Ilenya Camozzi

Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca | UNIMIB · Department of Sociology and Social Research

The rapidity of recent social transformations and the suspension of much of the knowledge that has settled in our daily lives call for a twofold action: designing new political objectives of social justice and shedding light on analytical tools capable of both laying bare inequalities and the power structures that feed them, and outlining paths of...

This paper looks at the national and international geographic mobility paths of young graduates in Italy and their educational and professional trajectories. By departing from the research fields of youth studies, mobility studies and higher education studies, we aim to highlight the multiple meanings and effects that mobility experiences may have...

In the last decades, the increasing geographic mobility of young people (for educational, professional, and further reasons) has led scholars of youth studies to shift their interest towards this phenomenon for better understanding the new forms of transition to adulthood. Nevertheless, it seems that little attention has been paid until now to the...

The focus on geographical mobility is consolidating within youth studies. Mobility now increasingly characterises contemporary youth, and seems to play a crucial role in marking the transition to adulthood, conveying the complexity of youth cultures. Moving abroad represents an opportunity that fuels the transition to adulthood, by enabling young p...

Objectives We looked at subjective attitude towards active surveillance (AS) as the first option for cancer management in a cohort of patients seeking first medical help for uroandrological disorders prior to a formal discussion with a caregiver. Design Cross-sectional observational study. Setting Uroandrological outpatient clinic of a European a...

From a sociological perspective, the interplay between time and migration processes has long been overlooked. Yet time and temporalities represent a strategic dimension when it comes to investigating multicultural societies and the complexity of intercultural relations. This article has two aims: in terms of theory, it sets out to explore the link...

This article reflects on the changes and continuities in the cultural values and norms of young men and women with regard to gender relations and roles in five Arab Mediterranean countries: Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon, Tunisia and Egypt. To do this, attention is given to the processes and practices of cultural innovation that have arisen among the re...

This paper examines the changes and continuities in cultural gender norms and values, gender roles, gender relations and the family, as expressed and lived by the younger generations in Arab Mediterranean countries. It aims at highlighting both the tensions and conflicts and the innovative meanings relating to gender that have been emerging; and to...

This paper examines the results of qualitative research with young people of Arab Mediterranean background living in Milan, Italy, and their experiences related to the socalled Arab uprisings and their aftermath from a gendered transnational perspective. Drawing on interviews and on the analysis of online sources, the case study explores the form a...

The paper will present the first results of a qualitative research on young people of Arab Mediterranean origins living in Milan, Italy. The research explores the views of these young people on the Arab uprisings and their aftermaths, their transnational practices of participation to these key events and their views on the current affairs unfolding...

The main aim of this Concept Paper (CP) for the Project “Researching Mediterranean Arab Youth: Towards a new social contract” (SAHWA) is to show a conceptual guide for research as a whole. More than an established map, we conceive it as a compass in order to help us in the trip that we launch; or better as an astrolabe to ensure we do not sink, cha...

The challenging task of deciphering the cultural transformations produced by globalization processes has convinced many scholars - sociologists as well as anthropologists - to return to the interpretative category of cosmopolitan¬ism. The rediscovery of this category also regards youth studies: many recent analyses view cosmopolitanism as one of th...

The article explores the relationship between time-space experience and creativity, focusing on the everyday practices and strategies used by young people to tackle the contemporary processes of acceleration and compression of urban times and spaces. The dimensions of time and space are proposed in an explorative way, in order to investigate the fe...

The paper aims to explore the relationship between migration processes and consumption from a sociological perspective. To this end, it first sketches out the main theoretical frameworks and empirical analyses regarding migrants’ consumption choices: they are investigated as to the assimilation and integration processes, the identitarian profiles,...

The paper aims to investigate the impact of Axel Honneth’s work – in particular his theory of recognition – within sociology. After indicating the sociological elements of his theoretical proposal and comparing some current discussions, the paper sketches out the main empirical applications of the theory of recognition: contemporary identitarian co...

In the last few years studies on migrants’ political participation and associations have significantly increased. Generally, these analyses focus on the macro-social aspects of migrants’ associations and political participation: on the one hand, scholars combine this phenomenon with the study of social capital and networks, on the other, scholars u...

In the late 1970s, Italy switched from being a source of émigrés to becoming a recipient of immigrants. The city of Milan and its surrounding region led the way. A multitude of migrant associations sprang up as migrants pursued their quest for recognition as subjects and citizens. This study draws on the author's interviews with members of Milan's...

The considerations we wish to make here arise from a profound dissatisfaction with the current debate on multiculturalism. We perceive that there is a growing gap between the main ways of reading and interpreting the presence of difference in contemporary society and what we see, hear and at times experience in our fieldwork. We are comforted by th...