Neo-rural and learning
What if the encounter between rural people, neo-rural people and new technologies made rural areas territories of innovation and learning?
What do the masters do when everything has been passed on?
There is a different way of transmitting depending on whether one is addressing disciples or students
The quest for a better school life
The quest for a better school life is more and more emphasized in society to such an extent that many people feel deeply torn between the desire and the need to fill the gaps they feel. This translates into a constant desire to improve the school experience because even today this common place of learning does not fully constitute for all of us a joyful time of life when it could and should be.
Approaching autobiography from a sociological perspective: a delicate exercise
Frankly, who wants to read autobiographies? However, authors have taken the risk of making visible social constructions, class relations and domination through their lives and those of their relatives. This is a risky literary and sociological exercise, which mixes analysis and emotion and which necessarily raises questions of writing and style. Three examples also show how these works are deployed in other media and other literary productions.
Education, a common good to be shared
Public education is one of those common goods that can greatly improve humanity. Nevertheless, many fear for the future as its importance disappears in favor of private competition. Yet thinking of it as a common good would have beneficial effects on our future.