in an On-Line Academic Environment
No full text«La libertà non è pane» : prossimità e riflessività dell'azione pubblica in una città del Sud Italia durante la pandemia
No full textThis article utilizes historical sociology of public action to analyse public unrest that erupted in several Southern Italian cities at the end of March 2020. Specifically, the study delves into the concepts of reflexivity and proximity within public action. It employs a multifocal methodology, drawing from various research fields, to explore how knowledge is constructed within democratic public action. The analysis aims to shed light on the social mechanisms that perpetuate and obscure social inequalities. Additionally, it examines the role legal regulations governing economic life can play in fostering a democratic social contract between citizens and the State
Questione meridionale e politiche di sviluppo territoriale: analisi della plausibilità sociale di una narrazione a più voci
No full textThrough which social mechanisms could the southern question have contributed to regenerating the backwardness of the southern regions? Placed in the tradition of sociology of public action, the article focuses on the relationship between scientific knowledge and public action. It analyzes the influence of meridional literature practiced in the early 90s of the twentieth century on the European territorial development policies. The different capacities of the Italian regions in implementing European cohesion policy are understandable by reconstructing the social plausibility of failures or, on the contrary, of the successes of the various implementation processes, or by understanding the social plausibility of narratives proposed by different subjects (social scientists, journalists, regional government officials) who re-elaborate the constituent themes of the southern question for specific audiences
La teoria del valore di Carl Menger: un programma di ricerca sempre attuale per le scienze sociali
No full textNell’articolo La teoria del valore di Carl Menger: un programma di ricerca sempre attuale per le scienze sociali viene proposta una riflessione sull’attualità delle analisi mengeriane e sulle conseguenze scientifiche derivanti dalla necessità, messa a fuoco dall’economista austriaco, di analizzare la pensabilità sociale di qualsivoglia programma di sviluppo economico; il valore non è infatti una qualità intrinseca ai beni ma è un giudizio intersoggettivo che individui che condividono una determinata situazione storico-culturale elaborano. L’applicazione della teoria mengeriana a un caso studio contemporaneo, all’analisi degli utilizzi regionali differenziali dei fondi strutturali europei, ha conseguenze teoriche e metodologiche; in riferimento alle conseguenze teoriche, essa permette di considerare la rilevanza della dimensione cognitiva dei processi di sviluppo territoriale, la gradualità dello sviluppo, il concorso nella sua morfologia di cause materiali e culturali; in relazione alle conseguenze metodologiche, mette in luce la necessità di analizzare fenomeni complessi, come quello esaminato, attraverso sguardi scientifici plurimi, idonei nel loro lavoro distinto eppur comune, a porre la centralità, per le scienze sociali contemporanee, del rapporto tra conoscenza e sviluppo economico o quello tra regolazione giuridica dell’attività economica e sviluppo economico
Per un'azione pubblica riflessiva e prossima: la funzione della conoscenza sociologica nei progetti educativi
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