This article explores an applied anthropology project conducted in a school, aimed at experimenting with a new approach to managing the traditional Parents’Day. It examines the return of a failed research project, offering a critical reflection on its shortcomings while simultaneously questioning the role of applied research in educational contexts.

Like Playing Hot Potato: Reflections on a Research Project on Educational Responsibility / A. Biscaldi, E. Zunino. - In: WORLD FUTURES. - ISSN 0260-4027. - (2026). [Epub ahead of print] [10.1080/02604027.2025.2609656]

Like Playing Hot Potato: Reflections on a Research Project on Educational Responsibility

A. Biscaldi
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2026

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This article explores an applied anthropology project conducted in a school, aimed at experimenting with a new approach to managing the traditional Parents’Day. It examines the return of a failed research project, offering a critical reflection on its shortcomings while simultaneously questioning the role of applied research in educational contexts.
Anthropology of education; educational responsibility; agency; school-family communication
Settore SDEA-01/A - Discipline demoetnoantropologiche
2026
gen-2026
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