Culture and Everyday Life in Rela(c)Tion - (Innovations in Qualitative Research) by Emiliana Mangone & Giovanna Russo (Paperback)

About the Book

In this book, the theme of culture and cultural processes has been approached along a line of reflection that takes into account the changes that have occurred in recent years in society contemporary to us.

Book Synopsis

In a society that is still experiencing the crisis generated by the pandemic due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, aggravated also by the conflict in Ukraine, it is necessary to rethink the concept of culture, which must be declined in its factual reality of everyday life, since the cultural system and its elements not only produce relationships (meaningful interactions) but also individual and collective social action, hence the use of the term rela(c)tion in the title.

The text proposes to discuss the theme of culture and cultural processes with an innovative slant that takes into account the changes that have occurred in recent years. One thinks, for example, of the great interest in processes that lead to social justice, particularly in the Global South, and the sustainability strongly brought about by Generation Z. The authors, without omitting theoretical insights necessary for understanding the transformation of this concept, will proceed to outline the areas, dimensions and cultural processes that influence the dynamics of everyday life and that in turn influence culture itself.

The idea behind this book was to construct a reflection on culture that goes beyond the individual definitions of this concept and allows for the exploration of the processes that take place in contemporary society on different levels (individual, social, and cultural) in the unfolding of individuals' everyday lives. To sum up, the objective pursued is to provide a picture of the dynamics, but at the same time of the future challenges to be faced by the different cultural systems due to the continuous changes in society, without neglecting to highlight what may be the orientations and/or innovative models (sustainability, social justice, democratic culture, etc.) that should be pursued for the construction of a cultural system that favours the peaceful and cohesive existence of differences.

About the Author

Emiliana Mangone is a Full Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the Department of Political and Communication Sciences, University of Salerno (Italy). She is a Director of the Narratives and Social Changes-International Research Group (NaSC-IRG, 2020-2026) and she was a Director of the International Centre for Studies and Research on 'Mediterranean Knowledge' (2015-2020). Her main investigative interests are in the field of cultural and institutional systems, with particular attention to the social representations, relational processes, knowledge, and narrative as key elements to the human act, in migration studies, and as well as the study pf the thought of Pitirim.

Giovanna Russo is an Associate Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the Department of Educational Sciences 'G.M. Bertin' of the University of Bologna 'AMS', where she teaches socio-communicative subjects in the courses of Education Sciences and Motor Sciences. She is the Director of the editorial series 'Sport, Culture, Society'(published by F. Angeli, Milan), and is a member of various editorial boards at national and international levels. Her research interests concern cultural consumption and the culture of well-being, with particular attention to the phenomenon of sport and physical activity in its multiple dimensions (cultural, media, educational, communication, and marketing). She is also interested in migratory phenomena, cultural heritage, and memory