Within the EU-project YouCount, the Italian case study aims at fostering social inclusion processes in the Neapolitan urban community by providing local and migrant citizens with further opportunities for socialization, discussion, and exchanges of beliefs and viewpoints. Indeed, in Naples, foreign residents are mainly located in certain areas of the city, with processes of self-ghettoization. Social inclusion can be described as a two-way process in which migrants and the established community actively communicate with and adapt to each other (Phillips, 2010; Pienimäki, 2020; Sampedro & Camarero, 2018). In light of this, intentional interactions and positive relationships represent critical elements, as they offer opportunities to meet and match, exchange viewpoints and beliefs, reciprocally acknowledge, and unhinge prejudices (Chen & Wang, 2015; Littman, 2021). To achieve this aim, the research group – which includes eight young citizen scientists (YCSs) – followed two main, intertwined, directions of intervention. On the one hand, local and migrant citizens aged between 16 and 30 were involved in a participatory process aimed at promoting more aware styles of togetherness. Such path developed through a series of meetings during which the participants were engaged in different activities to make them know each other and their neighborhood better. Different methodologies (e.g., World Cafès, photovoice) were used. On the other hand, a living lab involving local stakeholders, local and migrant citizens, and the YCSs was activated as a mean to promote different ideas, perspectives, and policies about how to promote inclusiveness in the community building on what emerged from the above-mentioned path. The developed process and the strengths and pitfalls which have been identified by the research group over time will be presented. Further, the main results achieved throughout the whole process will be shared, as well as the theoretical and practical implications stemming.
Building community with a Citizen Science approach: World Cafès, photovoice, and living labs as tools to foster social inclusion in the YouCount project / Procentese, Fortuna; Gatti, Flora. - (2022). ( 9th International Conference in Community Psychology (9ICCP) “Community Regeneration. Bonds and bridges among people and environments” Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II 21-24 Settembre).
Building community with a Citizen Science approach: World Cafès, photovoice, and living labs as tools to foster social inclusion in the YouCount project
Fortuna Procentese
;Flora Gatti
2022
Abstract
Within the EU-project YouCount, the Italian case study aims at fostering social inclusion processes in the Neapolitan urban community by providing local and migrant citizens with further opportunities for socialization, discussion, and exchanges of beliefs and viewpoints. Indeed, in Naples, foreign residents are mainly located in certain areas of the city, with processes of self-ghettoization. Social inclusion can be described as a two-way process in which migrants and the established community actively communicate with and adapt to each other (Phillips, 2010; Pienimäki, 2020; Sampedro & Camarero, 2018). In light of this, intentional interactions and positive relationships represent critical elements, as they offer opportunities to meet and match, exchange viewpoints and beliefs, reciprocally acknowledge, and unhinge prejudices (Chen & Wang, 2015; Littman, 2021). To achieve this aim, the research group – which includes eight young citizen scientists (YCSs) – followed two main, intertwined, directions of intervention. On the one hand, local and migrant citizens aged between 16 and 30 were involved in a participatory process aimed at promoting more aware styles of togetherness. Such path developed through a series of meetings during which the participants were engaged in different activities to make them know each other and their neighborhood better. Different methodologies (e.g., World Cafès, photovoice) were used. On the other hand, a living lab involving local stakeholders, local and migrant citizens, and the YCSs was activated as a mean to promote different ideas, perspectives, and policies about how to promote inclusiveness in the community building on what emerged from the above-mentioned path. The developed process and the strengths and pitfalls which have been identified by the research group over time will be presented. Further, the main results achieved throughout the whole process will be shared, as well as the theoretical and practical implications stemming.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
