"Would you offer me a coffee?": A qualitative research on 'street collusion' in Palermo

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Il "posteggio abusivo" a Palermo
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Published: 2016-07-31
Keywords:
psychology of the mafia, collusion, subjectual groupanalysis, psycho-sociological approach.

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Noemi Venturella
C.O.I.R.A.G. Palermo; Doctor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Pedagogy and Educational Sciences, University of Palermo. , C.O.I.R.A.G. Palermo; Dottore in Psicologia Clinica; Dipartimento di Psicologia, Pedagogia e Scienze dell’Educazione, Università di Palermo.
Cecilia Giordano
Psychotherapist group-analyst; Researcher, Department of Psychology, Pedagogy and Educational Sciences, University of Palermo. , Psicoterapeuta gruppoanalista; Ricercatrice presso il Dipartimento di Psicologia, Pedagogia e Scienze dell’Educazione, Università di Palermo.
Dominga Gullì
C.O.I.R.A.G. Palermo; Clinical psychologist, Department of Psychology, Pedagogy and Educational Sciences, University of Palermo. , C.O.I.R.A.G. Palermo; Psicologo Clinico; Dipartimento di Psicologia, Pedagogia e Scienze dell’Educazione, Università di Palermo.
Laura Calabrese
Clinical psychologist, Department of Psychology, Pedagogy and Educational Sciences, University of Palermo. , Psicologo Clinico; Dipartimento di Psicologia, Pedagogia e Scienze dell’Educazione, Università di Palermo.
Girolamo Lo Verso
Psychotherapist group-analyst; Professor of psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Pedagogy and Educational Sciences, University of Palermo; Past president C.O.I.R.A.G. e S.P.R. , Psicoterapeuta gruppoanalista; Professore ordinario di psicoterapia, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Pedagogia e Scienze dell’Educazione, Università di Palermo; Past president C.O.I.R.A.G. e S.P.R.

Abstract

This study is a pilotstudy on collusion in the lands of mafia. The study was carried out in Palermo and focuses on illegal parking attendants, figures now entangled in the geo-political landscape of the city whose traces can be found in the streets, in the media events as well as in the judicial reporting of the Sicilian capital. The research questions are: who are these social subjects? What are the reasons for their hypertrophic presence in the city?
Data were collected through 21 ad hoc interviews; the results show how the problem is complex and, as stated by the mayor of Palermo Leoluca Orlando, "concerns both valets and those who park”, in a dense web of conscious and unconscious collusion between "demand" and "supply" of an abusive, unlawful and irregular service, which produces a phenomenon of "lawlessness hidden in the sunlight" linked to the "mafia feeling".

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No. 1 (2016): Rivista di Psicologia Clinica N. 1 (2016)

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Researches

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Author Biography

Noemi Venturella, C.O.I.R.A.G. Palermo; Doctor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Pedagogy and Educational Sciences, University of Palermo., C.O.I.R.A.G. Palermo; Dottore in Psicologia Clinica; Dipartimento di Psicologia, Pedagogia e Scienze dell’Educazione, Università di Palermo.

Tirocinante presso il Dipartimento di Psicologia, Pedagogia e Scienze dell’Educazione, Università di Palermo (tutor: prof. G. Lo Verso, prof. G. Ruvolo). Psicoterapeuta in formazione presso C.O.I.R.A.G. Palermo.

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Venturella, N., Giordano, C., Gullì, D., Calabrese, L., & Lo Verso, G. (2016). "Would you offer me a coffee?": A qualitative research on ’street collusion’ in Palermo. Rivista Di Psicologia Clinica , 1, 188-200. https://quadernidipsicologiaclinica.com/index.php/rpc-archivio/article/view/1355

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