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Dans cet article, je m'interroge sur le rôle de l'anthropologue dans le cadre d'une recherche « chez soi » (« a casa ») au travers d'exemples ethnographiques qui illustrent la façon dont mes interlocuteurs et moi avons construit de manière polyphonique les discours sur la mémoire ouvrière du quartier Bicocca à Milan – lieu où se trouve à la fois l'Université où je me suis formé et le terrain de mon enquête. Dans les pages qui suivent, je montre le rôle central du temps, et plus spécifiquement celui de l'appartenance à des générations sociales différentes dans la construction d'une altérité au sein d'une proximité spatiale. Dans un premier temps, je dresse un portrait de l'histoire récente du quartier, dans la mesure où les transformations dont il a été l'objet sont fondamentales pour comprendre sa mémoire sociale. Dans un deuxième temps, je décris les dispositifs de co-construction du passé de cette aire « post-industrielle » en montrant les limites, les difficultés de communication et de transmission de savoirs entre générations différentes.

Human and social studies on food have underlined the link between food and identity constructions and the role of food consumption in crafting new subjectivities. In my case-study, in addition to the "social pretext" for the creation of an ethnographic encounter, I interpret food consumption in a particular place as an attempt to build a historical (and geographical) continuity between present and the narrated past. The aim of this article is to show how, during my fieldwork research, food has been both an excuse to realize the ethnographic encounter and the vehicle to fill it with social meanings. Thus, my analysis will stress a specific connection between food consumption and working-class memory in a post-industrial area of the city of Milan (Italy) known as Bicocca. The article is divided into two sections: in the first one, I show how my presence on the ethnographic field and the consumption of food represent a part of the method to collect life stories that have fuelled my ethnography; in the second one, I focus on the value of the food consumed by some of my interlocutors in the Tuscan Trattoria "da Aldo", and on how it is linked to memory of a precise political agenda created during the Hot Autumn season at Pirelli Bicocca. DOI:10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n3p778

This article reflects on the contribution that cultural anthropology brings to the interdisciplinary debate on the smart city, and the analytical frameworks through which we can investigate through ethnography the dissemination of information and communication technologies within urban spaces. The essay retraces the debate on new urban policies, and highlights the dichotomy between those for whom the smart city is an instrument of social inclusion, environmental sustainability and economic development, and those who see its potential forms of control and exclusion. We argue that both tendencies share an analytical approach mainly focused on the moment of planning, which is unable to escape from the self-representation of the new urban paradigm as a globalizing and homogenizing force. Drawing from ethnographic cases, the article argues for a "non smart-centered" approach to investigate urban smartization in the context of long-term processes of place-making. This would shed light on the imaginaries produced by smart policies, ICT's informal and unpredictable uses and the ways these (re-)shape senses of locality. ; Questo articolo riflette sul contributo che lo sguardo antropologico può apportare al dibattito interdisciplinare attorno alla smart city e sui quadri interpretativi attraverso i quali approcciarsi etnograficamente all'integrazione delle tecnologie dell'informazione e della comunicazione nel tessuto cittadino. Il testo ricostruisce il dibattito attorno alla nuova policy urbana, mettendo in luce la contrapposizione tra coloro che vedono nella smart city una risposta ai bisogni di inclusione sociale, sostenibilità ambientale e sviluppo economico, e quegli studi critici che ne mettono in luce le potenziali forme di controllo ed esclusione. Il saggio sottolinea come entrambe le posizioni si fondino su uno sguardo in gran parte interno al momento della progettazione e suggerisce di non restare abbagliati dall'autorappresentazione del nuovo paradigma urbano come forza omogeneizzante e globalizzante. Attraverso l'analisi di alcuni lavori etnografici, il testo sottolinea l'importanza di sviluppare un approccio teorico e metodologico "non-smart-centrico" che possa (ri)comprendere le dinamiche di smartizzazione all'interno di più lunghi e sedimentati processi di costruzione della località, facendo emergere gli immaginari prodotti dalle politiche smart, gli usi informali e imprevisti delle tecnologie e il modo in cui questi contribuiscono a ridefinire il senso dei luoghi.