Sociology and anthropology

People with expertise in this area
Research interests

Maria Livia Alga: Temporary Professor
Stefania Pontrandolfo: Associate Professor

Fabio Vicini: Associate Professor

Research interests
Topic	People	Description
Anti-Gypsyism /Antinomadism	Stefania Pontrandolfo	Research on different forms of hostility towards groups labelled as ‘Gypsies’ or other ‘nomadic’ or mobile peoples
Applied Anthropology	Stefania Pontrandolfo	Experiments for a social and change-oriented use of anthropological knowledge and practices in the public sphere
Anthropology of Romani Groups	Stefania Pontrandolfo	Research on socio-cultural constructions and historical dynamics in Roma and Sinti populations
Anthropology of migration	Stefania Pontrandolfo	Study of the multiple and numerous modern migratory processes
Anthropology of religion	Fabio Vicini	Study of Muslim religious life and practice in comparison with that of other faiths, especially Christianity
Anthropology of Education	Stefania Pontrandolfo	Ethnographic research with an anthropological approach in different formal and informal educational contexts
Anthropology of migration	Fabio Vicini	Research on the so-called second generations of young people whose parents come from a migratory path
Anthropology of Islam and Muslim Worlds	Fabio Vicini	Research on Muslim life, religious imaginaries and practices in Turkey, Europe and the Middle East
Anthropology of development	Stefania Pontrandolfo	Research on ‘development’ as a particular form of social change
Anthropology of secularism	Fabio Vicini	Study of the secular logic that pervades the institutional order in Italy and Europe and how this impacts the life of religious minorities
Epistemology of anthropological research	Fabio Vicini	Critical reflection on the genealogy of anthropological categories and their possible implementation through thought categories of other traditions
Epistemology and Hermeneutics of Ethnographic Research	Stefania Pontrandolfo	Critical reflection on how anthropological knowledge is constructed through an eclectic research method such as ethnography
Etnografia e ricerca qualitativa sul fare comunità	Maria Livia Alga	Studio della metodologia di ricerca sul campo secondo un approccio post-esotico e femminista. Analisi riflessiva delle pratiche di auto/formazione e scrittura che nascono da esperienze di ricerca partecipata con professionisti della cura (insegnanti, assistenti sociali; educatori; infermiere), all'interno di movimenti sociali e comunità resistenti.
Experimental Ethnography	Stefania Pontrandolfo	Experiments in anthropological fieldwork (action research; applied research; participatory research; collaborative research; etc.).
Islamophobia	Fabio Vicini	Research on the multiple forms of stereotyping, discrimination, and hostility towards Islam as a religion and Muslims as believers
Movimenti sociali	Maria Livia Alga	Ricerca azione su processi di conoscenza orientati alla creazione e condivisione di saperi radicati nei corpi,coscientemente parziali e contestuali, in potere di costruire mondi non organizzati secondo assi di dominio. Una particolare attenzione è indirizzata alle forme di resistenza e auto-organizzazione comunitaria in contesti diasporici.