Author: shireenwalton

Fare insieme: making and doing things together in Milan – fieldwork blog post [November 2018] as part of the ASSA project

November 6, 2018

Fieldwork blog post, November 2018 In Italian, the word fare, means to do and to make. Doing and making appears to be a fundamental aspect of community life here in this inner-city neighbourhood in Milan’s zone 2, which constitutes the locus of my fieldwork. A number of activities, events and organisations I am involved in … More Fare insieme: making and doing things together in Milan – fieldwork blog post [November 2018] as part of the ASSA project

Living alone vs. loneliness: Notes from a Milanese neighbourhood – fieldwork blog post [Sept 2018] as part of the ASSA project

September 1, 2018

One of the key features of living in Milan are the characteristic apartment buildings (pictured below). Built in the early 20th century, these buildings, known as ‘palazzo’ (palazzi pl.), have housed generations of families, groups and individuals over the decades; Italian and non-Italian, working and middle-class. Photos (CC BY) Shireen Walton, Milan, Italy 2018 Living … More Living alone vs. loneliness: Notes from a Milanese neighbourhood – fieldwork blog post [Sept 2018] as part of the ASSA project

Open call for participants: outdoor lab ‘Bodies in Motion’ to take place at the EASA conference, August 2018, Stockholm University

July 19, 2018

Info & -reregistration here: https://easabodiesinmotion.wordpress.com This outdoor laboratory invites participants to an anthropological exploration of bodies in motion in the outdoors; to acknowledge and challenge issues associated with movement; such as pace, rhythm, tempo, velocity and flow, surrounding their own practices, as well as the people, ‘things’ and contexts circulating around them, be it during fieldwork … More Open call for participants: outdoor lab ‘Bodies in Motion’ to take place at the EASA conference, August 2018, Stockholm University

‘What’s the Opposite of Facebook? Err…it’s (still) Facebook’ – fieldwork blog post [June 2018] by Daniel Miller (Ireland) and Shireen Walton (Italy) as part of the ASSA project

June 28, 2018

Authors: Daniel Miller and Shireen Walton, June 2018 Visit original posting on ASSA blog here Once Facebook had become established, there developed a general consensus as to its primary social consequence: it allegedly led to rampant narcissistic individualism – people preening themselves in public, and to the decline of community and ‘proper’ sociality. The dominant … More ‘What’s the Opposite of Facebook? Err…it’s (still) Facebook’ – fieldwork blog post [June 2018] by Daniel Miller (Ireland) and Shireen Walton (Italy) as part of the ASSA project

‘Milan, Mobiles & Mobility’ – fieldwork blog post [May 2018] as part of the ASSA project

May 4, 2018

View original post on the ASSA blog here Author: Shireen Walton Conversations between people meeting for the first time are often marked by the question “where are you from?”. In some cases, this may be the natural utterance of, say, a curious neighbour, while in other contexts the question may be positioned and/or received as … More ‘Milan, Mobiles & Mobility’ – fieldwork blog post [May 2018] as part of the ASSA project

‘The Sandwich Generation: Mobile Views from Multicultural Milan’ – fieldwork blog post as part of the ASSA project

March 17, 2018

Author: Shireen Walton Original post on ASSA blog here In countries such as Italy, where there is an ageing population and a decline in birth rates, a crucial question is how respective generations are coping/will cope in the future with expectations for care? A key issue is the ‘sandwich generation’. This refers to middle-aged persons … More ‘The Sandwich Generation: Mobile Views from Multicultural Milan’ – fieldwork blog post as part of the ASSA project