Anthropology & Archaeology

This dissertation traces the genesis and evolution of the idea that the Tristan da Cunha island group held the secrets to ameliorating poverty, disease, and environmental degradation on a global scale.

The project I am currently working on, concerning migration and artistic frontiers in Argentina, is conceived to be the first step of my final dissertation "Making Art in Migration: Global Countercultural Movements between Italy, Spain and Argentina".

I am a PhD student in socio-cultural anthropology, focusing on policing, migration, and visual/sensory methods.

Although transitional justice (TJ) has been used to mobilize substantial financial resources with the aim of compensating victims of civil conflict, little is known about how countries come to drastically different reparation sums.

The research examines the presence of Tibetan Buddhist teachings and ideologies in the Xixia kingdom.

Building on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park in the Saurashtra peninsula of Gujarat, India, this project explores the politics and peculiarities of coexistence between pastoralists and lions.

As precedents to the now abandoned coal camps of Appalachia, massive incorporated municipalities dedicated to resource extraction in India and China today, and growing tech communities in Silicon Valley.

How have five decades of exile shaped the ideas of belonging, (up)rootedness, and religious tradition in the Tibetan diaspora?

This project brings scholars and museum professionals together with Indigenous knowledge holders from Central Arnhem Land, Australia, to address issues pertaining to access and management of cultural objects and archival materials in museum collections.

This research project will contribute to a better understanding of political identity and belonging among indigenous peoples of Amazonia.