A5015506461- Cultural Industries and Urban Development
- Diverse academic and cultural studies
- Digital Games and Media
- Music History and Culture
- Italian Literature and Culture
- Music Technology and Sound Studies
- Fashion and Cultural Textiles
- Diverse Musicological Studies
- Social Media and Politics
- Cinema and Media Studies
- Italian Fascism and Post-war Society
- Italian Social Issues and Migration
- Educational and Social Studies
- Media and Digital Communication
- Multimedia Communication and Technology
- Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Information Systems Theories and Implementation
- Copyright and Intellectual Property
- Food Safety and Hygiene
- Crafts, Textile, and Design
- Asian Culture and Media Studies
- Open Source Software Innovations
- Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Child Development and Digital Technology
University of Padua
2015-2025
Observa Science in Society
2010
University of Bologna
2006
Dematerialization of artefacts and material objects is a relevant issue in consumer studies, especially when we consider the ongoing changes regarding consumption cultural goods. This article adopts theory-of-practice approach to analyse consequences dematerialization on practices digital music consumption. From an empirical point view, based data collected during research into appropriation technologies 25 in-depth narrative semi-structured interviews with young Italian consumers. The...
In the new European food policy following BSE crisis, consumer is called upon to take an active and responsible role. But in political organizational restructuring processes Union policy, diverse constructions of can be identified different national contexts. The article analyses discursive framings four settings: Norway, Denmark, Italy Portugal, based on interview data from a comparative research project, TRUSTINFOOD. main that each context were shared by all types actors sector were: `the...
ABSTRACT This paper examines the emergence of ‘gravel bike’, a new and successful category sports bicycles that gained prominence in global cycling industry late 2010s, to advance understanding role users processes sociotechnical innovation. The study traces development gravel bike within framework science technology studies (STS), introducing concept ‘user betrayal’ highlight how innovations initially driven by can later diverge from their original values needs. represents case where users’...
The article aims at investigating the persistence and comeback of old media technologies (phenomena we define, in short, ‘retromedia’) by developing a distinctive theoretical approach named retromedia-in-practice based on practice theory. Far from being abandoned forgotten, many devices artefacts (such as vinyl records, cassette tapes, analogue photographic cameras, early videogames brick mobile phones, to mention just few notable examples) are nowadays readopted young generations niche...
The article introduces and comments upon the themes developed in interview with sociologist of science technology Trevor Pinch this issue Cultural Sociology. paper outlines trajectory his work since late 1970s, from birth Science Technology Studies (STS), until current interest relationship between music, technologies, society. focuses on growth field STS, pointing out many interconnections STS wide intellectual universe involving cultural studies, sociology symbolic interactionism. also...
The article concentrates on the contamination between practice theory and infrastructure studies by focussing routines practices related to smartphone use. In order address an empirical ground infrastructural implications of smartphone-based practices, presents results a qualitative research, based total 26 interviews one focus group with young users, residents different cities Veneto Region in Italy. Theoretically, introduces notion disclosure , which is adopted analysis as analytical tool...
The process of developing a participatory environmental monitoring network in Italy, unfolded between 2013 and 2020, is analysed order to explore the dynamics knowledge co-production involving collaboration scientists non-experts, present case constituted by community weather amateurs practitioners. Based on qualitative approach 15 in-depth interviews with different stakeholders involved early development pilot network, analysis focuses actors that led creation Italian platform. For...
Over the last fifteen years, independent rock music has become a wider field of cultural production and consumption in Italy. Indeed, while during 1970s 1990s was connected predominantly to political movements, alternative subcultures antagonistic attitude ‘centri sociali’, present decade, popular moved towards centre national industry mass media musical mainstream. This article describes phases this process institutionalisation, showing how politically based culture is today at symbolic...