10th Edition, 2025
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ConvenorsEster Gallo (corresponding convenor), University of Trentoester.gallo@unitn.it Chiara Bassetti, University of Trentochiara.bassetti@unitn.it Among qualitative methods, ethnography is probably one with a longer history of theorisation, dating back to the 1920s Malinowskian realist/naturalist tradition and the 1930s Chicago School, rooted in pragmatism and symbolic interactionism. Rather than sticking to a single hermeneutic tradition, ethnography has since…
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ConvenorsIlaria Giglioli, University of San Franciscoigiglioli@usfca.edu Edgar Córdova Morales, UVSQ -Paris-Saclayedgar.cordova@cnrs.fr The past twenty years have seen an increase in border securitization worldwide, matched by a rise in nationalisms and a general dis-enchantment with the global. Existing scholarship on global processes of border fortification has primarily adopted a «birds-eye view», focusing on similarities in legislation…
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ConvenorsLiesbeth Huybrechts, University of Hasseltliesbeth.huybrechts@uhasselt.be Cristiano Storni, University of Limerickcristiano.storni@ul.ie This panel explores and discusses the role of ethnography in more-than-human participatory research and design (Grusin, 2015; Braidotti, 2016) in the context of contemporary socio-environmental research, namely research and design on, for and with non-human entities in the Anthropocene (Moore, 2016; Adams, 2020). Specifically, we…
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ConvenorsMarta Villa, University of Trentomarta.villa@unitn.it Mauro Iob, University of Trento mauroiob@mauroiob.it Territories of Life (ICCA, 2021) are areas that resident communities nurture through conscious solidarity (Honneth, 2015) to ensure their survival, and they exist across the globe. Each culture designs its Living Space according to a unique vision, yet common elements facilitate comparison (Bassi, 2022). These…
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ConvenorsFederica Manfredi, University of Torinofederica.manfredi@unito.it Raffaella Ferrero Camoletto, University of Torinoraffaella.ferrerocamoletto@unito.it Women’s sexuality, and the bodily representations and practices experienced, have known relevant changes since the second half of the XX century, in the direction of an increased acknowledgment of women’s sexual subjectivities (Bertone et al., 2011). Notwithstanding this change of cultural scenario, apart from…
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ConvenorAlessandra Micalizzi, SAE Institute – Università Telematica Pegasoa.micalizzi@sae.edu – alessandra.micalizzi@unipegaso.it Artificial intelligence (AI) is defined as any technique applied to computers that can mimic human behaviors and replicate or outperform human decision-making to solve complex tasks with human intervention or, in the most advanced versions, autonomously (Russell, Norvic, 2021; Micalizzi, 2024). Part of the scientific…
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ConvenorsGiorgio Pirina, Università Cà Foscari di Veneziagiorgio.pirina@unive.it Francesco Pontarelli, Università Cà Foscari di Veneziafrancesco.pontarelli@unive.it It is now widely recognised that platform-mediated gig work is precarious and reproduces long-standing social hierarchies and inequalities (Woodcock, Graham, 2020; Borghi, Peterlongo, 2023). Among the most affected groups are migrant workers, who are increasingly integrated into the gig economy. A…