10–12 Jul 2025
University of Trento
Europe/Zurich timezone

Scientific Programme

  • 1. Ethnographies of the contemporary far-right.

    Convenors
    Elisa Bellè (CEE Sciences Po)
    Safia Dahani (LaSSP/Sciences Po Toulouse)

  • 2. Migration and the transition to adulthood.

    Convenors
    Enrico Fravega (University of Genoa)
    Sebastiano Benasso (University of Genoa)

  • 3. Domestic ethnography in marginalized and shared dwelling spaces: Relationships, dilemmas, and the micro-macro link.

    Convenors
    Paolo Boccagni (University of Trento)
    Eduardo Barberis (University of Urbino - Carlo Bo)

  • 4. Civil society and care practices.

    Convenors
    Paola Bonizzoni (University of Milan)
    Giacomo Lampredi (University of Milan)

  • 5. Lines, traces, streets. Writing urban ethnography.

    Convenors
    Andrea Mubi Brighenti (University of Trento)
    Andrea Pavoni (DINAMIA'CET, University Institute of Lisbon)

  • 6. Despicable public personas: Dynamics of infamy in digital culture.

    Convenors
    Stefano Brilli (University of Urbino)
    Oscar Ricci (University of Milano-Bicocca)

  • 7. "Work is not just work": Ethnographies on migrant workers' health in Europe.

    Convenors
    Veronica Buffon (University of Messina)
    Camilla De Ambroggi (University of Padua)

  • 8. Labour and exploitation in the contemporary waste industry.

    Convenors
    Hanen Chebbi (Institut Pasteur/ECUMUS)
    Simone Di Cecco (École française de Rome, Institut Convergences Migrations)

  • 9. Distant neighbours. Urban ethnography through temporary practices and digital connections.

    Convenors
    Sebastiano Citroni (University of Insubria)
    Massimiliano Raffa (University of Insubria)

  • 10. Labour market insertion of young migrants.

    Convenor
    Iraklis Dimitriadis (Scuola Normale Superiore)

  • 11. Imagining future worlds: New ethnographic perspectives on creative approaches to climate change.

    Convenors
    Lorenzo Domaneschi (University of Milano-Bicocca)
    Lorenzo G. Zaffaroni (University of Milano-Bicocca)

  • 12. Ethnographies of (multi-)sensoriality in and of social interaction.

    Convenors
    Clemens Eisenmann (University of Konstanz; University of Siegen)
    Lorenza Mondada (University of Basel)

  • 13. Creative/Inventive methods in contemporary ethnographic inquiry.

    Convenors
    Fabio M. Esposito (CNR-IRPPS)
    Paolo Landri (CNR-IRISS)

  • 14. Between the digital and the "real": Theoretical and epistemological challenges for ethnography in migration studies.

    Convenors
    Enrico Fravega (University of Genoa)
    Rassa Ghaffari (University of Genoa)

  • 15. Environmental labour ethnographies of workplaces and working-class communities.

    Convenors
    Francesca Gabbriellini (University of Bologna)
    Domenico Perrotta (University of Bergamo)

  • 16. Theorising ethnography across disciplines and methodological approaches.

    Convenors
    Ester Gallo (University of Trento)
    Chiara Bassetti (University of Trento)

  • 17. Comparative ethnographies of borderlands. Everyday practices of bordering and resistance across securitised geographies.

    Convenors
    Ilaria Giglioli (University of San Francisco)
    Edgar Córdova Morales (UVSQ-Paris-Saclay)

  • 18. Aesthetics and imaginaries of eco-activist movements.

    Convenors
    Massimiliano Guareschi (University of Milano-Bicocca)
    Federico Smania (University of Milano-Bicocca)

  • 19. Rethinking the role of ethnography in more-than-human participatory research and design.

    Convenors
    Liesbeth Huybrechts (University of Hasselt)
    Cristiano Storni (University of Limerick)

  • 20. Collectivities rule their own lands: Ethnography and interdisciplinary approaches for Territories of Life.

    Convenors
    Marta Villa (University of Trento)
    Mauro Iob (University of Trento)

  • 21. Examining the controversial social space of female genitals.

    Convenors
    Federica Manfredi (University of Torino)
    Raffaella Ferrero Camoletto (University of Torino)

  • 22. Observing digital practices: The role of Artificial Intelligence in cultural processes.

    Convenor
    Alessandra Micalizzi (Università Telematica Pegaso)

  • 23. The everyday lives of platform workers: Migration, precarity and resistance.

    Convenors
    Giorgio Pirina (University Cà Foscari of Venice)
    Francesco Pontarelli (University Cà Foscari of Venice)

  • 24. Institutional ethnography: Researching for social change.

    Convenors
    Morena Tartari (Northumbria University)
    Órla Meadhbh Murray (Northumbria University)

  • 25. Surveillance imaginaries and practices.

    Convenor
    Fabio Quassoli (University of Milano-Bicocca)

  • 26. Labour exploitation: Beyond existing development paradigms.

    Convenors
    Timothy Raeymaekers (university of Bologna)
    Giuseppe Grimaldi (University of Trieste)

  • 27. New ethnographic perspectives on racialization processes.

    Convenors
    Ivana Rapoš Božič (Masaryk University)
    Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky (Masaryk University)

  • 28. Transnational religious education in Europe: Between integration and differentiation.

    Convenors
    Roberta Ricucci (University of Turin)
    Minoo Mirshahvalad (University of Copenhagen)

  • 29. Ethnographies of expert capitalism.

    Convenors
    Daromir Rudnyckyj (University of Victoria)
    Coco Kanters (Utrecht University)

  • 30. Ethnographies of death and grief.

    Convenors
    Giorgio Scalici (University of Palermo)
    Nives Ladina (University of Roma)

  • 31. Watching the watchers: Policing and ethnography of the coercive state.

    Convenor
    Michael Sierra-Arévalo (University of Texas at Austin; Princeton University)

  • 32. Tasting and judging "natural" wines and artisanal agri-food products.

    Convenors
    Davide Sparti (University of Siena)
    Clelia Viecelli (University of Siena)

  • 33. Ethnographies of expert knowledges in mental health, neurodivergence, and disability.

    Convenors
    Luca Sterchele (University of Turin)
    Fabio Bertoni (University of Lisboa)

  • 34. Ethnography of violence in intimate relationships.

    Convenors
    Maria Urso (University of Palermo)
    Martina Lo Cascio (University of Palermo)

  • 35. Ethnographies of migrant detention, new forms of confinement and the securitarian turn in migration policies.

    Convenors
    Francesca Vianello (University of Padova)
    Omid Firouzi Tabar (University of Padova)