Longitudinal qualitative research on Italian youth transitions | 20 fevereiro | 11h | Sala 2

No dia 20 de fevereiro, pelas 11h, o LIFE Seminars contará com a participação de Sveva Magaraggia, University of Milano-Bicocca (Itália).

Aim of this seminar is to share methodological reflections and some preliminary analysis of the 5 years long qualitative longitudinal research “ITA.LI – Italian Lives”. The research, directed by Carmen Leccardi, Sveva Magaraggia and Ilenya Camozzi, is promoted by the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the University of Milano-Bicocca and aims at offering an analysis of the life trajectories of young men and women in the context of the contemporary transition to adulthood and its transformations.

How can we study the ways in which young men and women deal with transitions that are increasingly not only time-delayed, but in a sense suspended?

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Short-bio

Sveva Magaraggia, Associate Professor at the University of Milan-Bicocca (Department of Sociology and Social Sciences), holds an MA in Women’s Studies & Research Training (University of Lancaster UK – 2004) and a PhD in Applied Sociology and Research Methods (University of Milan-Bicocca – 2008).

Currently she is part of the Inter-University Centre for Gender Studies “Culture di Genere”, University of Milan-Bicocca. In 2015 she was awarded with a DAAD Scholarship and conducted research in Frankfurt, Germany, on “gender relations and parenthood”. Same theme was researched in 2012 in Sydney, Australia, where she was awarded with the “Endeavour Research Fellowship” (Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations).

The “empty nest phase” in a lifecourse perspective. The case of Poland. | 7 fevereiro | 11h | Sala 2

No dia 7 de fevereiro, pelas 11h, o LIFE Seminars contará com a participação de Magdalena Żadkowska, University of Gdańsk (Polónia).

Families grow and decrease in size and adjust to new situations during the life cycle. One of the most significant changes that lead to a reconfiguration of familial roles and interactions is the process of emptying the nest, i.e., the time when adult children leave the family home. While many psychological studies have investigated this period of a family life cycle (Duvall 1971, Feeney, Peterson & Noller 1994, Liberska 2014), sociological studies of this phenomenon are less common. A large body of literature has analysed whether the empty nest phase results in increased or decreased psychological well-being, particularly in the context of role-strain and role-loss theory (Bouchard 2014). 

Professionalization of the female footballers’ careers. The life course perspective | 26 janeiro | 11h | Sala 2

No dia 26 de janeiro, pelas 11h, o LIFE Seminars contará com a participação de Radosław Kossakowski, Professor no Departamento de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Gdansk (Polónia).

The session will focus on qualitative research on female football players in Poland: perspectives on female football players’ careers will be presented, using the conceptual framework of the life course perspective and data from individual in-depth interviews. The specific dimensions that influence female footballers’ careers will be highlighted in this context. These dimensions are individual, social, cultural and structural. The former will concern narratives about the lives of female footballers, their personal experiences of being a footballer, and testimonies about their path and passion for the sport. The second will deal with the relationships and interactions that operate within the field of women’s football, as well as in the family environment of the subjects. In this context, the role conflicts faced by the respondents will be identified. The cultural dimension will be concerned with the values and norms that influence the development of women’s football in Poland.

“Food in transition(s)”. Práticas alimentares ao longo do percurso de vida

Vasco Ramos, investigador no ICS-ULisboa

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Ponto de partida

Nas últimas décadas, os riscos associados à alimentação têm estado na ordem do dia. Algumas dessas preocupações radicam nos “sustos alimentares” trazidos pela Gripe das Aves ou pela Doença das Vacas Loucas. Simultaneamente, tem crescido a gama de suspeitas populares sobre a origem, composição e integridade dos alimentos. Apesar da aparente novidade desta situação. os medos alimentares acompanham a humanidade desde os primórdios e, segundo autores como Fischler, decorrem da condição de omnívoro. Os humanos sobrevivem com dietas muito diversas. Mas o omnivorismo tem como contrapartida alguma angústia perante a novidade e a necessidade de escolher. Atualmente, há outras ansiedades associadas à alimentação, que se manifestam nos discursos que questionam a capacidade dos indivíduos se alimentarem de forma adequada. Há um receio de que as famílias já não partilhem a mesa no dia-a-dia, facto encarado como indicador da dissolução de uma certa noção de família. Estes discursos têm uma componente moral e, embora não correspondam à realidade observada, são usados, por vezes, para caracterizar jovens adultos ou famílias em situação de pobreza.

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“Food in transition(s)”. Práticas alimentares ao longo do percurso de vida | 12 Janeiro | 11h

Na próxima terça-feira, dia 12 de janeiro de 2021, o LIFE Webinars contará com a participação de Vasco Ramos, do ICS-ULisboa.

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O papel do dinheiro na Transição para a Vida Adulta | 14 Julho | 11h

Na próxima terça-feira, dia 14 de julho 2020, o LIFE Webinars contará com a participação de Filipa Cachapa, doutoranda em sociologia no ICS-ULisboa, que virá apresentar-nos os principais resultados da sua investigação de doutoramento intitulada “O papel do dinheiro na transição para a vida adulta: percursos e representações”.

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