2025
Book presentation "Beyond Pain. The anthropology of body suspensions" - World Anthropological Union Congress 2025, Antigua - Guatemala. 3-8 November 2025. Attendance promoted by a WAU scholarship.
Paper " Vulvar pain as an invisible form of suffering: medical neglect, cultural silence, and self-medication" - World Anthropological Union Congress 2025, Antigua - Guatemala. 3-8 November 2025. Attendance promoted by a WAU scholarship. https://www.waucongress2025.org/
Panel "The Cultural Meanings of Pain: constructing power, identity and social perceptions" - World Anthropological Union Congress 2025, Antigua - Guatemala. 3-8 November 2025. Attendance promoted by a WAU scholarship.
Workshop "Experimenting with vulvas. A participatory workshop to creatively address the cultural void surrounding vulvar health " - Why World Needs Anthropologists (WWNA) 2025 - Creativity at work. University of Bologna, October 3-5, 2025. https://applied-anthropology.com/wwna2025-program
Workshop "The personal is Political - Perspectives from Maternal Turn" - Why World Needs Anthropologists (WWNA) 2025 - Creativity at work. University of Bologna, October 3-5, 2025. https://applied-anthropology.com/wwna2025-program
Paper "Neglected Vulvas. An anthropological research-actions about vulvar health, taboo and social invisibility" presentet at the panel 37. Genital Expectations: A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Gendered Meanings, Norms, and Practices Surrounding Genitalia Medical Anthropology Europe Conference "Redefinitions of Health and Well-Being", 10-13 September 2025, University of Vienna, Austria. Attendance supported by a MAE scholarship for scientific value of the proposal. https://mae.univie.ac.at/home/
Panel "The controversial social space of vulvas", 10th Ethnography and Qualitative Research International congress, University of Trento, 10-12 July 2025. Co-panelist: prof. Ferrero Camoletto https://erq-conference.soc.unitn.it/programme/
Poster "Promoting health care access and cultural transformation", presented at the international safeguarding conference 2025 "Women of faith, women of strength. A safeguarding conference", Pontifical Gregorian University, Roma. 17-20 June 2025. https://internationalsafeguardingconference.org/it/home-italiano/
Attendance at the biomedical conference "La Vulvodinia: un approccio rispettoso tra scienza e cura", by CasaMedica and Associazione Italiana Donne Medico Bergamo, 17.5.2025 (8h).
Paper "Quando l’antropologia si fa arte, scienza e resistenza. Un percorso espositivo itinerante per decostruire i tabù del dolore vulvare e promuovere l’accesso alla salute". 5th national congress of the Italian Association of Medical Anthropology "Anthropology and Health Rights" University of Bologna. 16-18 January 2025.
2024
Paper "Vulv-nerability: politics and aesthetics of vulvar pain". Life Conference: Researching Vulnerabilities froma Life Course Perspective. Institute of Social Sciences (ICS) University of Lisbon. 13-14 July 2024. https://www.ics.ulisboa.pt/en/evento/life-conference-researching-vulnerabilities-life-course-perspective
Paper “Vulvodynia as a Battleground. Exploring violence in health contexts”, Right to Health, substandard and disrespectful care and gynecological and obstetric violence: a multidisciplinary practice. 8 October 2024, University of Torino. Co-author: Raffaella Ferrero Camoletto.
Paper “Uno sguardo socio-antropologico sui copioni di sofferenza vulvare e pelvica”, Studi Culturali in Italia (congress for the 20th anniversary of the academic journal Studi Culturali) 12-13 September 2024, University of Bologna (Italy). Co-author: Raffaella Ferrero Camoletto, Nicole Braida. https://site.unibo.it/damslab/it/damslab/cfpsc
Paper “Vulvar Pain. Art. Science Resistance”, 20th International KISMIF Congress, University of Porto (Portugal), 10-13 July 2024. https://www.kismifconference.com/pt/
Workshop “NON Parliamo di sesso! Ripensare tabù, aspettative e pressioni di eccellenza”, presented with Raffaella Ferrero Camoletto and Alessia Toldo at the World Anthropology Day 2024, 17.2.2024 https://anthrodaymilano.formazione.unimib.it
2023
Paper: “Algo-poiesi: costruirsi attraverso il dolore”, at the congress for the scientific career of prof. Francesco Remotti “Gli Altri e Noi. Culture e Discipline in dialogo”, 9-11 September 2023, University of Torino (Italy).
Panel: “Discorsi e contro-discorsi. (Re)immaginare e (ri)produrre il sociale tra asimmetrie di potere”, at the 4th national congress of the Italian Association of Cultural Anthropology (SIAC), 21-23 September 2023, University La Sapienza, Roma (Italy). Co-panelist: Eleonora Rossero. https://www.siacantropologia.it/panel-12/
Panel: “Shame, mortality and vulnerable self. Visibility and authenticity”, at the 9th International Ethnography and Qualitative Research Conference, 7-10 June 2023 University of Trento (Italy). Co-panelist: Alvaro Jarrin. https://erq-conference.soc.unitn.it/2022/09/28/6-shame-morality-and- the-vulnerable-self-visibility-and-authenticity/
Paper: “Studying ageing through the Hacked Barbie workshop”, presented at the Seminar Day Aging and Sexuality network, University of Brasov 22-25 March 2023.
2022
Paper: “Melaninocrazie. Il contributo dell’antropologia medica”. Co-author Chiara Pussetti. 49th congress of ADOI (Associazione Dermatologi Venereologi Ospedalieri Italiani e della Sanità Pubblica ), 26-29 October 2022, Pala-Riccione (Italy).
Poster: “A medical anthropological research on algo-politics and anthropo-poietical uses of pain in contemporary Europe”, at the Rome Pain Days 2022, 2-3 September. Scientific international medical congress organized by the Paolo Procaci Foundation. https://romapaindays.eu/index.php? action=preview
Panel: “Rethinking the body as ‘under construction’ in and beyond post-pandemic emergency”, at the 8th congress of the Portuguese Association of Anthropology (APA) “The New 20s. Challenges, Uncertainties and Resistances”. Évora, 6-9 September 2022. Co-panelist: Isabel Pires. https:// apa2022.apantropologia.org/en/paineis-aprovados/
Paper: "Do I work for the smartphone or the smartphone works for me? An anthropological reflection on ethnographer’s availability during digital and presencial fieldwork”, presented at the panel P049-Ethnographies at the touch of the screen, at the 8th congress of the Portuguese Association of Anthropology (APA) “The New 20s. Challenges, Uncertainties and Resistances”. Évora, 6-9 September 2022. https://apa2022.apantropologia.org/en/paineis-aprovados/
Paper: “Plastic Barbies and bodies made of plastic”, Kismif Conference “DIY Cultures, Sustainability and Artistic Ecosystems”, 13-16 July 2022. Porto. https://www.kismifconference.com
Paper: “Praising immortality, defeating death and (re)producing perfection through bodies”, at the Nordic Ethnology and Folklore Conference, 13-16 June 2022, Reykjavík, Iceland. Co-author: Sara Lee and Clara Saraiva.
Dissemination activity/workshop: “The Hacked Barbie go outside: from Lisbon 2021 to Porto 2022. An experimental dissemination hit for a militant anthropology”, co-authored with Isabel Pires at the COMbART 2022, International Conference on Art, Activism and Citizenship, organized by Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, Porto (Portugal) on 30-31 May 2022. https://combart.eventqualia.net/pt/2022/inicio
Paper: “Call for artists. Body as canvas. Guerrilla fighting against unrealistic beauty standards”, co- authored with Isabel Pires at COMbART 2022, International Conference on Art, Activism and Citizenship, organized by Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, Porto (Portugal) on 30-31 May 2022. https://eu-central-1.linodeobjects.com/evt4-media/documents/ Programa_Programme_combART__2022_27.05.pdf
Paper “The social side of isolated bodies during the Covid pandemic”, at the RAI conference “Mobilizing Methods in Medical Anthropology”. 18-21 January 2022. Panel 28 “Covid. Conducting anthropology during pandemic”. https://www.therai.org.uk/conferences/mobilising- methods-in-medical-anthropology-2022/programme#11170
2021
Workshop “La Barbie Hackerata. Workshop di auto-co(no)scenza sulla corporeità e gli interventi di manipolazione”, IX congress of the Italian Society for Applied Anthropology (SIAA) “Next generation: Prospettive Antropologiche”. Co-author: Lucia Portis and Chiara Pussetti. 15-18 December 2021, University La Sapienza, Rome. https://www.siaa-next-gen.it
Round-table and artistic exposition “The Hacked Barbie. A workshop to deconstruct ourselves”, [e]motion congress - Graduate conference on Science and Technology of Art. Co-author: Chiara Pussetti. 9-11 December 2021, Catholic Portuguese University of Porto. https://artes.porto.ucp.pt/ pt/graduateconference?msite=4
Paper “The anti-relic: body enhancement and deconstruction of perfection”, RelicS 2021 - First International Conference on Relic Studies. Co-author: Clara Saraiva. 24-26 November 2021, at the Catholic Portuguese University of Porto. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ks1RmYwxqRhuR9xIcUbyd6NUrWUFRayR/view
Paper “The Hacked Barbie. First results from a participatory workshop about social pressure of body performances”, 2021 annual meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S). Co- author: Chiara Pussetti. 6-9 October 2021, Toronto and Worldwide. https://www.4sonline.org/ meeting/past-meetings/4s-2021-toronto/
Panel “Do-It-Myselfy. Body-performances and screen-based interactions in pandemic times and in the future”, 3rd National Congress of the Italian Society of Cultural Anthropology (SIAC), University La Sapienza, Rome. Co-panelist: Chiara Pussetti. 22-25 September 2021. https:// www.siacantropologia.it/appuntamenti/futuro/
Paper “Being a doctoral student during the Covid-19 emergency. A reflexive gaze on pros and cons of last year professional challenges (and not only)”, 12th Annual Meeting of the EASA Medical Anthropology Young Scholar (MAYS) Network. 19 August 2021. https://docs.google.com/ document/d/15oX2VcMYf8U_ZdqNI5i4ZaAGSQK_XU3M/edit
Workshop: “A Barbie Hakerada - workshop sobre designer bodies, subjetividades cosméticas e manipulação corporal” coordinated with Isabel Pires at the International Congress COMbART, International Conference on Art, Activism and Citizenship. 28-29 June 2021. https://eu- central-1.linodeobjects.com/evt4-media/documents/Resumos2021.pdf
Panel+Workshop: “Breaking beauties. For participative understandings of body enhancing practices”, 15th Congress of the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) “Breaking the rules? Power, participation, transgression”. Co-panelist: Chiara Pussetti. Chair: Michela Fusaschi. Discussant: Emerson Pessoa. Helsinki, 19-24 June 2021 (Finland). https://nomadit.co.uk/ conference/81/p/9565
Panel: “The engaging side of pain”. Co-panelist: Dario Nardini, PhD. 8th International Ethnography and Qualitative Research Conference, University of Bergamo, 9-12 June 2021. http:// www.etnografiaricercaqualitativa.it
Paper: “Looking beautiful is hard work. An anthropological reflection on pain, risks and other side effects of cosmetic practices”. Co-author: Isabel Pires. Seminar: “The Life of Beauty”, at the Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, 21-22 May 2021. https://www.isek.uzh.ch/de/ ethnologie/Veranstaltungen/Mai-2021-Workshop-Life-of-Beauty.html
Panel: “The crisis of communication”, RAI Film Festival (Royal Anthropological Institute). Co- panelist: Lucia Portis. Bristol, 21 March 2021 (United Kingdom). https://raifilm.org.uk/admin- films/the-crisis-of-communication
Paper: “Because words are not enough. Alternative investigation practices in the study of contemporary body suspensions in Europe”, RAI Film Festival. Bristol, 21 March 2021 (United Kingdom). https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/raiff2021/paper/59254
Workshop organized with Lucia Portis and Elena Pugliese: “Milano suona. Una piccola partitura per una grande sinfonia”, during the World Anthropology Day 2021, organized by University of Milano Bicocca (Italy), 20 March 2021. https://anthrodaymilano.formazione.unimib.it/home-page/ edizione-2021/
Workshop “La Barbie Hackerata” organized with Chiara Pussetti at the World Anthropology Day 2021, organized by University of Milano Bicocca (Italy).19 March 2021. https://drive.google.com/ file/d/1D2OkAcfqeV7tH4JfjRcXBGweca9VujOx/view
Paper “Creating a hook family. Ethnographical data from an ongoing fieldwork on contemporary body suspension in Europe”, IUAES congress (International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences). Sibenik, 14 March 2021 (Croatia). https://iuaes2020.conventuscredo.hr/ program/
2020
Paper: “Everyday challenges of a digital ethnography (and not only). A discussion on fieldwork’s experience, strategies and difficulties, in dealing with the suspension online/offline community”. Vienna Anthropology Day, 28 September - 1 October 2020. https://vanda.univie.ac.at/home/
Paper: “Enhancing humanity. Interlacing online and offline behaviors to construct a body suspension community”. International conference Dialogue in building social environment, organized by the Educare association, 7 November 2020, Vistula (Poland).
Paper: “Hunting for regeneration: an anthropological insight on body suspension practice and its meanings”. 16th EASA Biennial Conference, 20-24 July 2020, Lisbon (online event). Panel 091 “Body/mind as space(s) of struggle and experiment: explorations, expansions and experience(s) of human limits”. https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easa2020/paper/51970
2019
Panel: “La natura nella città: forme di evasione, gioco, resistenza e risignificazione degli spazi verdi urbani attraverso le pratiche fisiche”. Co-panelist: Dario Nardini, PhD. VII° SIAA congress (Italian Society of Applied Anthropology), Ferrara 12-14 December 2019. http:// www.antropologiaapplicata.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/LIBRO-SIAA-LIGHT-compresso.pdf
Paper: “Body modification between therapy and luxury. Following ethnographical traces of body- technologies for self-making interventions”. Medical Anthropology Young Scholars (EASA network) - “Being there. Medical Anthropology in action”, at the University of Turin (Italy), on July 4th and 5th, 2019. https://mayseasa.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/mays-program-4-5-july-2019-.pdf
Paper: “Human beings à la carte. Considerations on ethnographical data about body-interventions in contemporary Europe”. 7th APA Congress (Portuguese Anthropological Association), panel 052. Lisbon 5-7 June 2019 (Portugal). https://apa2019.apantropologia.org/en/panels-and-papers-with- abstracts/
2018
Paper: “New practices and ancient roots. The raise of European body suspension in a comparative perspective”. City Rituals - Ritual Year Working Group of SIEF. 7-9 November 2018, Bucharest (Romania). https://www.siefhome.org/downloads/wg/ry/RY2018%20abstracts.pdf
Attendance: “I limiti dell’identità. Incontro con Francesco Remotti”, conference organized by Centro Studi Argo, Turin 30 November 2018 (Italy). https://www.centrostudiargo.it/eventi-argo/ aperitivi-antropologici-i-limiti-dellidentita-incontro-con-francesco-remotti/
Attendance: “Ugo Fabietti. Il lavoro dell’antropologo”, Università degli Studi di Milano (ITALY), 24-26 November 2018 (Italy). https://www.unimib.it/sites/default/files/allegati/ a2_fabietti_def_sedi.pdf
Paper: “When the ethnographer arrives in a “suspended” family. Considerations from a fieldwork in progress between Italy, Norway and Portugal”. 15th EASA Biennal Conference, 14-17 August 2018, Stockholm University (Sweden).https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easa2018/paper/43180
Poster: “The Self under the skin: strategies of memory through the body”. 7th Ethnography and qualitative research conference, 6-9 June 2018, Bergamo (Italy). http:// www.etnografiaricercaqualitativa.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ERQ2020+21-Final-Conference- Programme_June9th.pdf
2017
Paper: “When words are not enough. Preliminary results from an anthropological laboratory on alternative forms of self-representation”, Fourth Interdisciplinary and International Conference “Verbal, Visual and Scientific Narratives”, Pułtusk Academy of Humanities, 4-6 September 2017, Pułtusk (Poland).
Paper: “Body’s application: cyborgs, trans-human technologies and body modifications in contemporary Europe”, EASA Medical Anthropology Network Meeting “Bodies in transition - power, knowledge and medical anthropology”, 5-7 July 2017, Lisbon (Portugal).
Paper: “Composing our words. An experimental workshop exploring alternative forms of self- expressions.”, open format intervention, 1st International Colleex Workshop, Ethnographic experimentation, an EASA network. 13th–15th July 2017, Jardim Botânico Tropical, Lisbon (Portugal).
Paper: “Vincoli d’amore tra le Alpi. Note di campo sull’ineguaglianza di genere e di generazione in ambito rurale”, IV Congress of Archeology and Anthropology “Amor”, RomArché 26-28 May 2017, Rome (Italy).
2016
Paper: “Pain and blood, poems and drawing. Ethnography of a creative chain reaction”, International Conference “Futuros disputados”, VI Congress of APA (Anthropological Portuguese Association), 2-4 June 2016, Coimbra University (Portugal).
2015
Paper: “Mobbing in Switzerland family domain: the invisible work of woman in the agricultural context and violations of children rights in peasant dynasty”, Conference “Process and results of social-cultural transformation within family domain”, The County of Pruszków and the Polish Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, 28-29 October 2015, Pruszków (Poland).
Poster: “Jusqu’à la limite de soi. Notes de terrain sur la trance près d’une petite ville italienne”, 2nd International Conference “Démesure”, AFEA (Association française d’ethnologie et d’anthropologie), Toulouse University, 29 June-2 July 2015 (France).
Paper: “Il tatuaggio commemorativo. Note di campo sull’elaborazione del lutto nell’Italia contemporanea e ipotesi di auto-poiesi”, International Conference “Archeologia e antropologia della morte” RomArchè 2015, 20-22 may 2015, Stadio Domiziano of Rome (Italy).
Paper: “Body symbols. Making the body”, Third Interdisciplinary and International conference “Thinking Symbols”, 30 June-2 July 2015, Pultusk Academy of Humanities, Pultusk (Poland). Accommodation and inscription expensed.
2014
Paper: “Humanizing death. An anthropological interpretation of tattoos as self-poiesi of contemporary Italy”, International Conference “Seeing beyond in facing death”, 25-28 September 2014, University of Padua (Italy).
2013
Paper: “Performing death. The Good Friday Procession ritual in Civitavecchia”, Dying and Death Conference, Alba Iulia University, 26-28 September 2013, Alba Iulia (Romania).
Attendance: 3rd ANUAC Congress “Famiglie, genere, generazioni”, 7-9 November 2013, Turin University.
2012
Paper: “Body marks and death. Extreme body modification rituals”, Dying and Death Conference, Alba Iulia University, 6-8 September 2012, Alba Iulia (Romania). Scholarship for travel expenses.
Paper: “No name, no memorial. The tragedy of migrants around the Mediterranean Sea”, Second Interdisciplinary International Conference “Disasters, Catastrophes and the Ends of the World in Sources”, 25-27 June 2012, Pultusk Academy of Humanities, Pultusk (Poland).
2011
Paper: “Mourir en tant que migrant: thanatopolitiques et thanatopratiques de l’Italie contemporaine”, Dying and Death Conference, Alba Iulia University, 29 September-1 October 2011, Alba Iulia (Romania)