Team
Francesco Remotti | Founder and Former Director
Professor emeritus; University of Turin
Research topics: Democratic Republic of Congo; Banande; terminology and kinship systems; marriage practices and political implications; traditional political structure; organization of space; Nande semantics
E-mail: francesco.remotti@unito.it
Cecilia Pennacini | Former Director
Full professor of demoethnoanthropological sciences; University of Turin
Research topics: kubandwa; visual anthropology; museum anthropology and cultural heritage
E-mail: cecilia.pennacini@unito.it
Alessandro Gusman | Director
Associate professor in Cultural Anthropology; University of Turin
Research topics: religion; migration
E-mail: alessandro.gusman@unito.it
Anna Baral
Postdoctoral researcher; Linnaeus University (Sweden)
Research topics: youth; migration; gender; sexuality
E-mail: anna.baral@lnu.se
Brenda Birungi
Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology; Makerere University
Research topics: urban refugees
E-mail: brenda.birungi@gmail.com
Gilberto Borri
Ph.D. candidate in psychological, anthropological and educational sciences (anthropology curriculum); University of Turin
Research topics: refugees; indigenous healthcare systems; biomedicine
E-mail: gilberto.borri@unito.it
Lorenzo D’Angelo
Researcher; Sapienza University of Rome
Research topics: mining; environment; migration
E-mail: lorenzo.dangelo@uniroma1.it
Luca Jourdan
Full professor of cultural anthropology; University of Bologna
Research topics: political anthropology; conflict; migration
E-mail: luca.jourdan@unibo.it
Francesco Moze
PhD candidate in African Studies; University of Edinburgh
Research topics: border aesthetics; history and geography of borders, imperialism, colonialism; Uganda-Congo border
E-mail: francesco.moze@ed.ac.uk
Naima Quintiliani
Ph.D. candidate in History Anthropology Religions (anthropology curriculum); Sapienza University of Rome
Research topics: history of anthropology; ethnographic photography
E-mail: naimaquinti@gmail.com; naima.quintiliani@uniroma1.it
Stefano Ruzza
Associate Professor of Political Science; University of Turin, Italy
Research topics: commercial security actors (private military and security companies); conflict transformation in Uganda and Myanmar; political transition and authoritarian resilience in Myamar
E-mail: stefano.ruzza@unito.it
Guido Nicolás Zingari
Research fellow in Anthropology; University of Turin
Research topics: religion; migration; visual anthropology
E-mail: guidonicolas.zingari@unito.it