Paolo Grassi
Biographic Data
| ID | 131777 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paolo Grassi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paolo |
| FAMILY NAME | Grassi |
| SIGNATURE | GRASSI P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Padua |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2085-3150 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Assembling urban regeneration: The case of NoLo in Milan
The regeneration of cities lies in the middle of processes that intersect bottom-up and top-down dynamics in increasingly complex ways. The case of the partially gentrifying NoLo (North of Loreto) neighbourhood, in Milan (Italy), is emblematic from this point of view: it shows the development of a specific urban area under the impulse of contrasting dynamics in which various social actors negotiate unstable positions. The article will propose to …
Fluctuating futures: Coming of age in the biggest social housing neighbourhood in Milan
This article - part of a six-year ethnographic research project - aims to deconstruct and 'decolonize' essentialized notions of adolescence and youth, primarily through the application of the category of intersectionality. The research focuses on a series of educational initiatives implemented in San Siro, one of Milan's largest public housing neighbourhoods, where half of the population comprises large families with migratory backgrounds, mainly…
Filling the void: Urban regeneration and contested space in Milan's Loreto Square
Since 2015, Milan has experienced significant growth, driven by mega-events and large urban regeneration projects. This development has not eliminated certain contradictions however, with social polarization in Milan increasing even after the pandemic. This article analyzes the redevelopment of a key Milan landmark, Loreto Square, from an anthropological perspective. While the project rhetoric emphasizes creating a new green and sustainable area,…
Role and Meaning of Public Space: Findings From the Margins of Milan
This article investigates the meanings of the public space, specifically addressing urban marginalized areas. It explores the issue of inequality in relation to public space and how this is reflected in urban policies. Starting from a theoretical framework based on three heuristic dimensions regarding practices, imaginaries, and norms, the authors will analyze through a multidisciplinary approach—that brings planning and cultural anthropology int…
Oltre l’intenzione. Etnografia urbana, lavoro sul campo e progettazione territoriale
La relazione stabilita dal lavoro etnografico sviluppa un legame tra antropologi e interlocutori in grado, in certe circostanze, di produrre cambiamento. Si tratta spesso di una trasformazione non direttiva, risultato insito nella relazione stessa che, attraverso il dialogo, permette di vagliare criticamente posizionamenti e dinamiche di una determinata arena sociale. Sulla scorta di cinque anni di lavoro sul campo come membro di un gruppo interd…
Contemporary Youth Culture at the Margins of Marseille and Milan: Gangs, Music, and Global Imaginaries
In this article, we will compare Marseille and Milan, as well as the social (and digital) practices of young people living in two neighbourhoods: LaFab in the third district—one of the poorest areas of the French city—and San Siro—one of the largest social housing areas of the Italian one. These young people were born in France and Italy, but their parents are mostly of African origins. This comparative analysis is carried out at three interdepen…
The anatomy of houses: Materialities of being at home
This introductory essay proposes a reflection that discusses, reframes, and presents the thematic section hosted in this volume, that investigates houses at the intersection between recent trends in the anthropology of the house, the study of material culture, and the investigation of contemporary socio-cultural transformations. In the first paragraph, we contextualize the growing contemporary interest in houses. In the second, following Carsten,…
When interlocutors die: Time and space of mobility through the biography of a homeless man
This article examines the 'mobility' of Mario, a former homeless person who settled in a neighbourhood of public housing in Milan. His mobility can be considered along two space-time dimensions. The first is 'circular' and concerns Mario's daily movements. This space-time dimension can be analysed through a bibliography developed in the field of mobility studies: entangled among limitations and opportunities of movement, it refers to the constrai…
Production et gestion d’une « marginalité » contemporaine: Analyse économique, politique et microsociale d’un projet d’accueil de réfugiés dans une province du nord de l’Italie
This article, based on a shared work experience, analyses the production and historical development of a specific “social border” by considering the case study of a centre for refugee seekers in a northern province of Italy. The article discusses three levels of analysis conducted over a period of thirty-two months, from March 2016 to November 2018. The first, political-economic level highlights three key moments of the recent migration flow to I…
Puliamo San Siro: Lottare contro lo stigma territoriale in un quartiere di edilizia popolare di Milano
I quartieri periferici delle città sono spesso più esposti a problemi ambientali rispetto alle aree in cui vivono le élite urbane. Un complesso di edilizia popolare di Milano chiamato San Siro – dove conduco una ricerca etnografica da gennaio 2017 – sembra confermare questa affermazione. Negli ultimi anni lo spazio pubblico del quartiere ha subito un processo di progressivo deterioramento: i rifiuti vengono abbandonati in diversi angoli, le strad…
Violence and space: A comparative ethnography of two Italian 'badlands
This paper compares two marginal neighbourhoods and Italian 'badlands': the Zona Espansione Nord (ZEN) of Palermo and San Siro in Milan. It concerns multiple types of violence that affect them and their connections with different multi-scale processes. The two neighbourhoods emerge as the result of two urban histories that can be partly schematised in two dichotomous images: on the one side, the 'non-Fordist' marginality of the ZEN, a social encl…
Una historia precaria: Barrio, Religión, Cárcel Y Familia Desde El Punto De Vista De Un (Ex) Pandillero Guatemalteco
No abstract available. ECA Estudios Centroamericanos, Vol. 74, No. 756, 2019: [129]-145
Luchar por el monopolio de la violencia. Las rondas nocturnas de los residentes de “El Barrio” (Ciudad de Guatemala)
No abstract available. ECA Estudios Centroamericanos, Vol. 73, No. 752, 2018: 11-23
Le fantôme du terrorisme dans une banlieue de milan
De 2001 à aujourd’hui, à la différence d’autres pays européens tels que la France, le Royaume-Uni, la Belgique, l’Allemagne et l’Espagne, l’Italie a été épargnée par le terrorisme de « matrice islamiste ». Loin de créer un climat apaisant, cette exemption a favorisé et amplifié les phobies sécuritaires des Italiens. La présence fantasmatique du terrorisme conditionne les politiques et les pratiques quotidiennes. Elle dessine une géographie de la …
L’angosciosa resistenza: Decostruire la categoria dell’“abbandono istituzionale” nel quartiere di edilizia popolare di San Siro (Milano)
A partire dall’analisi situazionale di un evento che ha interessato il quartiere popolare di San Siro (Milano) – un’attività d’animazione organizzata da un comitato di cittadini, tramutatasi in agorà, quindi una vera e propria assemblea cittadina, grazie alla partecipazione di membri del consiglio comunale, soggetti del terzo settore e attivisti del movimento per il diritto alla casa – l’articolo approfondirà etnograficamente la categoria dell’“a…
Deux périphéries, trois jeunes, un imaginaire partagé: Note comparative sur la violence et l’adolescence entre un barrio de Guatemala-ville et un quartier d’habitat populaire de Milan
Cet article, fondé sur deux recherches ethnographiques, la première effectuée entre 2011 et 2013 dans un barrio de Guatemala-ville, la capitale de l’un des pays les plus inégalitaires de l’Amérique Latine et la deuxième, en cours, conduite dans un quartier d’habitat populaire de Milan, la ville la plus riche d’Italie, développera une comparaison qualitative, ni objectiviste ni généralisante, des « carrières déviantes » de trois adolescents (deux …
L’angosciosa resistenza: Decostruire la categoria dell’“abbandono istituzionale” nel quartiere di edilizia popolare di San Siro (Milano)
A partire dall’analisi situazionale di un evento che ha interessato il quartiere popolare di San Siro (Milano) – un’attività d’animazione organizzata da un comitato di cittadini, tramutatasi in agorà, quindi una vera e propria assemblea cittadina, grazie alla partecipazione di membri del consiglio comunale, soggetti del terzo settore e attivisti del movimento per il diritto alla casa – l’articolo approfondirà etnograficamente la categoria dell’“a…
Assembling urban regeneration: The case of NoLo in Milan
The regeneration of cities lies in the middle of processes that intersect bottom-up and top-down dynamics in increasingly complex ways. The case of the partially gentrifying NoLo (North of Loreto) neighbourhood, in Milan (Italy), is emblematic from this point of view: it shows the development of a specific urban area under the impulse of contrasting dynamics in which various social actors negotiate unstable positions. The article will propose to …
Fluctuating futures: Coming of age in the biggest social housing neighbourhood in Milan
This article - part of a six-year ethnographic research project - aims to deconstruct and 'decolonize' essentialized notions of adolescence and youth, primarily through the application of the category of intersectionality. The research focuses on a series of educational initiatives implemented in San Siro, one of Milan's largest public housing neighbourhoods, where half of the population comprises large families with migratory backgrounds, mainly…
Role and Meaning of Public Space: Findings From the Margins of Milan
This article investigates the meanings of the public space, specifically addressing urban marginalized areas. It explores the issue of inequality in relation to public space and how this is reflected in urban policies. Starting from a theoretical framework based on three heuristic dimensions regarding practices, imaginaries, and norms, the authors will analyze through a multidisciplinary approach—that brings planning and cultural anthropology int…
Contemporary Youth Culture at the Margins of Marseille and Milan: Gangs, Music, and Global Imaginaries
In this article, we will compare Marseille and Milan, as well as the social (and digital) practices of young people living in two neighbourhoods: LaFab in the third district—one of the poorest areas of the French city—and San Siro—one of the largest social housing areas of the Italian one. These young people were born in France and Italy, but their parents are mostly of African origins. This comparative analysis is carried out at three interdepen…
When interlocutors die: Time and space of mobility through the biography of a homeless man
This article examines the 'mobility' of Mario, a former homeless person who settled in a neighbourhood of public housing in Milan. His mobility can be considered along two space-time dimensions. The first is 'circular' and concerns Mario's daily movements. This space-time dimension can be analysed through a bibliography developed in the field of mobility studies: entangled among limitations and opportunities of movement, it refers to the constrai…
Deux périphéries, trois jeunes, un imaginaire partagé: Note comparative sur la violence et l’adolescence entre un barrio de Guatemala-ville et un quartier d’habitat populaire de Milan
Cet article, fondé sur deux recherches ethnographiques, la première effectuée entre 2011 et 2013 dans un barrio de Guatemala-ville, la capitale de l’un des pays les plus inégalitaires de l’Amérique Latine et la deuxième, en cours, conduite dans un quartier d’habitat populaire de Milan, la ville la plus riche d’Italie, développera une comparaison qualitative, ni objectiviste ni généralisante, des « carrières déviantes » de trois adolescents (deux …
Luchar por el monopolio de la violencia. Las rondas nocturnas de los residentes de “El Barrio” (Ciudad de Guatemala)
No abstract available. ECA Estudios Centroamericanos, Vol. 73, No. 752, 2018: 11-23
Le fantôme du terrorisme dans une banlieue de milan
De 2001 à aujourd’hui, à la différence d’autres pays européens tels que la France, le Royaume-Uni, la Belgique, l’Allemagne et l’Espagne, l’Italie a été épargnée par le terrorisme de « matrice islamiste ». Loin de créer un climat apaisant, cette exemption a favorisé et amplifié les phobies sécuritaires des Italiens. La présence fantasmatique du terrorisme conditionne les politiques et les pratiques quotidiennes. Elle dessine une géographie de la …
L’angosciosa resistenza: Decostruire la categoria dell’“abbandono istituzionale” nel quartiere di edilizia popolare di San Siro (Milano)
A partire dall’analisi situazionale di un evento che ha interessato il quartiere popolare di San Siro (Milano) – un’attività d’animazione organizzata da un comitato di cittadini, tramutatasi in agorà, quindi una vera e propria assemblea cittadina, grazie alla partecipazione di membri del consiglio comunale, soggetti del terzo settore e attivisti del movimento per il diritto alla casa – l’articolo approfondirà etnograficamente la categoria dell’“a…
Deux périphéries, trois jeunes, un imaginaire partagé: Note comparative sur la violence et l’adolescence entre un barrio de Guatemala-ville et un quartier d’habitat populaire de Milan
Cet article, fondé sur deux recherches ethnographiques, la première effectuée entre 2011 et 2013 dans un barrio de Guatemala-ville, la capitale de l’un des pays les plus inégalitaires de l’Amérique Latine et la deuxième, en cours, conduite dans un quartier d’habitat populaire de Milan, la ville la plus riche d’Italie, développera une comparaison qualitative, ni objectiviste ni généralisante, des « carrières déviantes » de trois adolescents (deux …
Una historia precaria: Barrio, Religión, Cárcel Y Familia Desde El Punto De Vista De Un (Ex) Pandillero Guatemalteco
No abstract available. ECA Estudios Centroamericanos, Vol. 74, No. 756, 2019: [129]-145
Production et gestion d’une « marginalité » contemporaine: Analyse économique, politique et microsociale d’un projet d’accueil de réfugiés dans une province du nord de l’Italie
This article, based on a shared work experience, analyses the production and historical development of a specific “social border” by considering the case study of a centre for refugee seekers in a northern province of Italy. The article discusses three levels of analysis conducted over a period of thirty-two months, from March 2016 to November 2018. The first, political-economic level highlights three key moments of the recent migration flow to I…
Puliamo San Siro: Lottare contro lo stigma territoriale in un quartiere di edilizia popolare di Milano
I quartieri periferici delle città sono spesso più esposti a problemi ambientali rispetto alle aree in cui vivono le élite urbane. Un complesso di edilizia popolare di Milano chiamato San Siro – dove conduco una ricerca etnografica da gennaio 2017 – sembra confermare questa affermazione. Negli ultimi anni lo spazio pubblico del quartiere ha subito un processo di progressivo deterioramento: i rifiuti vengono abbandonati in diversi angoli, le strad…
Violence and space: A comparative ethnography of two Italian 'badlands
This paper compares two marginal neighbourhoods and Italian 'badlands': the Zona Espansione Nord (ZEN) of Palermo and San Siro in Milan. It concerns multiple types of violence that affect them and their connections with different multi-scale processes. The two neighbourhoods emerge as the result of two urban histories that can be partly schematised in two dichotomous images: on the one side, the 'non-Fordist' marginality of the ZEN, a social encl…
The anatomy of houses: Materialities of being at home
This introductory essay proposes a reflection that discusses, reframes, and presents the thematic section hosted in this volume, that investigates houses at the intersection between recent trends in the anthropology of the house, the study of material culture, and the investigation of contemporary socio-cultural transformations. In the first paragraph, we contextualize the growing contemporary interest in houses. In the second, following Carsten,…
When interlocutors die: Time and space of mobility through the biography of a homeless man
This article examines the 'mobility' of Mario, a former homeless person who settled in a neighbourhood of public housing in Milan. His mobility can be considered along two space-time dimensions. The first is 'circular' and concerns Mario's daily movements. This space-time dimension can be analysed through a bibliography developed in the field of mobility studies: entangled among limitations and opportunities of movement, it refers to the constrai…
Contemporary Youth Culture at the Margins of Marseille and Milan: Gangs, Music, and Global Imaginaries
In this article, we will compare Marseille and Milan, as well as the social (and digital) practices of young people living in two neighbourhoods: LaFab in the third district—one of the poorest areas of the French city—and San Siro—one of the largest social housing areas of the Italian one. These young people were born in France and Italy, but their parents are mostly of African origins. This comparative analysis is carried out at three interdepen…
Role and Meaning of Public Space: Findings From the Margins of Milan
This article investigates the meanings of the public space, specifically addressing urban marginalized areas. It explores the issue of inequality in relation to public space and how this is reflected in urban policies. Starting from a theoretical framework based on three heuristic dimensions regarding practices, imaginaries, and norms, the authors will analyze through a multidisciplinary approach—that brings planning and cultural anthropology int…
Oltre l’intenzione. Etnografia urbana, lavoro sul campo e progettazione territoriale
La relazione stabilita dal lavoro etnografico sviluppa un legame tra antropologi e interlocutori in grado, in certe circostanze, di produrre cambiamento. Si tratta spesso di una trasformazione non direttiva, risultato insito nella relazione stessa che, attraverso il dialogo, permette di vagliare criticamente posizionamenti e dinamiche di una determinata arena sociale. Sulla scorta di cinque anni di lavoro sul campo come membro di un gruppo interd…
Assembling urban regeneration: The case of NoLo in Milan
The regeneration of cities lies in the middle of processes that intersect bottom-up and top-down dynamics in increasingly complex ways. The case of the partially gentrifying NoLo (North of Loreto) neighbourhood, in Milan (Italy), is emblematic from this point of view: it shows the development of a specific urban area under the impulse of contrasting dynamics in which various social actors negotiate unstable positions. The article will propose to …
Fluctuating futures: Coming of age in the biggest social housing neighbourhood in Milan
This article - part of a six-year ethnographic research project - aims to deconstruct and 'decolonize' essentialized notions of adolescence and youth, primarily through the application of the category of intersectionality. The research focuses on a series of educational initiatives implemented in San Siro, one of Milan's largest public housing neighbourhoods, where half of the population comprises large families with migratory backgrounds, mainly…
Filling the void: Urban regeneration and contested space in Milan's Loreto Square
Since 2015, Milan has experienced significant growth, driven by mega-events and large urban regeneration projects. This development has not eliminated certain contradictions however, with social polarization in Milan increasing even after the pandemic. This article analyzes the redevelopment of a key Milan landmark, Loreto Square, from an anthropological perspective. While the project rhetoric emphasizes creating a new green and sustainable area,…
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Humanities (6 works) · Ethnography (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Italian Social Issues and Migration (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Public space (3 works)