Research: Gastro-decolonising Oceania. Transnational trajectories and the localisation of food sovereignty between Cook Islands and Aotearoa-New Zealand
CURRICULUM VITAE
• EDUCATION
20/03/2023 - Master’s degree in Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Dipartimento di Scienze Umane per la Formazione “R. Massa”, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Grade: 110/110 cum laude
Title of thesis: “Decolonial diets. Practicing rangatiratanga and kaitiakitanga at the dinner table”
Supervisor: Prof. Gaia Cottino
Co-supervisor: Prof. Paola Schierano
27/03/2019 - Bachelor in Intercultural Communication, Dipartimento di Scienze Umane per la Formazione “R. Massa”, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Title of thesis: "Dying languages and revitalization policies. The case of te reo maori in Aotearoa-New Zealand"
Supervisor: Prof. Federica Da Milano
01/07/2014 - High School Diploma, Liceo Ginnasio Statale A. Manzoni, Milan, Italy
• OTHER TRAINING
14/09/2019 – 22/09/2019 - Summer School: "MeditHerity - Mobility and Heritage in the Mediterranean", L-Università ta' Malta and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, La Valletta, Malta
15/01/2016 – 25/01/2016 - Winter School: "The island of Magoodhoo. Places and local communities facing change”, MaRHE Center and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Magoodhoo, Maldives
• PREVIOUS RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL POSITION(S) / PARTICIPATION TO RESEARCH GROUPS
05/07/2022 – 30/09/2022 - Visiting scholar, non-stipendiary short-term residency, Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
• PRESENTATION OF PAPERS, POSTER, GIVEN SPEECHES AT CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
16/12/2022 - “Diete decoloniali. Praticare rangatiratanga e kaitiakitanga a tavola”, panel: “Sostenibilità e sovranità alimentare nelle isole”, Convegno 2022 della Società Italiana di Antropologia Applicata, Verona, Italy
14/11/2022 - "Decolonial diets. Practicing rangatiratanga and kaitiakitanga at the dinner table", panel: “Food Futures: Backyard and Beyond”, Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa/New Zealand 2022 Conference, Wellington, New Zealand
04/06/2022 - "Decolonial diets. Practicing rangatiratanga and kaitiakitanga at the dinner table", panel: “Foodways in Motion”, European Society for Oceanists 2022 Conference, Ajaccio, France
19/02/2021 - "Foodscapes - Spaccati di vita nella ristorazione etnica a Milano", World Anthropology Day 2021, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
• AWARDS AND PRIZES
30/07/2021 - “I° Bando Exchange EXTRA-UE a.a. 2021/2022” to conduct autonomous research abroad, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
13/03/2021 - “Borsa di Studio di Ateneo”, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
28/09/2020 - “Bando Tutorato studenti capaci e meritevoli – Progetto Matricole Lauree Magistrali cod.20TUS002 per l'a.a. 2020/2021”, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
13/03/2020 - “Borsa di Studio di Ateneo”, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
06/11/2015 - Scholarship to cover tuition fees for the 2016 Winter School: "The island of Magoodhoo. Places and local communities facing change", Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
• LANGUAGE SKILLS
Native speaker: Italian
Other language(s): English level C1/C2
Certifications: 30/04/2013 - University of Cambridge: UCLES - CAE English Language C1