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H.20. Youth and Generations in the Contemporary Era: Exploring Social Change (2/2) Location: Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu3 Convenor(s): Matteo Bonanni ('Sapienza' University of Rome); Benedetto Pasanisi ('Sapienza' University of Rome); Aglaia Farou ('Sapienza' University of Rome) | |
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Effets de lieu and Visions of the Future: Young Entrepreneurs Navigating Place, Local Culture, and Structural Inequalities University of Naples Federico II, Italy In recent years, international sociological debate appears to be witnessing a «rediscovery of the future». After a long period during which the processes of change that marked the transition to late modernity (Giddens, 1990), together with the climate of social uncertainty that followed (Castel, 2003), led scholars to focus primarily on the strategies adopted by individuals to cope with the disruption of social structures, there is now a renewed interest in reflecting on the time to come (Woodman, 2011). Particular attention is being devoted to young people, who represent one of the social groups most affected by the structural dynamics shaping contemporary societies (Leccardi, 2014). In order to contribute to the ongoing debate, this contribution, based on 40 biographical interviews conducted in four Italian metropolitan areas (Milan, Naples, Cagliari, and Cosenza), aims to describe the life trajectories and visions of the future of young entrepreneurs from both the North and the South. Drawing particularly on Pierre Bourdieu’s conceptual framework and his notion of effets de lieu, it explores how, in a country with a strong territorial divide, the imagination of the future is closely linked to life contexts and local cultures. | |