Etnografia dell’incertezza: l’incapacità di pensare il futuro come assenza (culturale)

 Within an anthropological framework, the social process of progressive contextualization of individuals, of acquisition of cultural resources, and of the necessary expertise and knowledge to move culturally and meaningfully into the social space is intended in terms of a progressive reduction of in...

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Main Author: Vincenzo Matera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CLUEB 2017-07-01
Series:EtnoAntropologia
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Online Access:https://rivisteclueb.it/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/233
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description  Within an anthropological framework, the social process of progressive contextualization of individuals, of acquisition of cultural resources, and of the necessary expertise and knowledge to move culturally and meaningfully into the social space is intended in terms of a progressive reduction of indeterminacy [Geertz 1987; Remotti 2013]. It is a process that produces new members of a society based on more or less rigid patterns. Starting from the evidence that uncertainty of the future unfolds contemporary societies, I propose a reflection on the processes that can cause a social expansion of uncertainty. From a theoretical point of view and on the basis of ethnographic indexes I present an analysis of some conditions that erode the sense of belonging, that kind of "feel at home" which is premise and result of social relationships based on the management of uncertainty of the future, and provoke moral and material conflicts (and even violence).
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Etnografia dell’incertezza: l’incapacità di pensare il futuro come assenza (culturale)
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home
sense of belonging
uncertainty
lack of culture
title Etnografia dell’incertezza: l’incapacità di pensare il futuro come assenza (culturale)
title_full Etnografia dell’incertezza: l’incapacità di pensare il futuro come assenza (culturale)
title_fullStr Etnografia dell’incertezza: l’incapacità di pensare il futuro come assenza (culturale)
title_full_unstemmed Etnografia dell’incertezza: l’incapacità di pensare il futuro come assenza (culturale)
title_short Etnografia dell’incertezza: l’incapacità di pensare il futuro come assenza (culturale)
title_sort etnografia dell incertezza l incapacita di pensare il futuro come assenza culturale
topic home
sense of belonging
uncertainty
lack of culture
url https://rivisteclueb.it/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/233
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