Research: Life on the Sea Line: Kwakiutl Kelp Forests between Economy, Ecology and "Tradition"
EDUCATION
May 13, 2024 – October 13, 2024
Visiting International Research Student at The University of British Columbia, Faculty of Science, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Supervisor: Prof. Dianne Newell
November 2022 – Ongoing
PhD Candidate (38th Cycle) in Cultural Anthropology
PhD Program in History, Anthropology, Religions, Sapienza University of Rome.
Research Project: “Life on the Waterline: The Kwakiutl Giant Kelp Forests Between Economy, Ecology, and Tradition” (provisional title).
Supervisor: Prof. Matteo Aria
Co-supervisor: Prof. Tarek Elhaik
January 2019 – January 2021
Master’s Degree in Demo-Ethno-Anthropological Disciplines
Grade: 110/110 cum laude
Sapienza University of Rome
Thesis in Economic Anthropology: “Da Azienda Padronale a Gestione Manageriale: modelli e mutamenti nell’azienda e del lavoro”
Advisor: Prof. Alessandro Simonicca
Co-advisor: Prof. Matteo Aria
October 2012 – October 2018
Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy
Grade: 107/110
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Thesis in Cultural Anthropology: “La costruzione delle categorie di maschile e femminile. Una prospettiva antropologica”
Advisor: Prof. Pietro Vereni
September 2007 – July 2012
High School Diploma in Classical Studies, Grade: 70/100
Liceo Ginnasio Statale "Immanuel Kant," Rome
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INTERNSHIPS
April 2022 – October 2022
Extra-curricular internship in Human Resource Management at Cifo srl, San Giorgio di Piano, Bologna.
Promoted by Sapienza University of Rome and the Emilia-Romagna Region.
Sapienza Supervisor: Prof. Matteo Aria
Cifo srl Supervisor: Dr. Sara Artioli
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OTHER ACTIVITIES
January, 2025 - Ongoing
Honorary Fellow (Cultural Anthropology), Sapienza University of Rome
June 20, 2024 – October 3, 2024
Ethnographic fieldwork with Kwakiutl harvesters of Macrocystis Pyrifera in Fort Rupert, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
January 2024 – Ongoing
Editorial Board Member of "L’Uomo – Società Tradizione Sviluppo", Sapienza University of Rome’s academic journal.
Supervisor: Prof. Alessandro Lupo
November 2023 – Ongoing
Member of “Anthropology Image Lab,” Visual Anthropology Laboratory at the University of California, Davis, United States.
Supervisor: Prof. Tarek Elhaik
February 2023 – Ongoing
Member of “GRAF - Anthropology of Finance Research Group” (Francesco Zanotelli, Matteo Aria, Zaira Lo Franco, Camilla Carabini, Alessandro Viscomi, Dario Carpini).
Research activities on finance and anthropology.
Supervisor: Prof. Francesco Zanotelli
December 2022 – Ongoing
Creation and co-management of social media pages “Antropologia Sapienza” (Facebook, Instagram) and mailing list for promoting seminar, educational, and extracurricular activities by anthropologists at Sapienza University of Rome.
Supervisors: Prof. Lorenzo D’Angelo; Prof. Carmelo Russo
April 2018 – Ongoing
Co-founder and Secretary of the Cultural Association “LaPE – Laboratorio Pratiche Etnografiche” in Tor Bella Monaca, Rome.
Research, volunteering, third mission activities, and socio-cultural promotion at the Ex-Fienile in Tor Bella Monaca, a cultural hub funded by Tor Vergata University and Associazione 21 Luglio.
Supervisor: Prof. Pietro Vereni
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SEMINARS / CONFERENCES
02/17/2024
Presentation as speaker at “Una passeggiata nella Milano della finanza”, organized by GRAF (Anthropology of Finance Research Group) for World Anthropology Day 2024, hosted by the University of Milano-Bicocca and the University of Torino.
02/13/2024
Presentation as speaker at the book launch of “Eritrei in Italia” by Iohannes Ghirmai, with the author and students from the BA in SAR and MA in DEA programs, at La Redazione Scomodo, Spin Time, Rome. Part of third-mission activities for the SARAS department, Sapienza University of Rome.
01/29/2024
Presentation as speaker at the seminar “La svolta ontologica in antropologia: autori, opere, termini chiave” at Sapienza University of Rome, organized by undergraduate and graduate students in Anthropology.
11/09/2023
Presentation as speaker at the book launch of “Willy. Una storia di ragazzi” by Raimo and Coltrè, with the authors and the Assessor of Rome’s First Municipality, at EMPAM. Part of third-mission activities for the SARAS department, Sapienza University of Rome.
09/26/2023
Presentation at the seminar “Elementi di Antropologia della Finanza” as speaker and member of the GRAF research group, University of Milano-Bicocca.
Presentation title: Estrarre valore dal cambiamento: etnografia della finanza in una media azienda italiana.
09/22/2023
Presentation as speaker at the IV National Conference of SIAC (Italian Society of Cultural Anthropology), “Il ritorno del sociale”, at Sapienza University of Rome.
Panel 24: “The Social Life of Finance” (organized by Zaira lo Franco, University of Bologna, and Camilla Carabini, University of Milano-Bicocca).
Presentation title: Financial movements, existential changes.
06/23/2023
Organization of the advanced seminar “Quale ‘-ocene’? Categorie interpretative, storiografia e trasformazione del rapporto tra umanità e natura”, at Sapienza University of Rome, with Matteo Proto Ghiringhelli, Chiara Tommasini, and Mattia Iorillo.
Dialogue among: Oscar Gaspari (University of Rome LUMSA), Marco Armiero (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona), Luigi Piccioni (University of Calabria), Alice Dal Gobbo (University of Trento), Franco Lai (University of Sassari).
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TEACHING
01/27/2024 – 01/29/2024
Six hours of lectures on qualitative interviews and anthropological research methods and 12 hours of fieldwork practice on interviews and life histories for third, fourth, and fifth-year Human Sciences students at Giosuè Carducci High School, Volterra (PI), Italy.
Part of the project “La giornata delle scienze umane”.
11/17/2024 – 11/21/2024
Six hours of lectures on qualitative interviews and anthropological research methods and 12 hours of fieldwork practice on interviews and life histories for third, fourth, and fifth-year Human Sciences students at Giosuè Carducci High School, Volterra (PI), Italy.
Part of the project “La giornata delle scienze umane”.
12/04/2024
Lecture in the BA course History and Institutions of Anthropology taught by Prof. Matteo Aria.
Lecture title: “Il lascito politico del lavoro di Boas e Hunt nella contemporanea Fort Rupert, British Columbia”.
11/24/2023 – 11/25/2023
Six hours of lectures on qualitative interviews and anthropological research methods for third, fourth, and fifth-year Human Sciences students at Giosuè Carducci High School, Volterra (PI), Italy.
Part of the project “La giornata delle scienze umane”.
11/13/2023
Lecture in the MA course Economic Anthropology & Witchcraft taught by Prof. Matteo Aria.
Lecture title: “Gli esseri meta-umani come mezzi di produzione. Dal primo capitolo de Il Potere dei Re di Graeber e Sahlins”.
11/03/2023
Presentation in the course History and Institutions of Anthropology taught by Prof. Anna Iuso as part of the third-mission project Abitare il Patrimonio Scomodo a Roma, tra Cancel Culture & Difficult Heritage, directed by Prof. Anna Iuso.
Presentation title: “Fare insieme per ampliare lo sguardo. Formarsi con i tirocini e la terza missione”.
04/04/2023
Lecture in the BA course Ethnography I taught by Prof. Matteo Aria.
Lecture title: “Etnografia urbana e ricerca qualitative”.
Introduction to the urban ethnography laboratory, co-taught with Simone Cerulli (PhD student, University of Milano-Bicocca) as members of LaPE – Laboratorio di Pratiche Etnografiche.
04/2023 – 06/2023
Organizer, coordinator, and lecturer for the “Urban Ethnography Laboratory”, an optional laboratory within the course “Ethnography I” taught by Prof. Matteo Aria, Sapienza University of Rome.
Field teaching activity consisting of seven itinerant lessons across the neighborhoods of Tor Pignattara, Tor Bella Monaca, and Pietralata, the housing occupations Spin Time in Esquilino and Hotel4Stelle in Tor Sapienza, the Divino Amore sanctuary, and various prayer halls and cultural centers in Tor Pignattara.