Paolo Magaudda, PhD
Post-doc Researcher
Department of Sociology, University of Padova
Via M. Cesarotti, 12 - 35123 Padova – Italy
paolo (dot) magaudda (at) unipd (dot) it
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Paolo Magaudda received his BA and MA in Communication Studies from the University of Bologna and his PhD from the Department of Sociology of Padova University where, at present, he is Post-doc Researcher in sociology. He also collaborates with the University of Bologna, the Research Institute Carlo Cattaneo and the research centre Observa – Science in Society. In 2006 he has been Visiting Researcher at McGill University (Montreal). Since 2004 he is coordinator of the editorial staff of the journal «Studi Culturali» (Il Mulino). Since 2007 he is in charge of web communication and publications of the Italian Association for Science & Technology Studies. He has published articles and essay reviews in journals such as «Appetite», «Modern Italy», «Journal of Consumer Culture», «Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia», «Studi Culturali», «Sociologica», «il Mulino» and in various other journals and edited books. He has a significant experience in qualitative research methodologies and his main research interests are in the fields of science and technology, cultural studies, consumption and food studies, popular and youth culture and music.
last publications
2009 - Processes of Institutionalization and ‘Symbolic Struggles’ in the ‘Independent Music’ Field in Italy, in «Modern Italy» 14 (3), pp. 295-310 [abstract eng].
2009 - Ridiscutere le sottoculture. Resistenza simbolica, postmodernismo e disuguaglianze sociali, in "Studi Culturali", 6(2), pp. 301-314. [abstract eng]
2009 -La musica indipendente come capitale culturale, in IL MULINO, 6\2009, pp. 1041-1046. [purchase]
2009 - Disco, House and Techno: rethinking the local and the global in Italian Electronic Music, in Proceedings of the 13th Biennial International IASPM Conference, Rome 2005, pp.468-483.
2009 - Book review: The Design of Everyday Life, E. Shove, M. Watson, M. Hand and J. Ingram, in «Sociologica», 3 (1).
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I'm co-organizing a track at the EASST Conference 2010: What objects do: design, consumption and social practices see Call for abstract (deadline 15 March)
in 2010 Tecnoscienza, a new online journal on science & technology studies, will be launched. See details here: www.tecnoscienza.net
Recent presentations & conferences, etc.
9 dicembre 2009 - Lezione dal titolo Lo Studio sociale delle tecnologie musicali, Facoltà di Sociologia, Università di trento.
1-2 dicembre 2009 - Presentazione al Workshop Nanotecnologie, Regole e responsabilità. Esperienze e interrogativi dai luoghi dell’innovazione, dal titolo: Il "radicamento socio-economico" dell'innovazione nel campo delle nanotecnologie, Rovigo, CIGA.
12 Ottobre - Intervento alla trasmissione radio Pigrecoparty (curata da Formicablu) sul tema: Ascolto, cuffie e iPod. Ascolta la puntata
2-5 September 2009 - ESA Conference Lisbon - «Dematerialization», technology and listening experiences in musical consumption practices
11-12 Giugno -Padova: Presentazione al IV Workshop Nazionale STS Italia - Tecnologie e rappresentazioni sociali nella costruzione del cibo tipico
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