ABSTRACT

This article explores the relationship between the emergence of a ‘crisis society', social innovation and community resilience in Italian inner areas. Arguing that the concept of ‘crisis society' – as a further development of a ‘risk society’ – can help to frame both the increasing of uncertainty and the possibility for social change, the paper outlines a theoretical reflection on how context of crisis can influence social arrangements and forms of solidarity. In particular, it proposes to adopt the analytical lenses of social innovation and community resilience to discuss the relation between crisis, local dynamism and collective action. Secondly, it identifies Italian inner areas as an interesting field of research were to analyse how innovative initiatives and narratives can emerge in context of crisis, with a special focus on the Covid-19 pandemic. Without denying the negative consequences of this crisis, this early research paper sheds light on how crisis can be redefined on a double level. Firstly, by opening new windows of opportunities for collective action and bottom-up resilience. Secondly, by reframing inner areas, usually represented as vulnerable territories, as spaces where the creative capacity of local community can emerge. Finally, the paper identifies further trajectories of investigation for empirical research.

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本文探讨了意大利内部地区“危机社会”的出现，社会创新与社区适应力之间的关系。认为“危机社会”的概念（作为“风险社会”的进一步发展）可以帮助框架增加不确定性和社会变革的可能性，本文概述了关于危机背景如何影响的理论思考社会安排和团结形式。特别是，它建议采用社会创新和社区弹性的分析视角来讨论危机，地方活力与集体行动之间的关系。其次，它确定了意大利内部地区是一个有趣的研究领域，目的是分析在危机情况下如何出现创新性举措和叙事，特别关注Covid-19大流行。在不否认这场危机的负面后果的情况下，这份早期研究论文阐明了如何在双重层面上重新定义危机。首先，为集体行动和自下而上的复原力打开新的机会之窗。其次，通过将通常表示为脆弱地区的内部区域改建为可以发挥地方社区创造能力的空间。最后，本文确定了用于实证研究的进一步研究轨迹。通常表示为脆弱地区，是可以发挥地方社区创造能力的空间。最后，本文确定了用于实证研究的进一步研究轨迹。通常表示为脆弱地区，是可以发挥地方社区创造能力的空间。最后，本文确定了用于实证研究的进一步研究轨迹。