Category Archives: Cultural practices

The Culture Bandwagon

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

The fact that cultural allegiance is most vividly expressed not in ethical behaviour but aggressive parochialism suggests it has been instrumental in protecting human beings throughout their evolution. Culture became our species’ strategy for survival, easily the most potent trait … Continue reading →

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Learning in Cultural Context – Family, Peers and School

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

This book is the product of a series of workshops, focused on sociocultural theory and its applications to learning. The workshops focused primarily on three related questions of shared interest: What are the best conditions for learning? How can we … Continue reading →

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Impact of Globalization on Youth Cultural Identity

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

There is a long debate about globalization and its effects. Globalization is an increased, quantitatively and qualitatively, numbers of global flows improve or deteriorate people’s everyday lives. The present study investigates the impact of Globalization on youth cultural practices and … Continue reading →