| Calefato, Patrizia 2015. Italian alterdisciplinarity. JOMEC Journal (8) , pp. 1-11. 10.18573/j.2015.10028 |
Preview |
PDF
- Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives. Download (469kB) | Preview |
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to analyse the consequences, problems and possible opportunities derived from the absence of Cultural Studies as a specific and autonomous ‘discipline’ in the Italian University, despite its wide diffusion across various academic subjects since the 1970s. I start my analysis from two ‘rupture texts’: Mario Perniola’s relevant essay entitled ‘Chi ha paura degli studi culturali?’ (2000) (‘Who is afraid of Cultural Studies?’) and the website/volume entitled Studi Culturali (2003-2004), edited by Michele Cometa. Both texts focused on what had (not) happened in the Italian University in the last decades of the 20th century and envisioned inter- or alter-disciplinary perspectives for the future. Over just the same period, however, from the late 1990s to the early 2000s,a problem occurred: the Italian university started its structural transformation from the Humboldtian model to the neoliberal model. Thus, is there a possible actua(bi)lity for Cultural Studies in Italy? What resistant pedagogical and interventional practices already exist, and what need to be built in totally different forms? I will try to respond to these questions focusing, above all, on the communicative dimension of the critical method of Cultural Studies, choosing Fashion Theory and Social Semiotics as case studies.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2361 Curriculum L Education > LF Individual institutions (Europe) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Italian academic discourse Cultural studies Social sciences Fashion theory Trans-disciplinarity |
| Additional Information: | JOMEC Journal no. 8 is a special issue, entitled "Italian Cultural Studies" and edited by Floriana Bernardi. |
| Publisher: | Cardiff University Press |
| ISSN: | 2049-2340 |
| Related URLs: | |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 30 March 2016 |
| Last Modified: | 05 May 2023 12:58 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/83392 |
Actions (repository staff only)
 |
Edit Item |
Altmetric
Altmetric