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Sorvegliare la maternità: consumo di droghe, disuguaglianze sociali e controllo istituzionale

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Daniele Scarscelli
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”
Rosalba Altopiedi
University of Turin
Chiara Bertone
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54103/1972-5760/31529

Pubblicato 2026-05-04

Parole chiave

  • consumo di droghe illegali,
  • corso di vita,
  • ingiustizia epistemica,
  • genitorialità e controllo istituzionale,
  • community-based participatory research (CBPR)

Come citare

Scarscelli, D., Altopiedi, R., & Bertone, C. (2026). Sorvegliare la maternità: consumo di droghe, disuguaglianze sociali e controllo istituzionale. Sociologia Del Diritto, 53(1). https://doi.org/10.54103/1972-5760/31529

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Abstract

L’articolo analizza il rapporto tra maternità, consumo di droghe illegali e intervento istituzionale adottando una prospettiva costruttivista del corso di vita. A partire da una ricerca partecipata di tipo Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), condotta con madri con esperienza di uso di sostanze psicoattive illegali, il contributo esplora come le carriere di consumo e i corsi di vita delle madri vengano socialmente costruiti e valutati nel tempo attraverso l’intreccio tra pratiche quotidiane, reti di sostegno, risorse disponibili e dispositivi istituzionali di regolazione e controllo. L’analisi si fonda su 16 interviste in profondità e utilizza un dispositivo comparativo ispirato alla logica delle sliding doors, affiancando una storia empirica a una storia alternativa fondata su evidenze empiriche. Il confronto mostra come esiti biografici divergenti dipendano dalla configurazione dei corsi di vita e dal ruolo attivo delle istituzioni nel tradurre pratiche e difficoltà materne in indicatori di rischio per il benessere dei figli. I risultati evidenziano come cornici medicalizzanti e individualizzanti producano forme di ingiustizia epistemica, con implicazioni rilevanti per un lavoro sociale critico e anti-oppressivo.

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