73328 - LABORATORIO DI SPECIALIZZAZIONE PROFESSIONALE IN PREVENZIONE E CURA EDUCATIVA DEL DISAGIO SOCIALE II (G.H)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the workshop the student: - is able to move independently in applying specific techniques learned independently or within projects organized by the institutions; - knows how to deal with other subjects on how to use and document the techniques learned; - know how to place the specific knowledge learned in different types of service; - can evaluate the limits and the merits of the technical instruments learned; - knows how to transfer the technologies learned in different contexts by making changes and personal additions.

Course contents

The mutualist social design

The workshop aims to promote reflection and discussion on the practice of social design carried out according to a collaborative type perspective and based on the solidarity exchange between social actors involved in transformative processes. Social design from a technical-methodological perspective and more generally from a political and cultural perspective, in the search for innovative answers to the complex social problems that cross our communities, must consider the current affirmation of selfish type cultures and the fragmentation of social ties. The workshop presents social design according to the mutualist approach, in particular we consider both the methodological aspect used to counter with current forms of social distress according to the principles of self-determination of individuals and communities; and the theoretical and policy dimensions, particularly with regard to the construction of a welfare of the commons in order to guarantee social rights in a universalist sense and contribute to the construction of communities for the care of self, others, and the planet. The intention is to develop reflection on the characteristics and qualities of this approach and also to dwell on the difficulties in sustaining and managing the social processes necessary to build collaboration and participation.

According to the mutualistic approach, the figure of the planner is configured as a researcher, animator and facilitator and the technical skills used in the conception, activation and implementation of social interventions must be integrated with the skills necessary to build and co-manage collective spaces and shared organizations, within which cooperative-type projects are implemented. In addition, the designer, given the process of rewriting the welfare system and the characteristics of current social policies, must be able to respond to the demand for innovation in the practices and methodologies of social-educational services and interventions.

The will be covered the following topics:

• social design in local dynamics and global changes

• cooperative strategies, critical thinking and transformative processes

• emotional, relational, organizational aspects and conflict management

• social design as a form of collective writing

• participatory approach and community development

• cooperative tools and techniques. The example of the “mutualist circle” and open space technology

Readings/Bibliography

Social Design

Leone L., Prezza M. (2013), Costruire e valutare i progetti nel sociale. Manuale operativo per chi lavora su progetti in campo sanitario, sociale, educativo e culturale, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp.256

Merlo G. (2014), La programmazione sociale, Carocci, Roma, pp. 272

De Ambrogio U. e al.(2013), Progettare e valutare nel sociale, Carocci, Roma, pp. 184

The mutualist project

Cannavò S. (2018), Mutualismo. Ritorno al futuro per la sinistra, Edizioni Alegre, Roma, pp. 192

Farina F. (2012), Ricerca sociale e progettazione partecipata, Bonanno, Roma, 2012, pp. 136

Fragnito M., Tola M. (a cura di) (2021), Ecologie della cura. Prospettive transfemministe, Orthotes, Napoli, pp. 214

Garramone V., Aicardi M. (a cura di) (2010), Paradise l'OST? Spunti per l'uso e l'analisi dell'Open Space Technology, FrancoAngeli, Milano, pp. 288

Ripamonti E.(2018), Collaborare. Metodi partecipativi per il sociale, Carocci, Roma, pp. 288

Spade D. (2021), Mutuo Appoggio. Costruire solidarietà durante questa crisi (e la prossima), Edizioni Malamente, Urbino, pp. 180

Social marginality and critical thinking

Bell Hooks, Insegnare il pensiero critico. Saggezza Pratica, Meltemi, Milano, pp. 222 [I ed. 2003]

Bodini C. F., Movimenti sociali e salute: una ricerca-azione partecipata Nuove pratiche di promozione della salute all’insegna del collettivo, del comune e della sostenibilità del pianeta, Università degli studi di Bologna, 2018, pp. 196

Foucault M. (2014), Sorvegliare e punire, Einaudi, Milano, pp. 340 [I ed. 1975]

Palomba G. (2023), La trama alternativa. Sogni e pratiche di giustizia trasformativa contro la violenza di genere, Minimum fax, Roma,

Piasere L., Rom d’Europa, Laterza, Bari-Roma, 2004

Verdolini V. (2022), L’istituzione reietta. Spazi e dinamiche del carcere in Italia, Carocci, Roma, 2022, pp. 247

Zannoni F. (2022), Educare nelle periferie. Descrivere, comprendere, progettare, FrancoAngeli, Milano, pp. 159

Teaching methods

The workshop is designed to test from one's own study and/or work experiences through group exercises to develop reflections and elaborations on the topics covered in the workshop. The following training tools will be used: discussions, case-centered simulations, discussion with significant witnesses, Open Space Technology (simulation). The exercises cover the following topics: urban peripheries and adolescent groups, building relationships and defining socio-educational interventions in informal contexts; design as collective writing; starting with Roma and Sinti communities, strategies for deconstructing stigmatizing representations; health promotion and equity, working with communities and participatory action research; the example of prison; social distress and fragility as a basis for social and cultural change. Referring to the prison theme, group reflections and discussion with the experiences of significant witnesses will be used to experiment with a cooperative design process through the use of Open Space Technology.

Assessment methods

Students will be assessed on the basis of classroom exercises

Teaching tools

Texts and videos to support classroom exercises

Office hours

See the website of Francesco Fiore