22910278 - Sociology of youth studies

The course aims to study the change in the condition of youth in post-Fordist and globalized society starting from a reconstruction of the main theoretical and empirical orientations, developed at national and international level, within the field of Youth Studies

With the study of the teaching of Youth Studies the student will be able to achieve the following educational objectives:
- In terms of knowledge and understanding: to become familiar with complex concepts in the context of the transformations of the concept of youth as a social construct, transition models, the theme of mobility, individualization, reflexivity and inequalities.

- In terms of ability to apply knowledge and understanding: analyze case studies on the role of mobility as a transition process, on the role of the family, of the sense of belonging and cultural capital.

- In terms of autonomy and judgment: critically orient oneself between the different approaches concerning the theories of transition, generation and the paradigms of individualization and cultural reproduction.

- In terms of communication skills: develop lexical and conceptual tools necessary for the study of sociology of youth studies and approaches and useful to acquire exhibition skills in written and oral form.

- In terms of learning skills: critical and reflective self-learning skills and organization of study at individual and group level.
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Programma

The course aims to study youth conditions with respect to educational processes related to mobility, starting from a reconstruction of the main theoretical and empirical orientations, developed at national and international level, within the field of Youth Studies.
In the first part, the course aims to outline the social, cultural and economic change of global societies within which to connect the insights related to the meanings and definitions of youth, the problematic issues of transitions versus the generational approach, the theme of mobility, individualization, reflexivity and inequalities.
In the second part, youth mobility in general and Italian mobility in particular are analyzed. It is analyzed both as an exit strategy and as an educational and training investment field within the global training market.
This approach allows to develop a critical analysis of youth mobility in relation to policies and the theme of inequality reproduction in the European and international context.

Testi Adottati

A. Spanò, Studiare i giovani nel mondo che cambia. Concetti, temi e prospettive negli Youth Studies, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2018;
L. Gobbi, L. Gorgolini, (a cura di), Giovani e società in Italia tra XX e XXI secolo. Consumi, demografia, genere, istruzione, movimenti migratori, politica, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2020;
A. Elliott, J. Urry, Vite Mobili, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2013
M. Giardiello, R. Capobianco, Può la mobilità determinare un cambiamento sociale? Il caso studio dei giovani calabresi, In Meridiana, 2022 (scaricabile su formonline)
M. Giardiello, R. Capobianco, Le contraddizioni e i paradossi della mobilità, in Studi di Sociologia, 1, 2020, pp. 71-88 (scaricabile su formonline)


Bibliografia Di Riferimento

L. Ruffini, A. Giorgi, Mobilità e Migrazione,Mondadori, Milano,2020; I. Pitti, D. Tuorto, I giovani nella società contemporanea. Identità e trasformazione, Carocci, Roma, 2021; A. Furlong, F. Cartemel, Young People and Social Change, Open University Press, 2007

Modalità Erogazione

Frontal lesson and group works. Should the emergency due to COVID19 persist, the lessons will be carried out remotely using the formonline platform and Microsoft Teams.

Modalità Frequenza

Class attendance is not mandatory but highly recommended

Modalità Valutazione

The learning assessment takes place through an oral test lasting 20 minutes. Should the emergency due to COVID19 persist, the exams will be carried out remotely using the Microsoft Teams platform .