Growing up in the age of uncertainty. Some anthropological comments on the case of Lombardy

<p align="justify"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><span lang="en-GB">This paper will focus on the cultural representations of the present economic crisis in young people living in Lombardy. It is based on the...

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Main Author: Angela Biscaldi
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Language:English
Published: CLUEB 2017-07-01
Series:EtnoAntropologia
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Online Access:http://www.rivisteclueb.it/riviste/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/236
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description <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><span lang="en-GB">This paper will focus on the cultural representations of the present economic crisis in young people living in Lombardy. It is based on the data gathered through 700 questionnaires administered to high-school senior students in that region during school year 2013/2014, as well as on 75 in-depth interviews with young people aged 18-31 living in Milan.</span></span></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><span lang="en-GB">Using those data concerning, on the one hand, young people considering whether to continue their study and, on the other hand, young people who completed their formal education and are now facing up to a challenging labour market, this paper puts forward some observations on “growing up in times of uncertainty”, i.e. on how the new generations represent their own future and their responsibility in making change possible.</span></span></span></p>
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spelling doaj.art-e6b8b9525461400a91f8813c33cd97d12022-12-22T00:58:50ZengCLUEBEtnoAntropologia2284-01762017-07-0151637810.1473/232213Growing up in the age of uncertainty. Some anthropological comments on the case of LombardyAngela Biscaldi0University of Milan, Department of Social and Political Sciences<p align="justify"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><span lang="en-GB">This paper will focus on the cultural representations of the present economic crisis in young people living in Lombardy. It is based on the data gathered through 700 questionnaires administered to high-school senior students in that region during school year 2013/2014, as well as on 75 in-depth interviews with young people aged 18-31 living in Milan.</span></span></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><span lang="en-GB">Using those data concerning, on the one hand, young people considering whether to continue their study and, on the other hand, young people who completed their formal education and are now facing up to a challenging labour market, this paper puts forward some observations on “growing up in times of uncertainty”, i.e. on how the new generations represent their own future and their responsibility in making change possible.</span></span></span></p>http://www.rivisteclueb.it/riviste/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/236crisiscapacity to aspirecultural representationsyounguncertainty.
spellingShingle Angela Biscaldi
Growing up in the age of uncertainty. Some anthropological comments on the case of Lombardy
EtnoAntropologia
crisis
capacity to aspire
cultural representations
young
uncertainty.
title Growing up in the age of uncertainty. Some anthropological comments on the case of Lombardy
title_full Growing up in the age of uncertainty. Some anthropological comments on the case of Lombardy
title_fullStr Growing up in the age of uncertainty. Some anthropological comments on the case of Lombardy
title_full_unstemmed Growing up in the age of uncertainty. Some anthropological comments on the case of Lombardy
title_short Growing up in the age of uncertainty. Some anthropological comments on the case of Lombardy
title_sort growing up in the age of uncertainty some anthropological comments on the case of lombardy
topic crisis
capacity to aspire
cultural representations
young
uncertainty.
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