Faculty
Research Interests
Systems of alliances and local associations; urban anthropology; ritual; symbolic representations; indigenous peoples’ knowledge.
Research Areas
RD Congo, South Africa, Burundi, Western Alps.
email: stefano.allovio@unimi.it
Research interests
Refugees, humanitarianism, EUR-Africa migration; Conflicts and peace-processes in Africa; Social Memory, mobility and citizenship
Research Areas
Somalia and Horn of Africa, Italy and Libya
email: luca.ciabarri@unimi.it
Research Interests
Environment; human/non human; mythology; ritual theory; complexity; social media.
Research Areas
Ghana, West Africa, Northern Italy, Sicily.
email: gaetano.mangiameli@unimi.it
Research Interests
Anthropology of law; international organizations and global governance; indigenous peoples’ rights; AI and digital technologies; environment and conservation; policing.
Research Areas
Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, United Nations, Tech Companies.
email: maria.sapignoli@unimi.it
Research Interests
Anthropology of science; Social uses of genetics; Bio-social communities; Ethnophysiology; Indigenous perspectivism; Human/non-human; Indigenous knowledge and new technologies.
Research Areas
Peruvian Amazon Rainforest, Euskal Herria (Basque country)
email: laura.volpi@unimi.it
Postdoctoral Researchers
Research interests
Minorities; Social stratification; Emancipation; Migration; Development.
Research areas
Somalia and Horn of Africa; Gambia; Italy
Email: elia.vitturini@unimi.it
PhD Students
Elena Fusar Poli
Alessandro Guglielmo
Salma Khan
Partners/Visitors
Michel Agier ( EHESS, Paris) November 2021