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This article has been published in: Ocula 34, Mobility. Urban space. Learning.

authors: Luca Bottini (Dipartimento di Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, IT ), Monica Bernardi (Dipartimento di Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, IT ) and Giampaolo Nuvolati (Dipartimento di Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, IT )

Exploring The City: a Milanese Flânerie Experiment

language: italian

abstract: The article presents the results of an experimental application of the 19th century experience of flânerie actualized to the present day. This practice, which arose in Parisian intellectual circles at the end of the 19th century, placed the flâneur in an intimate relationship with the city. For this reason, this experience can be applied to urban social research by allowing scholars to get in touch with elements of deep subjectivity that traditional techniques tend instead to miss. The experiment conducted in a Milan neighborhood constitutes a first beginning in the attempt to codify contemporary flânerie as a technique of urban inquiry.

citation information: Luca Bottini, Monica Bernardi and Giampaolo Nuvolati, Esplorando la città a passo lento. Un esperimento di flânerie milanese, "Ocula", vol.26, n.34, pp.13-23, May 2025. DOI: 10.57576/ocula2025-18

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