Entrare in miniera. Traiettorie biografiche di minatori tra Iglesiente e Piana del Cixerri

Francesco Bachis

2018-01-01

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Abstract

In this paper I will compare the life stories of some miners living in the South-West of Sardinia (Iglesiente and Cixerri plain), depending on their origin from mining towns or rural villages. The focus will be placed on the start of their careers as miners, in order to understand how different their biographical trajectories have been. With regard to the first group working in mine represents at the same time the main life goal and the beginning of a trial to become a man. The second group, instead, commute from the field to the mine or keep also a flock of sheep. So, the «ethic of miners» overlaps with another concept of work belonging to peasant and pastoral world-view. This capability to move between different purviews allows them to play strategically among different jobs.