This research explores the experience of the Scuola Popolare di Salute Mentale in Turin, an initiative launched within ARCI Turin’s Mental Health Roundtable that brings together citizens, mental health professionals, associations, and experts by experience. The project provides a space for dialogue and the co-construction of knowledge about mental health, with a particular focus on valuing experiential knowledge and promoting the active participation of those involved. The study is grounded in the perspectives of social constructionism and collaborative practices, which emphasize dialogue between professional and experiential knowledge and promote participatory processes of knowledge construction. From this perspective, mental health is understood as a phenomenon closely connected to social contexts, relationships, and collective practices. The study aims to understand how participants make sense of their experience within the Scuola Popolare. In particular, it explores the value attributed to a space that seeks to reduce asymmetries of knowledge and power between professionals and citizens, examining how participants describe the relationship between different forms of knowledge. In addition, the research investigates changes in participants' everyday practices associated with this experience, particularly in relation to how they understand suffering and manage their own and others' distress. A qualitative methodology is employed. Data are collected through episodic semi-structured interviews and analyzed using Reflective Thematic Analysis. By examining this experience, the study aims to contribute to the discussion on the role of participatory and collaborative practices in mental health, highlighting both the potential and the challenges of spaces that foster dialogue between different forms of knowledge and support the co-construction of shared meanings.
La presente ricerca si propone di esplorare l'esperienza della Scuola Popolare di Salute Mentale di Torino, un'iniziativa nata all'interno del Tavolo Salute Mentale di ARCI Torino che coinvolge cittadini, professionisti della salute mentale, associazioni ed esperti per esperienza. Il progetto si configura come uno spazio di confronto e costruzione condivisa di conoscenze sulla salute mentale, orientato alla valorizzazione dei saperi esperienziali e alla promozione della partecipazione attiva delle persone coinvolte. Lo studio si colloca all'interno della prospettiva del costruzionismo sociale e delle pratiche collaborative, che valorizzano il dialogo tra sapere professionale e sapere esperienziale e promuovono processi partecipativi di costruzione della conoscenza. In questa prospettiva, la salute mentale viene intesa come un fenomeno strettamente legato ai contesti di vita, alle relazioni sociali e alle pratiche collettive. L'obiettivo della ricerca è comprendere come i partecipanti attribuiscano significato all'esperienza della Scuola Popolare. In particolare, si intende esplorare il valore attribuito a uno spazio che mira a ridurre le asimmetrie di sapere e potere tra professionisti e cittadini, approfondendo il modo in cui vengono descritte le relazioni tra diverse forme di conoscenza. In aggiunta, la ricerca esplora gli eventuali cambiamenti nelle pratiche quotidiane che i partecipanti associano a questa esperienza, con particolare riferimento al modo di comprendere la sofferenza e di gestire il disagio proprio e altrui. La ricerca adotta una metodologia qualitativa. I dati sono raccolti attraverso interviste semistrutturate di tipo episodico e sono analizzati mediante Analisi Tematica Riflessiva. Attraverso lo studio di questa esperienza, la ricerca intende contribuire alla riflessione sul ruolo delle pratiche partecipative e collaborative nella salute mentale, approfondendo le potenzialità e le criticità di spazi che promuovono il dialogo tra saperi differenti e la partecipazione attiva delle persone alla costruzione di conoscenze e significati condivisi.
Oltre le gerarchie di sapere e potere: Uno studio qualitativo sulla Scuola Popolare di Salute Mentale di Torino
SPINA, FRANCESCA
2025/2026
Abstract
This research explores the experience of the Scuola Popolare di Salute Mentale in Turin, an initiative launched within ARCI Turin’s Mental Health Roundtable that brings together citizens, mental health professionals, associations, and experts by experience. The project provides a space for dialogue and the co-construction of knowledge about mental health, with a particular focus on valuing experiential knowledge and promoting the active participation of those involved. The study is grounded in the perspectives of social constructionism and collaborative practices, which emphasize dialogue between professional and experiential knowledge and promote participatory processes of knowledge construction. From this perspective, mental health is understood as a phenomenon closely connected to social contexts, relationships, and collective practices. The study aims to understand how participants make sense of their experience within the Scuola Popolare. In particular, it explores the value attributed to a space that seeks to reduce asymmetries of knowledge and power between professionals and citizens, examining how participants describe the relationship between different forms of knowledge. In addition, the research investigates changes in participants' everyday practices associated with this experience, particularly in relation to how they understand suffering and manage their own and others' distress. A qualitative methodology is employed. Data are collected through episodic semi-structured interviews and analyzed using Reflective Thematic Analysis. By examining this experience, the study aims to contribute to the discussion on the role of participatory and collaborative practices in mental health, highlighting both the potential and the challenges of spaces that foster dialogue between different forms of knowledge and support the co-construction of shared meanings.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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