Giovanna Rech
Università Degli Studi Di Verona, Dipartimento di Scienze Umane, Department Member
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- I am a sociologist of religion interested in spiritual, religious and cultural mobility and other heritagisation phen... moreI am a sociologist of religion interested in spiritual, religious and cultural mobility and other heritagisation phenomena. My current qualitative studies reflect three main lines of research: the value and nature of religious and historical-cultural heritages; heritagisation as a productive process of change and innovation within religions; and voluntary commitment as the basis of action, both within and outside of religious institutions.
Between 2020 and 2022, I have worked on SPOT a Horizon2020 project on Social and innovative Platform On cultural Tourism and its potential towards deepening Europeanisation.edit
This contribution presents summit crosses as cultural objects of artistic and landscape value, as well as of humble affection for individuals and communities, but above all as markers of the territory in the perspective of tourist... more
This contribution presents summit crosses as cultural objects of artistic and landscape value, as well as of humble affection for individuals and communities, but above all as markers of the territory in the perspective of tourist promotion-commercialisation. Their contestation in the communicative and public sphere illustrates that typical mechanism of religious freedom that, in the contemporary context, opposes freedom of religion to freedom from religion.
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This sociological contribution provides some keys to interpreting the link that has emerged in contemporary society between the persistence and transformation of a popular religious form such as pilgrimage and religious tourism.
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Religious tourism is not only a niche market of great interest, but also a vector for understanding cultural diversity. If religious tourism and pilgrimage move many millions of people, especially in Asia and the Middle East, an important... more
Religious tourism is not only a niche market of great interest, but also a vector for understanding cultural diversity. If religious tourism and pilgrimage move many millions of people, especially in Asia and the Middle East, an important destination certainly remains Italy, also in view of the Jubilee of 2025.
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This article presents Catholic shrines as living and liminal sacred spaces possessing an intrinsic vitality that exerts a specific attraction not only for believers and visitors but also for the territory that surrounds them. As a place... more
This article presents Catholic shrines as living and liminal sacred spaces possessing an intrinsic vitality that exerts a specific attraction not only for believers and visitors but also for the territory that surrounds them. As a place of devotion and pilgrimage destination, they are a complex system from the social, cultural, symbolic economic, and political perspectives. The essay aims to describe Catholic sacred places are a "detector" of the secular/religious contact in the field of cultural heritage. They are religious spaces that respond to the primary characteristics of heritage production but escape any single consideration in that area. Being sacred places, they get exposed to a continuous movement between immanence and transcendence which is the same movement that characterises the creation of heritage, responding to mechanisms of permanentisation of liminality.
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In Italy, the debate regarding the presence of crosses and crucifixes in public places is long-standing and involves their detractors, supporters and defenders. Over time, these conflicting positions have gained media resonance, becoming... more
In Italy, the debate regarding the presence of crosses and crucifixes in public places is long-standing and involves their detractors, supporters and defenders. Over time, these conflicting positions have gained media resonance, becoming a sociopolitical controversy that has led to lawsuits at various levels, including the European Court of Human Rights. In the social sphere, the issue has oscillated between the recognition of the universal value of religious symbols and advocacy for secularism, even in open spaces such as mountaintops. During the last few decades, several initiatives have been undertaken in the Italian Alps, driven by ecological concerns and opposition to the presence of crosses on the mountains. These initiatives have resulted in collective actions against the positioning and erection of crosses, and there have even been attempts to diversify the Italian peaks. By providing a historical overview of the Christianisation of Italian mountaintops and focusing on the mobilisation against the presence of crosses, this article contributes to the understanding of the role of such symbols in Italian public opinion, which is intertwined with the vitality of the Catholic Church and the sociopolitical implications of these initiatives. The research questions will investi-gate the process of legitimisation and delegitimisation of Christian symbols. The cross on the mountaintop serves as an example of culturalised religion, where this cultural object can become a “passive religious symbol,” polarising claims for the defence of the natural environment and the sustainability of religion in the mountains.
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During the period of forced restrictions to stem the spread of the Coronavirus, institutions and individuals found themselves in completely unprecedented conditions. The limitations of mobility manifested themselves with the suspension of... more
During the period of forced restrictions to stem the spread of the Coronavirus, institutions and individuals found themselves in completely unprecedented conditions. The limitations of mobility manifested themselves with the suspension of ordinary time. Even collective religiosity and rites, or the two social dimensions of religion, have suddenly become potential ways of spreading disease and death and not moments of consolation and comfort within the community of practicing followers and believers.
This sociological survey focused on the religiosity of the Italians, using a typical survey tool lead to the telematic administration of 913 questionnaires (CAWI) on a non-probabilistic and self-selected sample of people among the 18 and 75 years old, spread through various mailing networks, word of mouth and social media: the channels worked partially like a snowball.
The data collected are significant in describing a sample of “convinced” (here analysed) Catholics who found themselves living a personal and private religiosity in a hybrid environment between the ether and their own home. They mobilized their faith as a social resource, manifesting freedom of expression through social networks.
This sociological survey focused on the religiosity of the Italians, using a typical survey tool lead to the telematic administration of 913 questionnaires (CAWI) on a non-probabilistic and self-selected sample of people among the 18 and 75 years old, spread through various mailing networks, word of mouth and social media: the channels worked partially like a snowball.
The data collected are significant in describing a sample of “convinced” (here analysed) Catholics who found themselves living a personal and private religiosity in a hybrid environment between the ether and their own home. They mobilized their faith as a social resource, manifesting freedom of expression through social networks.
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This paper aims to illustrate the representations of cultural tourism that the local community of Langhe, Monferrato and Roero has developed. Thus, we ask about ways of understanding cultural tourism and how it can be a vector of... more
This paper aims to illustrate the representations of cultural tourism that the local community of Langhe, Monferrato and Roero has developed. Thus, we ask about ways of understanding cultural tourism and how it can be a vector of resilience for the area and engagement in the promotion and enhancement of the tourism destination in the post-Covid phase. Although the research found very traditional and static semantic representations of the area's cultural tourism resources in the local community, residents consider places more desirable and worthy of interest to a guest to be those that are more connected to the landscape and its visual value.
The uniqueness of the landscape is represented in the case study from different points of view: in literature, in the media and especially in the "tourist's gaze", understood as a co-construction involving guests and the local community in the discovery of the wine-growing cultural landscape, a world heritage site according to UNESCO, and a literary landscape that has been deposited in many literary works. Under the lens of cultural sociology, the process of enhancing intangible resources and the role of creativity that the area is demonstrating in dealing with the consequences of two years of pandemic will be discussed.
The uniqueness of the landscape is represented in the case study from different points of view: in literature, in the media and especially in the "tourist's gaze", understood as a co-construction involving guests and the local community in the discovery of the wine-growing cultural landscape, a world heritage site according to UNESCO, and a literary landscape that has been deposited in many literary works. Under the lens of cultural sociology, the process of enhancing intangible resources and the role of creativity that the area is demonstrating in dealing with the consequences of two years of pandemic will be discussed.
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The article examines the mobilisation of a local community after the creation of a religious attraction and a popular mountain trail in a protected and fragile context. Despite much research on the topic, the boundaries between spiritual... more
The article examines the mobilisation of a local community after the creation of a religious attraction and a popular mountain trail in a protected and fragile context. Despite much research on the topic, the boundaries between spiritual or religious tourism and pilgrimage are still quite complicated. The research questions focused on the social reasons behind the growing invention and reinvention of religious places outside of liturgical celebrations and religious practices. Through a case study, the question of whether/how a religious attraction can give new meaning to a mountain tourist spot on the border of a UNESCO World Natural Heritage List Site is addressed, while also raising ecological issues.
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The Temples of Humankind have comprised a huge undertaking for the Damanhurians, through which they have intended to build their place of worship. Construction began at the end of the 1970s but was kept secret until 1992, when, started a... more
The Temples of Humankind have comprised a huge undertaking for the Damanhurians, through which they have intended to build their place of worship. Construction began at the end of the 1970s but was kept secret until 1992, when, started a four-year legal battle, the underground monument was finally returned to the Community. The Temples have transformed from a hidden place of worship to now being a monument and work of art through which the Damanhurian culture and way of life are presented to the world.
The present chapter aims to investigate the modes and means transmitting immaterial meanings of religious and spiritual heritage. In particular, I investigate how the interpretation and mediation of this place of worship take place in the encounters between a Damanhurian and a
non-Damanhurian. Also under investigation is how such a sacred place opposes or participates in the complex phenomenon of heritagisation (or
heritage-making) in the religious and spiritual sector, as the Temples of Humankind are at the same time a sacred space, an outer social place and an attraction for spiritual seekers.
The present chapter aims to investigate the modes and means transmitting immaterial meanings of religious and spiritual heritage. In particular, I investigate how the interpretation and mediation of this place of worship take place in the encounters between a Damanhurian and a
non-Damanhurian. Also under investigation is how such a sacred place opposes or participates in the complex phenomenon of heritagisation (or
heritage-making) in the religious and spiritual sector, as the Temples of Humankind are at the same time a sacred space, an outer social place and an attraction for spiritual seekers.
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This article describes the results of a research carried out in Italy in the spring of 2020, during the first confinement due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The goal was to understand how collective religiosity was reconfiguring after the... more
This article describes the results of a research carried out in Italy in the spring of 2020, during the first confinement due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The goal was to understand how collective religiosity was reconfiguring after the sudden change in rituals and ways of being a community. The questionnaire, disseminated through the networks of contacts and religious groups present on social media, collected 913 responses on a largely self-selected non-probabilistic and convenience sample. From the analysis of the results, it emerged that the respondents did not experience an increase in their religious sentiment, so much so that confinement did not question their value scale, while it strongly influenced daily life and interpersonal sharing, with respect to faith, to belonging and to religious practice, with an expansion of the mediated and mediatic dimensions of religiosity.
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Il volume descrive i diversi usi sociali del patrimonio culturale in Trentino, a partire dall'esperienza degli attori sociali e dai documenti istituzionali prodotti nell'ambito dell'autonomia nel campo dei beni... more
Il volume descrive i diversi usi sociali del patrimonio culturale in Trentino, a partire dall'esperienza degli attori sociali e dai documenti istituzionali prodotti nell'ambito dell'autonomia nel campo dei beni culturali locali. Una comunità è la trasmissione della memoria del suo patrimonio di beni materiali e immateriali. Il patrimonio culturale viene tutelato, ma è anche una risorsa di tipo economico, socia-le e cognitivo. Esso muove le istituzioni, motiva diversi attori sia economici che sociali, coin-volge la società civile e l'opinione pubblica. La valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale è un insieme di pratiche grazie alle quali sapere esperto e senso comune si incontrano nel lavoro di salvaguardia da parte delle istituzioni patrimoniali, nell'esposizione museale, nelle rivendicazioni delle diverse comunità patrimoniali e nell'offerta turistica. La ricerca sociologica qualitativa presentata nel libro indaga i meccanismi di patrimonializzazione e i significati della valorizzazione dei beni culturali in un territorio come il Trentino, dalle forti peculiarità storiche, giuridiche e culturali. La sua autonomia si fonda sia sulla storia che sulle tradizioni locali. I particolari meccanismi che si sono qui generati restituiscono i con-torni di buone pratiche istituzionali unite a una vivace riflessività del tessuto sociale. Sia gli attori esperti che quanti sono impegnati in esperienze associative contribuiscono a definire, ridefinire e trasmettere il valore di un patrimonio culturale e di una comunità. La valorizzazione si rivela dunque un processo culturale che dà un particolare senso e una particolare direzione ai tre momenti della conoscenza, della tutela e della fruizione dei beni culturali. Come in un diamante, è il taglio che viene effettuato sulla materia che ne esalta tutte le sue caratteristiche.
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Heritage and religion are not independent of each other. Instead, they combine the safeguarding of the past by the production of a heritage discourse. Great memories of historical events and revelations are firmly anchored in monuments... more
Heritage and religion are not independent of each other. Instead, they combine the safeguarding of the past by the production of a heritage discourse. Great memories of historical events and revelations are firmly anchored in monuments and territories, and this crystallization of the process of mediation and valorisation opens up newer, larger, and more innovative scenarios. The analysis emerging from our research revealed a specific panorama: voluntary work and associations probe the individual-institution space through voluntary membership and a commitment that go from activism to the passion of the amateur. However, these activities also question the sustainability as well as the economic and social limits of the transmission of religious heritage in a secularised and increasingly ‘not educated’ context. Here, providing a feasible framework for the reuse of heritage and the respectful exploitation of the significance religious heritage has for a religious community that values worship is imperative.
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Presentation of the main results of the SPOT Survey 2020 to local stakehoders: comparison among residents, tourists, and tourism entrepreneurs.
Valorisation is one of the two functions used by institutions in the transmission of cultural heritage in Italy. While valorisation is a polysemic concept with an uncertain use and wide-ranging implications, the relationships that have... more
Valorisation is one of the two functions used by institutions in the transmission of cultural heritage in Italy. While valorisation is a polysemic concept with an uncertain use and wide-ranging implications, the relationships that have been forged between protection, management, realisation, and valorisation are the subject of a controversy that is in conflict with both scholars and the two different aims of social life: social and cultural progress and economic growth. Through a critical approach and from a sociological perspective, this article shows how these two dimensions are in a conflict that touches both the social purposes attributed to cultural heritage and the cultural process through which heritage is produced.
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Cultural heritage is a field of both critical studies and social practices that have become pervasive in contemporary social life. In humanities, several sciences and disciplines deal with it: history, anthropology, the history of art,... more
Cultural heritage is a field of both critical studies and social practices that have become pervasive in contemporary social life. In humanities, several sciences and disciplines deal with it: history, anthropology, the history of art, the economics of culture, and museography studies are among the most relevant and productive.
Firstly, this essay defines the concepts related to the transmission of culture as a discourse from the international and Italian points of view. Secondly, classical Weberian notions of rationality and charisma will be challenged through the actualizations of the theories of value proposed in the Raymond Boudon’s and Nathalie Heinich’s axiology.
Firstly, this essay defines the concepts related to the transmission of culture as a discourse from the international and Italian points of view. Secondly, classical Weberian notions of rationality and charisma will be challenged through the actualizations of the theories of value proposed in the Raymond Boudon’s and Nathalie Heinich’s axiology.
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Detailed analysis of some results from the 2020 SPOT Survey on stakeholders in case study area Langhe, Monferrato, and Roero in Piedmont (Italy).
Italian version of the rollup for the project SPOT H2020 (GA870644)
The UNIVR Team has represented SPOT project during the RURITAGE webinar on "Rural tourism and marketing". Before the webinar, it has been launched an internal consultation on issues addressed to SPOT project by the Organisers.... more
The UNIVR Team has represented SPOT project during the RURITAGE webinar on "Rural tourism and marketing". Before the webinar, it has been launched an internal consultation on issues addressed to SPOT project by the Organisers. This document will display an insight on Consortium understandings and evidences on issues of inclusiveness, biodiversity and equal involvement of local communities.
SPOT project was presented during the webinar entitled "Rural tourism and marketing" organised by RURITAGE. The presentation is divided into three parts: firstly, SPOT project and activities carried the first year of the... more
SPOT project was presented during the webinar entitled "Rural tourism and marketing" organised by RURITAGE. The presentation is divided into three parts: firstly, SPOT project and activities carried the first year of the project; secondly, a focus on the Italian case study, trying to underline the efforts of involving stakeholders despite the Coronavirus situation; thirdly, after consultation with the 15 Partners, it is offered an insight on issues of inclusiveness, biodiversity and equal involvement of local communities.
Cultural tourism is recognised as one of the broader sectors of the tourism industry, embracing an extensive range of tourist interests. Italy is a remarkable tourist destination due to its cultural appeal in tangible and intangible... more
Cultural tourism is recognised as one of the broader sectors of the tourism industry, embracing an extensive range of tourist interests. Italy is a remarkable tourist destination due to its cultural appeal in tangible and intangible heritage as well as its cultural resources connected to food and gastronomy, and it is of special interest since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020. This study sought to analyse the perceptions of diverse significant actors regarding culture and tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic in Langhe, Monferrato and Roero, an area of southern Piedmont in north-western Italy. As part of a larger collaborative international project addressing the coronavirus situation, the research examined residents, tourists and tourism-related professionals to investigate their perceptions of culture and tourism. Data were collected through a survey employing three distinct questionnaires for the three target groups of residents, tourists and entrepreneurs and cult...
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Italian case study in SPOT is the area of Langhe, Monferrato and Roero where tourism is motivated by food and wine, but it has significant cultural potentials in terms of both tangible and intangible heritage. "Resilient territories... more
Italian case study in SPOT is the area of Langhe, Monferrato and Roero where tourism is motivated by food and wine, but it has significant cultural potentials in terms of both tangible and intangible heritage. "Resilient territories and digital landscapes: cultural tourism in the Langhe, Roero and Monferrato" presents part of the results of the first survey held in the autumn of 2020, discussing the representations of cultural tourism as a vector of resilience for the territory and the commitment to promote and enhance cultural resources, starting from the digital reputation.
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In SPOTH2020, the Italian case study is the Literary Landscape of the Langhe, Monferrato and Roero. This area has a remarkable cultural heritage, strongly characterized by a vocation to rural tourism thanks to important and well-known... more
In SPOTH2020, the Italian case study is the Literary Landscape of the Langhe, Monferrato and Roero. This area has a remarkable cultural heritage, strongly characterized by a vocation to rural tourism thanks to important and well-known vineyards, from the production of fine wines and local products. The dynamics of enhancement between global and local level are visible starting from the inscription in 2014 to the UNESCO World Heritage list as a serial asset. Field research, conducted with qualitative methods, will explores the potential and limits of literary tourism in this Piedmont area.
In Europe, voluntary work in cultural heritage is a debated but also crucial phenomenon which involves both young and retired people (VOCH 2008; Hustinx et al 2015). Volunteers carry out many activities related to caring and watching but... more
In Europe, voluntary work in cultural heritage is a debated but also crucial phenomenon which involves both young and retired people (VOCH 2008; Hustinx et al 2015). Volunteers carry out many activities related to caring and watching but also welcoming and guiding the attendance in these sites and institutions. In Italy, a large interest for the relation between religious heritage and tourism is not so recent but specific projects only dates back to the end of twentieth century even though this country owns one of the richest heritage in the world. In France, the Catholic church has launched a pastoral care in tourism sector and specifically in the religious heritage since the end of the Sixties.
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Il progetto SPOT, finanziato dalla Commissione Europea nell’ambito di Horizon 2020, è iniziato in contemporanea alla pandemia da COVID-19. Gli obiettivi di proporre e sviluppare un nuovo approccio al turismo culturale di 15 casi studio,... more
Il progetto SPOT, finanziato dalla Commissione Europea nell’ambito di Horizon 2020, è iniziato in contemporanea alla pandemia da COVID-19. Gli obiettivi di proporre e sviluppare un nuovo approccio al turismo culturale di 15 casi studio, dove alcune aree erano caratterizzate da overtourism e altre da undertourism, si è scontrato con una situazione del tutto inedita: assenza di turismo e impossibilità di praticarlo. Il caso studio italiano è l’area di Langhe, Monferrato e Roero dove il turismo è motivato dall’enogastronomia, ma presenta notevoli potenzialità culturali sia sotto il profilo del patrimonio materiale che di quello immateriale.
Questo articolo illustra sinteticamente parte dei risultati della prima survey svoltasi nell’autunno del 2020, discutendo delle rappresentazioni del turismo culturale quale vettore di resilienza per il territorio e di impegno nella promozione e valorizzazione, a partire dalla reputazione digitale.
Questo articolo illustra sinteticamente parte dei risultati della prima survey svoltasi nell’autunno del 2020, discutendo delle rappresentazioni del turismo culturale quale vettore di resilienza per il territorio e di impegno nella promozione e valorizzazione, a partire dalla reputazione digitale.
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Il Giubileo è un tempo di rinnovamento e di rinascita che la Chiesa cattolica celebra periodicamente. Alle celebrazioni ufficiali che nel corso del Novecento si sono cadenzate ogni venticinque anni, si aggiungono due giubilei straordinari... more
Il Giubileo è un tempo di rinnovamento e di rinascita che la Chiesa cattolica celebra periodicamente. Alle celebrazioni ufficiali che nel corso del Novecento si sono cadenzate ogni venticinque anni, si aggiungono due giubilei straordinari nel 1933 Pio XI e nel 1983 GP2 che hanno visto l’apertura della Porta Santa celebrare la Redenzione che Cristo in croce ha operato .
Dal punto di vista sociologico, il Giubileo straordinario indetto da papa Francesco interroga, ancora una volta, sull’articolazione della relazione fra la religione cattolica e la modernità (post-modernità?), secondo un duplice punto di vista. Da una parte, si indaga il modo in cui la Chiesa universale interpreta e rinnova la celebrazione di un tempo straordinario. Dall’altra, si osserva il modo in cui la società (all’occorrenza religiosa) recepisce e manifesta la celebrazione di un tempo straordinario.
Alla prima questione risponderemo considerando i significati della celebrazione straordinaria indagando le dimensioni sociologiche del tema scelto da Francesco ovvero la Misericordia
Dal punto di vista sociologico, il Giubileo straordinario indetto da papa Francesco interroga, ancora una volta, sull’articolazione della relazione fra la religione cattolica e la modernità (post-modernità?), secondo un duplice punto di vista. Da una parte, si indaga il modo in cui la Chiesa universale interpreta e rinnova la celebrazione di un tempo straordinario. Dall’altra, si osserva il modo in cui la società (all’occorrenza religiosa) recepisce e manifesta la celebrazione di un tempo straordinario.
Alla prima questione risponderemo considerando i significati della celebrazione straordinaria indagando le dimensioni sociologiche del tema scelto da Francesco ovvero la Misericordia
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Cultural tourism is recognised as one of the broader sectors of the tourism industry, embracing an extensive range of tourist interests. Italy is a remarkable tourist destination due to its cultural appeal in tangible and intangible... more
Cultural tourism is recognised as one of the broader sectors of the tourism industry, embracing an extensive range of tourist interests. Italy is a remarkable tourist destination due to its cultural appeal in tangible and intangible heritage as well as its cultural resources connected to food and gas-tronomy, and it is of special interest since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020. This study sought to analyse the perceptions of diverse significant actors regarding culture and tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic in Langhe, Monferrato and Roero, an area of southern Piedmont in north-western Italy. As part of a larger collaborative international project addressing the coronavirus situation, the research examined residents, tourists and tourism-related profes-sionals to investigate their perceptions of culture and tourism. Data were collected through a survey employing three distinct questionnaires for the three target groups of residents, tourists and en-trepreneurs and cultural bodies. The data analysis reveals that residents embraced a static repre-sentation of the local cultural tourism’s appeal and heritage, while tourists were motivated mainly by gastronomic and wine experiences. The perception of the coronavirus among the three groups of interviewees reflects a general reduction in almost all cultural activities and travel possibilities.
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in C. Isnart, N. Cerezales (Editors), T London, Bloomsbury Studies in Material Religion, 2020, pp. 99-111 (ISBN 9781350072510).
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La sociologia delle religioni presenta, come poche altre, dei problemi notevoli sul piano della ricerca. La stessa posizione della dimensione religiosa nel contesto della società moderna apre due fronti di problemi sia per il soggetto... more
La sociologia delle religioni presenta, come poche altre, dei problemi notevoli sul piano della ricerca. La stessa posizione della dimensione religiosa nel contesto della società moderna apre due fronti di problemi sia per il soggetto credente, sia per il ricercatore che si definisce a partire dalla sua stessa esteriorità rispetto all'oggetto. Al soggetto credente, proprio a partire dal momento in cui la dimensione religiosa è privata e interiore, l'osservazione del sociologo come quella dell'etnologo appaiono inevitabilmente intrusive e implicitamente provocatorie. Al ricercatore invece, ogni singola manifestazione dell'agire religioso-sia sul piano delle pratiche, sia su quello delle credenze che le attivano-appare rilevante solo per le conseguenze che provoca più che per le verità che dichiara di veicolare. Riuscire a fare ricerca in un tale contesto diventa problematico, ma ciò spiega anche l'interesse di questo working papers nel quale diversi giovani ricercatori, ciascuno con un proprio specifico percorso di ricerca, hanno affrontato e risolto i problemi metodologici connessi agli specifici oggetti di indagine che, di volta in volta, sono emersi nel corso del loro lavoro. Obiettivo del presente testo è pertanto quello di alimentare la riflessione sui problemi connessi all'analisi dei fenomeni religiosi e riguarda sia quanti operano in questo settore, sia quanti sono comunque interessati ai problemi metodologici che questa disciplina deve affrontare. Salvatore Abbruzzese è attualmente ordinario di Sociologia dei processi culturali all'università di Trento e membro del Comitato Scientifico degli Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions. Studioso dei valori, e in particolare di quelli connessi alla dimensione religiosa, si è interessato tanto alle forme di rinnovamento interno alla realtà ecclesiale, quanto alle relazioni che la dimensione religiosa intrattiene con la modernità intesa come processo culturale. Tra i suoi lavori in tali direzioni: La vita religiosa. Per una sociologia della vita consacrata (Rimini, 1995) Comunione e Liberazione (Bologna, 2000) e per Rubbettino La sociologia di Tocqueville. Un'introduzione (2005), Forme della razionalità cognitiva e assiologica. La religiosità in Francia, Italia e Polonia, curato insieme a Vincenzo Bova, (2009) e Un moderno desiderio di Dio. Ragioni del credere in Italia (2010).
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This text analyses the vitality of the shrine of Fatima through the perspective of lived religion. Religious experiences and practices represent a complex system and are continually rediscovered and re-signified during the visit and the... more
This text analyses the vitality of the shrine of Fatima through the perspective of lived religion. Religious experiences and practices represent a complex system and are continually rediscovered and re-signified during the visit and the pilgrimage to the shrine. The social, economic, and gender dimensions are interpreted through the figure of Our Lady during an important period for the sanctuary of Fatima that has been fully validated by the Catholic Church.
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Nell’ambito dei primi risultati del progetto SPOT, si è messo in luce una forte consapevolezza del valore sia turistico che culturale di Alba e dell’intera zona di Langhe Monferrato e Roero con il suo patrimonio materiale e immateriale... more
Nell’ambito dei primi risultati del progetto SPOT, si è messo in luce una forte consapevolezza del valore sia turistico che culturale di Alba e dell’intera zona di Langhe Monferrato e Roero con il suo patrimonio materiale e immateriale (Rech & Migliorati, 2021). Nonostante delle rappresentazioni semantiche molto tradizionali e statiche delle risorse turistico-culturali dell’area, i residenti hanno valutato come più desiderabili per un osservatore esterno quei luoghi connessi al paesaggio e al suo valore visuale (Rech, Mori, & Migliorati, 2022).
Nel suo insieme (il paesaggio) come nelle sue parti ovvero i suoi prodotti (enogastronomici) e i singoli punti di attrazione (i beni culturali tangibili, ma anche le innumerevoli installazioni artistiche) quest’area è diventata un paesaggio e una destinazione turistica “digitale”. È lo sguardo del turista (Urry & Larsen, 2011) che interagisce con quello del residente a catturare la destinazione turistica attraverso la cornice visuale della fotografia digitale (Robinson & Picard, 2009) e della riproduzione digitale attraverso i social media, in primis Instagram (Smith, 2019; van Driel & Dumitrica, 2021).
La valorizzazione delle eredità letterarie (in particolare con il Centenario dalla nascita di Beppe Fenoglio, appena inaugurato) rappresenta dunque una sfida non solo sotto il profilo della patrimonializzazione della letteratura (Jenkins & Lund, 2019), ma anche della sua mediazione attraverso la promozione turistica dove prevale una canalizzazione sul piano della messa in visibilità di contenuti immateriali, quali le opere letterarie.
Nel suo insieme (il paesaggio) come nelle sue parti ovvero i suoi prodotti (enogastronomici) e i singoli punti di attrazione (i beni culturali tangibili, ma anche le innumerevoli installazioni artistiche) quest’area è diventata un paesaggio e una destinazione turistica “digitale”. È lo sguardo del turista (Urry & Larsen, 2011) che interagisce con quello del residente a catturare la destinazione turistica attraverso la cornice visuale della fotografia digitale (Robinson & Picard, 2009) e della riproduzione digitale attraverso i social media, in primis Instagram (Smith, 2019; van Driel & Dumitrica, 2021).
La valorizzazione delle eredità letterarie (in particolare con il Centenario dalla nascita di Beppe Fenoglio, appena inaugurato) rappresenta dunque una sfida non solo sotto il profilo della patrimonializzazione della letteratura (Jenkins & Lund, 2019), ma anche della sua mediazione attraverso la promozione turistica dove prevale una canalizzazione sul piano della messa in visibilità di contenuti immateriali, quali le opere letterarie.
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Heritage and religion are not independent of each other. Instead, they combine the safeguarding of the past by the production of a heritage discourse. Great memories of historical events and revelations are firmly anchored in monuments... more
Heritage and religion are not independent of each other. Instead, they combine the safeguarding of the past by the production of a heritage discourse. Great memories of historical events and revelations are firmly anchored in monuments and territories, and this crystallization of the process of mediation and valorisation opens up newer, larger, and more innovative scenarios.
The analysis emerging from our research revealed a specific panorama: voluntary work and associations probe the individual-institution space through voluntary membership and a commitment that go from activism to the passion of the amateur. However, these activities also question the sustainability as well as the economic and social limits of the transmission of religious heritage in a secularised and increasingly ‘not educated’ context. Here, providing a feasible framework for the reuse of heritage and the respectful exploitation of the significance religious heritage has for a religious community that values worship is imperative.
The analysis emerging from our research revealed a specific panorama: voluntary work and associations probe the individual-institution space through voluntary membership and a commitment that go from activism to the passion of the amateur. However, these activities also question the sustainability as well as the economic and social limits of the transmission of religious heritage in a secularised and increasingly ‘not educated’ context. Here, providing a feasible framework for the reuse of heritage and the respectful exploitation of the significance religious heritage has for a religious community that values worship is imperative.
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Il tatuaggio può essere un esempio di patrimonio culturale e/o una forma di arte contemporanea? A partire dall’esempio dei tatuaggi devozionali, sacri e religiosi di Loreto intendiamo comprendere motivazioni e percezioni del tatuaggio di... more
Il tatuaggio può essere un esempio di patrimonio culturale e/o una forma di arte contemporanea? A partire dall’esempio dei tatuaggi devozionali, sacri e religiosi di Loreto intendiamo comprendere motivazioni e percezioni del tatuaggio di iconografie sacre, in Italia, oggi.
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Il volume descrive i diversi usi sociali del patrimonio culturale in Trentino, a partire dall'esperienza degli attori sociali e dai documenti istituzionali prodotti nell'ambito dell'autonomia nel campo dei beni culturali locali. Una... more
Il volume descrive i diversi usi sociali del patrimonio culturale in Trentino, a partire dall'esperienza degli attori sociali e dai documenti istituzionali prodotti nell'ambito dell'autonomia nel campo dei beni culturali locali. Una comunità è la trasmissione della memoria del suo patrimonio di beni materiali e immateriali. Il patrimonio culturale viene tutelato, ma è anche una risorsa di tipo economico, socia-le e cognitivo. Esso muove le istituzioni, motiva diversi attori sia economici che sociali, coin-volge la società civile e l'opinione pubblica. La valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale è un insieme di pratiche grazie alle quali sapere esperto e senso comune si incontrano nel lavoro di salvaguardia da parte delle istituzioni patrimoniali, nell'esposizione museale, nelle rivendicazioni delle diverse comunità patrimoniali e nell'offerta turistica. La ricerca sociologica qualitativa presentata nel libro indaga i meccanismi di patrimonializzazione e i significati della valorizzazione dei beni culturali in un territorio come il Trentino, dalle forti peculiarità storiche, giuridiche e culturali. La sua autonomia si fonda sia sulla storia che sulle tradizioni locali. I particolari meccanismi che si sono qui generati restituiscono i con-torni di buone pratiche istituzionali unite a una vivace riflessività del tessuto sociale. Sia gli attori esperti che quanti sono impegnati in esperienze associative contribuiscono a definire, ridefinire e trasmettere il valore di un patrimonio culturale e di una comunità. La valorizzazione si rivela dunque un processo culturale che dà un particolare senso e una particolare direzione ai tre momenti della conoscenza, della tutela e della fruizione dei beni culturali. Come in un diamante, è il taglio che viene effettuato sulla materia che ne esalta tutte le sue caratteristiche.