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Isolamento e inclusione sociali delle persone anziane: proposta progettuale sui processi e le possibilità di convivenza urbana
No full textAesthetics of the Anthropocene and Social Representations. A Case Study on Venice’ Exceptional High Tides in November 2019
Full text linkThis research investigates the social representations of exceptional high tides occurred in Venice (Italy) between 12th and 18th November 2019 through the analysis of YouTube contents. Those events could be considered as a local manifestation of Anthropocene, and therefore could be linked to its representations. Moreover, after a summary of aesthetic literature on Anthropocene, this research aims at considering how aesthetics contribute to the definition of social representation of exceptional high tides. Twenty-nine YouTube videos were collected and analyzed using Reflexive Thematic Analysis. The results show that there are several intersections between aesthetics of Anthropocene and social representations of the event analyzed, with particular concern for themes “sublime” and “future as a threat”, and their relation to attribution of responsibility processes. These findings reflect an elaboration of the event based on aestheticization and trends of “deresponsibilization”
Students and Creative Practices in University Cities: A Case Study on Environmental Sustainability Initiatives Carried out by University Students
No full textCities could be considered as synthesis of human thoughts, feelings, acts, and inter-
actions through history. Mutually, they constitute the environment in which devel-
op psychological and interpersonal processes of their inhabitants. Considering their
crucial role in the understanding of coexistence relationships in contemporary cities,
this work aims at addressing psychosocial dimensions of the individual relation with
urban environment. Moreover, a deepening on such processes could enable a better
comprehension about how anthropological change of urban dimension take place in
everyday life and in subjective experiences of dwellers. More precisely, increasing of
urbanization, transnational urbanism, superdiversity, and social differentiation imply
novel efforts to relations of dwelling. Within this framework, historical cities are trans-
formed by the global ecumene, as we can observe on gentrification and touristification
processes, and on the non-places’ imaginary that shapes public spaces. On the other
hand, these processes, rather than to be homogeneous, are intertwined with the histor-
ical and cultural backgrounds of territories, which influence the order of interactions and the practices of building and dwelling. Therefore, it becomes relevant to under-
stand how individuals, social groups, and communities dialogue with these issues
(tensed between global and local instances) by adapting, negotiating, transforming,
and resisting to them. Basing on these assumptions, historical university cities could
be considered as peculiar urban contexts. Indeed, universities could be considered
as a node link between deterritorialization and reterritorialization processes. In this
contexts, students-city relations have to deal with internationalization tendencies, ur-
ban transformations, place-making processes, and conflicts. Particularly, even though
several aspects of students-city relation are changed during history, we can identify
some constants related to it, such as the fact that besides the awareness of the economic
benefits derived from the presence of students in the territory, there are few attempts to
really include them in the urban governance. In order to consider this topics, students’
public participation practices represent forms of social and psychological involvement
of students with the city, which could engender creative practices and the introduction
of novel ideas. While a consistent corpus of research about students’ citizen practices
in relation to civic identity construction has recently been developed, there is pauci-
ty of research that take into account how these practices transform places, and how
they influence the development of person-place bonds between students and the city.
Particularly, person-place bonds are here considered as intersubjective experiences
which can foster the assumption of responsibility towards the city. Therefore, the aim
of the research is to explore students’ public participation practices in historical uni-
versity cities, focusing on the innovation they introduce and on their influences on
person-place bonds. To pursue this objective, an empirical case study is here proposed
to analyze the activities of a group of students aimed at addressing environmental sus-
tainability in a university in the North of Italy. The research design implies an analysis
of available institutional documents related to these practices, in order to describe the
activities, the aims, and the strategies employed. Furthermore, in-depth interviews
with students were conducted in order to investigate person-place bonds and possible
biographical turns in relation to dwelling. The interviews will be analyzed through
Reflexive Thematic Analysis, both referring to the constructs of place attachment,
place identity and sense of place, both identifying new themes in students’ narratives
Incapacità di agire e illusione di immortalità: una riflessione psico-sociale sul disimpegno civile
No full textQuality of life of elderly people and urban cohabitation: social isolation of elderly people in urban sprawl
No full textQualità di vita degli anziani e convivenza urbana: la solitudine degli anziani nella città diffusa
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Dialoghi sul fine vita e incapacità di agire: analisi della comunicazione politica rispetto al caso Fabiano Antoniani (Dj Fabo)
No full textThe Construction of an Urban Imaginary: the Case-study of the Cervellati Plan for the Historic Center of Bologna (1969)
No full textThe paper deals with the analysis of the case study of the plan for the historical center of Bologna (1969), and especially on how the municipality succeeded in building the general consensus to the plan and its success,
operating on the physical and social structures by involving participation, photography, and traffic avoidance. Those will be considered vectors that enhanced the construction of an urban imaginary, useful both for the social
and political aims that intertwined in the plan
La partecipazione pubblica degli studenti nelle città storiche universitarie: riflessioni dalle prime esperienze di campo a Bologna
No full textThe present work aims to explore the practices of public participation by students in historical uni- versity cities, analyzing their influences in terms of urban transformations and their relationships with the places that students develop by engaging in such practices. Particularly, the paper will be focused on the case study of Bologna, and it will address the main critical themes related to student-city relations as narrated by student associations, and the observations of an urban street parade conducted by a university political collective
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