Italia creativa. Innovazione, condivisione e sostenibilità

[Autom. eng. transl.] The generalized situation of economic and financial recession, which since 2008 has shaken a large part of the industrialized nations, has produced significant effects on the daily life of Italians. In particular, in our country, experiences of disintermediation of the supply chain (such as, for example, solidarity purchasing groups, agricultural markets, peer-to-peer rents, etc.) have grown as effective strategies for dealing with the crisis. ), sharing (in the form of sharing means of transport, holidays, experiential tourism, etc.) and self-production of objects, food, clothes, etc. These practices, in reality very widespread also in the past in times of strong regressions such as in the 1930s or after the oil shock of 1973, appear today characterized by greater awareness. In other words, the disintermediation of the supply chain, sharing and self-production not only tend to maintain adequate living and well-being levels but also promote new forms of consumption, work organization and civil participation. The research presented in this volume, the result of a qualitative survey conducted by a team of sociologists from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, has explored the daily strategies with which individuals and groups pursue satisfactory levels of well-being and quality of life , combining "ancient" practices with new digital and technological tools. These practices also seem to prefigure a different future, oriented towards a more conscious and sustainable use of resources, human capital, spaces, creating and spreading new values and unprecedented forms of civil participation.