Il cerchio da aprire: verso un’epistemologia plurale della circolarità

Titolo Rivista SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE
Autori/Curatori Andrea Bortolotti, Dario Minervini
Anno di pubblicazione 2024 Fascicolo 2024/134
Lingua Italiano Numero pagine 18 P. 59-76 Dimensione file 307 KB
DOI 10.3280/SUR2024-134003
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Il riferimento metaforico alla “chiusura del cerchio” accompagna ormai costantemente il riformismo ambientale ed il dibattito sull’economia circolare nei paesi ad economia avanzata. In questo articolo si richiamano le criticità teoriche e pratiche che caratterizzano tale metafora e si argomenta la necessità di elaborare una modellizzazione aperta, capace di includere modulazioni del nesso produzione/consumo diversificate ed eterogenee. Attraverso un incontro fra il dibattito scientifico, le istanze dell’ecologia politica e le pratiche sperimentali, si intende riaprire “il cerchio” per una comprensione fondata sulla diversità epistemologica piuttosto che su modellizzazioni confermative (dello status-quo).;

Keywords:circolarità, modellazione, apertura, chiusura, interdisciplinarità, diversità epistemologica.

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Andrea Bortolotti, Dario Minervini, Il cerchio da aprire: verso un’epistemologia plurale della circolarità in "SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE" 134/2024, pp 59-76, DOI: 10.3280/SUR2024-134003