Research: Postcolonial Reflections in the Contemporary Museum Space: Dialogues, Relational Practices, and Cultural Restitution in the Case of the “Cultures and Mission” Cultural Hub between Kenya and Italy
I am a PhD student in the Identities, Memories, Religions and Peace curriculum. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Intercultural Communication and a Master’s degree in Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, both from the University of Turin.
Over the past three years, I have worked at the University of Turin in the field of research support, focusing on the design and management of competitive national and European projects.
My academic and personal path has been shaped by research experiences across Africa and Europe — from Mozambique, where I studied postcolonial dynamics in medical and psychological contexts, to a Nigerian Pentecostal community in Turin, where I explored the role of religious narratives in shaping identities and forms of belonging.
My research interests concern the relationships between memory, identity, and narrative from a postcolonial perspective, with particular attention to the role of missionary ethnographic museums as spaces of dialogue, restitution, and intercultural co-creation.
I believe in a public and transformative anthropology — one that acts as a practice of peace and fosters spaces of encounter, listening, and shared reflection.