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Articolo rivista (AIS - 2023/21) Uitermark Justus

What kind of problem is a megacity? Planning, rapid urbanization, and self-organization

Introduction     This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).   In the conclusion to her classic book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs (1961) asked the question that inspired this essay’s title: «what sort of problem is a city?». Her answer is that cities are systems of organized ...

Articolo rivista (AIS - 2023/21) Orfanos Prokopios

Strangers in strange lands: discourse, risk, liquidity

Introduction The concept of the stranger derives from Simmel’s short text (1908). It was developed by significant sociologists (Margaret M. Wood, Alfred Schutz, Robert Park), and is still evolving (Orfanos 2016) with contemporary contributions (McLemore 1970; Bauman 2004; Skoric 2013). This notion can become vital to the research of the refugees’ issue. Here, we will analyze the refugees’ ...

Articolo rivista (AIS - 2024/26) Halford Susan, Southerton Dale

Sociodigital Futures? An agenda for sociological research and practice

Digital technologies, devices and data are woven into the fabric of contemporary societies: the digital and the social are co-evolving in a «sociodigital» world. This raises significant and pressing questions about sociodigital futures: how these are made and what might be done to intervene in them. Sociology is well-placed and – at the same time – faces significant challenges in addressing ...

Articolo rivista (AIS - 2024/24) Cataldo Rosanna, Punziano Gabriella, Saracino Barbara, Iazzetta Ferdinando

Experts and science communication in time of Covid vaccination campaign: the Italian case

1 The communication of science during the pandemic Throughout the pandemic, the speed with which science has operated within the uncertainties of COVID-19 has aligned and adapted with the increased need for public information, consequently identifying itself as a challenge also for information systems invited to respond quickly to the new demands imposed by the crisis (Thomas and Senkpeni, 2020). ...

Articolo rivista (AIS - 2024/24) Fasanella Antonio, Faggiano Maria Paola, Parziale Fiorenzo, Cavagnuolo Michela, Dentale Maria

Changes in Schooling: The impact of Digitalization on PTSOs (Work Experience Programs). From Planning to Implementation

1 Work Experience Programs and digital competencies: a general framework Law n. 145 from December 30, 2018, article 1, comma 785, states that the Ministry of Education, University and Research is bound to publish the guidelines for Work Experience Programs (PTSOs – Paths for transversal competencies and orientation) (see MIUR, 2018), which have taken the place of so-called School-Work Alternance ...

Articolo rivista (AIS - 2024/24) Zenarolla Anna

The sociology of emotions as a suitable perspective to explore poverty in accordance with the capabilities approach

Introduction The article presents the first insights of an explorative research aimed at analyzing poverty from the perspective of the sociology of emotions. It hypothesizes that emotions can represent a useful instrument to combat poverty at an individual and social level. Most recent policies and measures against poverty at national and international level have adopted as reference the paradigm ...

Articolo rivista (AIS - 2024/24) Cubeddu Francesca, Mangone Emiliana

From Risk to Emergencies: Changes in Cultural and Communication Systems in the Digital Society

1 Risk, crisis and emergencies: cultural dynamics and changes A world without risk situations and events, crises and emergencies – regardless of their differentiated nature (social, economic, political and environmental) – is not conceivable, let alone possible. One can imagine, however, a world in which the effects and negative consequences of these conditions are reduced or even avoided. The ...

Articolo rivista (AIS - 2020/16) Giarelli Guido, Vicarelli Giovanna

Politiche e sistemi sanitari al tempo della pandemia da Covid-19: una lettura sociologica (Health policies and systems at the time of Covid-19 pandemy: A sociological interpretation), di Guido Giarelli, Giovanna Vicarelli

In questo saggio proponiamo una prima riflessione sulla pandemia da Covid-19 in due parti strettamente integrate. Nella prima parte, dopo aver richiamato le ragioni che rendono opportuno un approccio sociologico al tema della pandemia, viene proposto un modello di analisi comparata delle strategie di politica sanitaria adottate in differenti aree geografiche per far fronte alla pandemia da Covid-19: ...

Articolo rivista (AIS - 2020/16) Lusardi Roberto, Tomelleri Stefano

Algoritmi, cigni neri e virus: la crisi della pianificazione sociale nella modernità avanzata (Algorithms, black swans and virus: the crisis of social planning in advanced modernity), di Roberto Lusardi, Stefano Tomelleri

La diffusione della pandemia influenzale prodotta dal virus SARS-CoV-2 ha repentinamente e profondamente colpito l’infrastruttura socioeconomica e tecnologica della società contemporanea e sta modificando in modo radicale le consuetudini di vita di milioni di persone in tutto il globo, a partire dalle nazioni più avanzate. All’alba del terzo millennio sembra che l’autotreno della modernità, ...

Articolo rivista (AIS - 2020/16) Affuso Olimpia , Agodi Maria Carmela, Ceravolo Flavio Antonio

Scienza, expertise e senso comune: dimensioni simboliche e sociomateriali della pandemia (Science, expertise and commonsense: Symbolic and socio-material dimensions of the pandemic experience), di Olimpia Affuso, Maria Carmela Agodi, Flavio Antonio Ceravolo

Da emergenza sanitaria, la crisi pandemica è divenuta fatto sociale totale. Il consenso al lockdown generalizzato è stato l’esito di un’attribuzione negoziata di senso che ha coinvolto, sui media, scienza, expertise e senso comune. Un’infodemia, di notizie, campagne di comunicazione, dibattiti, ha prodotto un’unica grande narrazione e sollecitato forme espressive di cui si sono resi protagonisti ...