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This paper presents an action-research study that investigates the spiritual experiences of young Muslims in Bergamo, Italy, particularly within the Islamic Cultural Center located beneath a busy overpass on Via Rosa. This center serves not only as a place of worship, but also as a vital site for community engagement and cultural identity formation amid the challenges posed by its unconventional location. The research explores how these young individuals navigate their spirituality and cultivate communal bonds despite the limitations of the physical space, which is often characterized as inadequate and disruptive. Through creative methodologies, including poetic expression, participants articulate their resilience and adaptability in confronting environmental adversity. The findings reveal a profound commitment to spirituality that transcends the constraints of their surroundings, highlighting the need for inclusive and supportive spaces that reflect the aesthetic and functional aspirations of the Muslim community in Italy.
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Brown, J. S., & Duguid, P. (1991). Organizational learning and communities-of-practice: Toward a unified view of working, learning, and innovation. Organization Science, 2(1), 40-57. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2.1.40
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Casuscelli, G. (2015). La nuova legge regionale lombarda sull’edilizia di culto: di male in peggio [The new Lombardy regional law on places of worship: From bad to worse]. Stato, Chiese e Pluralismo Confessionale, 14. https://doi.org/10.13130/1971-8543/4797
Del Re, E. C., & Naso, P. (2022). Religioni e pandemia in Italia. Dottrina, comunità e cura [Religions and the pandemic in Italy: Doctrine, community, and care]. Rubettino.
Festa, T. (2015). Il metodo Caviardage. Cercare la poesia nascosta [The Caviardage method: Searching for hidden poetry]. Altrimedia.
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Formenti, L. (1998). La formazione autobiografica [Autobiographical education]. Guerini Studio.
Guilford, J. P. (1967). The nature of human intelligence. McGraw-Hill.
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Peta, I. (2016). L’islam in Italia e a Milano: Patrimonio comune e fattori di differenziazione [Islam in Italy and Milan: Shared heritage and factors of differentiation]. In C. Regalia, C. Giuliani, & S. G. Meda (Eds.), La sfida del meticciato nella migrazione musulmana: Una ricerca sul territorio milanese [The challenge of miscegenation in Muslim migration: A research on the Milanese territory] (pp. 26-43). FrancoAngeli.
Ricoeur, P. (1984). Time and narrative (Vol. 1). University of Chicago Press.
Sawyer, R. K. (2012). Explaining creativity: The science of human innovation (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.
Scardicchio, A. C., & Marsiglia, I. (2018). Didattiche estetiche e giochi come abduzioni. Arte-bio-grafia nell’interstizio tra creatività e complessità [Aesthetic didactics and games as abductions: Art-bio-graphy in the interstice between creativity and complexity]. Journal of Philosophy, 4(10), 157–181.
Vernant, J. P. (2005). Senza frontiere. Memoria, mito e politica [Without borders: Memory, myth, and politics]. Raffaello Cortina.