Vita e Pensiero

Creativity is today a topic of interest not only scientifically, but also, above all, economically: as has recently been observed, the world’s production of wealth is increasingly linked to the ability to have new ideas...

The article intends to reflect on the relationship between the welfare state, the risk of social disaffiliation and technological acceleration at a time when social relations – an essential aspect of human life – have undergone a disintegration and remodeling due to both the pandemic crisis and the wedging into the social world of new technological paradigms...

Nationally and internationally, practice placement is considered the key experience in Social work education. The aim of this theoretical essay is to deepen the preparation to practice placement, debating, through questions and representations, reflections on the following concepts: the relationship between theory and practice, the expectations and responsibilities in teaching and learning and in knowledge production processes, the needed pre-requisites to begin the practice placement, the emotional and relational dimension of the experience...

In last years, educational poverty, in Italy, has significantly involved the new generations. The phenomenon shows its complexity, in a play of lights and shadows, starting from the school pathways of young people, and involving family, through its central role in the young’s motivation process, and teacher, significant adult in the dynamics of the training process...

By critically recovering Peter Berger’s analysis, this article proposes some considerations around the wide theme of the pluralism of cultural and religious identities in contemporary western society...

Within the European project Story_S, supporting successful educational paths for Roma youth through peer to peer education, a participatory anti-discrimination campaign was built with young people of different backgrounds, in Milan and Rome. An intersectional approach is proposed to reflect together with young students on the topic of discrimination and to build, through the photovoice, a photographic campaign addressed to their peers...

This paper shows how the elderly regain identity and socialization within their new roles after retirement, through qualitative research conducted with the drawing technique. This research aims at revealing how healthy seniors can cultivate their passions, reorganize their space and time, and improve their quality of life...