“Cancel culture” refers to the tendency to remove from public memory and public space individuals, institutions, or groups accused of discrimination against certain categories, usually minorities. It has become an ambiguous expression—or an accusatory injunction—increasingly widespread in global public and media spheres, intersecting with contemporary “culture wars” and even influencing educational policies. “Problematizing ‘cancel culture’: A challenge for postdigital Intercultures”, edited by Stefano Pasta and Davide Zoletto, brings together contributions from the field of pedagogy grounded in the concrete “terrains” where these conflicts unfold: social media, cultural heritage, university contexts, and media productions for children. The volume offers an initial mapping of the emerging pedagogical research field of postdigital Intercultures. The resulting debate concerns a project for the future, one that is not conceived as the endless continuation of the past. This project, when confronted with difference, cannot relinquish the search for a synthesis between rootedness in the particular and openness to the universal.
“Cancel culture” indica la tendenza a rimuovere dalla memoria e dallo spazio pubblico persone, istituzioni e gruppi accusati di discriminazione verso alcune categorie, di solito minoranze. È divenuta un’espressione ambigua, o un’ingiunzione accusatoria, sempre più diffusa nelle sfere pubbliche e mediatiche globali, intrecciando le “guerre culturali” e lambendo anche le politiche educative. “Problematizzare la “cancel culture”. Una sfida per le Interculture postdigitali”, curato da Stefano Pasta e Davide Zoletto, raccoglie contributi dal campo pedagogico dai “terreni” sui quali tali contese si sviluppano: web sociale, patrimonio culturale, contesti universitari, produzioni mediali per l’infanzia. L’analisi è una messa alla prima del campo di ricerca pedagogica delle Interculture postdigitali. Il dibattito che ne emerge è sul progetto per il futuro, che non è l’eterna prosecuzione del passato. Un progetto che, di fronte alle differenze, non può rinunciare a cercare una sintesi tra il radicamento nel particolare e l’apertura all’universale.
Pasta, S., Zoletto, D. (eds.), Problematizzare la "cancel culture": una sfida per le Interculture Postdigitale, <<SCHOLÉ>>, 2025; 2025: (1): 276 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/326238]
Problematizzare la "cancel culture": una sfida per le Interculture Postdigitale
Pasta, Stefano
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2025
Abstract
“Cancel culture” refers to the tendency to remove from public memory and public space individuals, institutions, or groups accused of discrimination against certain categories, usually minorities. It has become an ambiguous expression—or an accusatory injunction—increasingly widespread in global public and media spheres, intersecting with contemporary “culture wars” and even influencing educational policies. “Problematizing ‘cancel culture’: A challenge for postdigital Intercultures”, edited by Stefano Pasta and Davide Zoletto, brings together contributions from the field of pedagogy grounded in the concrete “terrains” where these conflicts unfold: social media, cultural heritage, university contexts, and media productions for children. The volume offers an initial mapping of the emerging pedagogical research field of postdigital Intercultures. The resulting debate concerns a project for the future, one that is not conceived as the endless continuation of the past. This project, when confronted with difference, cannot relinquish the search for a synthesis between rootedness in the particular and openness to the universal.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.



