Pubblications

Manfredi Federica. 2024. Beyond pain. The Anthropology of Body Suspension. Brooklyn/Oxford: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-80539-524-9. 318 pages. https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/ ManfrediBeyond

Manfredi Federica. 2014. I volti celati di Civitavecchia. Un’antropologa sulle tracce del Venerdì Santo. Civitavecchia, Etruria Arti Grafiche. 189 pages. Promoted by ‘Cassa di Risparmio di Civitavecchia’ Foundation.

Manfredi Federica. 2024. “Vulva”. CremeZine. Collaborazioni Creative 1:26. ISBN: 978-88-97253-10-5 DOI: 10.13122/978-88-97253-10-5 https://aisberg.unibg.it/handle/10446/291689

Manfredi Federica. 2024. "L’algo-poiesi. Darsi forma attraverso il dolore tra sguardi patologizzanti". AM Antropologia Medica 58: 213-242  https://www.amantropologiamedica.unipg.it/index.php/am/article/view/731/644 [A Class] OPEN ACCESS

Manfredi, Federica. 2024. “The neglected reflection on vulvar pain. An anthropological research- action through Art and Science”. Visual Ethnography 10 (1): 101-125 http://www.vejournal.org/index.php/vejournal/article/view/350  [A Class] OPEN ACCESS

Manfredi, Federica. 2023. “Thinking the Self Through Hooks, Needles, and Scalpels. Body Suspensions, Tattoos, and other Body Modifications” Medicine Anthropology Theory 10(3): 1-25. ISSN 2405-691X https://www.medanthrotheory.org/article/view/6532 OPEN ACCESS

Manfredi, Federica. 2023. "Mistrust and barriers in the relationship between vulvar pain patients and physicians. Preliminary results of an anthropological study about pain experiences of vulvodynia in Italy". In Varrassi, G. (ed.), Abstract of Rome Pain Days 2023, Signae Vitae 19(4): 254. https://www.signavitae.com/articles/10.22514/sv.2023.040 DOI:10.22514/sv.2023.040 OPEN ACCESS

Manfredi Federica. 2022. “Oggetti buoni per pensarsi, oggetti buoni per mostrarsi. Riflessioni da un laboratorio etnografico di manufatti co-creati per comprendere e narrare le sospensioni corporee”. Antropologia 9 (3): 23-44.  https://www.ledijournals.com/ojs/index.php/antropologia/article/view/2084  [A Class] OPEN ACCESS

Manfredi Federica, Nardini Dario. 2022. “Vivere il Dolore. Introduzione”, Etnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa 3: 333-347.  [A Class] DOI: 10.3240/105858. https://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.3240/105858  [A Class]

Manfredi Federica. 2022 “Cicatrici per darsi forma. Una riflessione antropologica su scarificazioni, dolore e trasformazioni”, Etnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa 3: 401-427. https://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.3240/105862  [A Class]

Manfredi Federica. 2022. “A medical anthropological research on algo-politics and anthopo- poietical uses of pain in contemporary Europe”, in Giustino Varrassi (ed.), Abstracts of Roma Pain Days 2022, Signa Vitae 18(5): 158-159. DOI:10.22514/sv.2022.063 https://www.signavitae.com/articles/10.22514/sv.2022.063 OPEN ACCESS

Manfredi Federica. 2022. “In between birth and death, past and future, the self and the others. An anthropological insight on commemorative and celebrative tattoos in Central Italy”. Religions, 13(46): 1-13. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/1/46 OPEN ACCESS

Barata Caterina, Coutinho Luisa, Manfredi Federica and M. Schamarella. 2020. “Doctoral research work and work of care: reflections in times of pandemic”. Fennia 198 (1-2): 247-251. https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/9919 OPEN ACCESS

Manfredi Federica. 2019. “Learning to fly: a story tale for my three years old son. An unconventional ethnographic restitution on a creative ethnography on body suspensions”. Irish Journal of Anthropology, 22(1): 194-204. https://repositorio.ul.pt/bitstream/10451/51778/1/ICS_FManfredi_Learning.pdf OPEN ACCESS

Manfredi Federica. 2017. “Saper accompagnare. Una proposta formativa per ripensare la morte in prospettiva antropologica”, NEU - Periodico dell’Associazione Nazionale Infermieri Neuroscienze, 3:66-73. https://www.anin.it/Riviste.aspx OPEN ACCESS

Manfredi Federica. 2017. “Il lutto e la memoria incisi sulla pelle. Riflessioni su una nuova ritualità funebre”, Studi Tanatologici 8: 50-69. ISBN 978-88-94-00-6841. http://www.fondazionefabretti.it/ wp-content/uploads/Studi-Tanatologici-8_Web OPEN ACCESS

Manfredi Federica. 2016. “Imparare a volare: note di campo sulle sospensioni corporee”, Etnografia e ricerca qualitativa 3, pp. 497-512. ISBN 978-88-15-26199-1

Manfredi Federica. 2016. “The participatory video. An identity definition workshop”, Educare On- line review “Humanistyczne Ksztalcenie, w teoriee i w praktyce. Wybrane Zagadnienia”, Pultusk (Poland), pp. 294-309, ISBN: 978-83-944619-0-4

Manfredi Federica. 2016. “Mobbing in Switzerland family domain: the invisible work of woman in the agricultural context”, Anthropologies - Anthropology Journal of Mensa’s Anthropology SIG, v.2, 2, pp. ISSN 2059-094

Bonfanti Nicole, Braida Nicole, Ferrero Camoletto Raffaella, Gattino Silvia, Manfredi Federica, Proserpio Valentina, Riboni Giorgia, Zorzi Virginia, Zottola Angela. 2025. Vulvas at Play. Co-constructing knowledge and awareness about pelvic-vulvar pain. Quaderni MUSIC - UNITO 1: 6-30. OPEN ACCESS

Manfredi Federica 2024. "Il dolore che ti entra nella carne. Una lettura antropo-poietica tra decostruzione e creazione di umanità". In Diez J.G., Gusman A. Gli Altri E Noi. Saggi in onore di Francesco Remotti. Torino, Accademy University Press. Pp: 229-247.

Manfredi Federica, Pussetti Chiara. 2024. "The Hacked Barbie. A workshop series to (de)construct contemporary bodies and social pressure". In A. Gago, JP Amorim, N Moura (eds), [e]motion, pp. 83-90. https://openbooks.ucp.pt/ucp/catalog/book/215  OPEN ACCESS, DOI:https://doi.org/10.34632/9789725410677

Manfredi Federica, Pussetti Chiara. 2024. “Biohaking”. In Chiara Pussetti, Be Fu**cking Perfect. Á Procura de Perfeição. Lisbon: Etnogràfica Press, pp. 68-73. https://books.openedition.org/etnograficapress/9248 DOI: 10.4000/books.etnograficapress.9198 OPEN ACCESS

Pussetti Chiara, Manfredi Federica. 2024. “Does gravity always wins? Ageing experiences and models of perfections from an art-based ethnography on body’s excellence”. In Handbook of Inequalities in Later Life, Catherine Earl and Philip Taylor (eds.). Cheltenham: Elgar. Pp. 15- 28. ISBN: 978 1 78990 723 0. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/research-handbook-on-inequalities-in-later-life-9781789907230.html

Manfredi, Federica. 2023. “Plastic Barbies and bodies made of plastic”. In Paula Guerra and Ana Oliveira (eds.), Keep It Simple, Make It Fast! An approach to Underground Music Scene, Porto:Porto University Press, pp. 134-144. ISBN: 978-989-9082-298 https://www.academia.edu/113374301/Plastic_Barbies_and_bodies_made_of_plastic OPEN ACCESS

Manfredi Federica, Chiara Pussetti and Evija Laiviņa. 2022, “Beauty Warriors. Histórias de resistência entre antropologia e arte”. In Campos Ricardo Didier Sarrouy Alix and Simões Alberto José (eds.), A arte de construir cidadania: juventude, práticas criativas e ativismo. Lisbon: Tinta da China Publisher, pp. 59-90. ISBN: 978-989-671-697-4. https://tintadachina.pt/produto/arte-de-construir-cidadania/?fbclid=IwAR1gzR79bY5zrT4E0XWmTC_Et7z1kTGCWstadCsoPNEXYfLTjDyqyhfCCTo

Manfredi Federica. 2022. “Para além das entrevistas logocêntricas: quando o etnógrafo reforça a sua caixa de ferramentas com arte, símbolos e artefactos”. In Teresa Fradique and Rodrigo Lacerda (eds), Modos de fazer, modos de ser. Lisbon: Etnográfica Press, pp. 177-198. DOI : 10.4000/8044 https://books.openedition.org/etnograficapress/8113 OPEN ACCESS

Manfredi Federica. 2021. “ ‘Being hanged by hooks is an unspeakable experience’. Fieldwork notes on sensory challenges and experimental forms of self-narrative”. In Véronique Dassié, Aude Fanlo, Marie-Luce Gélard, Cyril Isnart, Florent Molle (eds.), Collectes Sensorielles. Recherche-Musée-Art. Paris: Petra, pp. 103-131. ISBN: 978-2-84743-286-2. https://www.editionspetra.fr/livres/collectes-sensorielles-recherche-musee-art

Manfredi Federica. 2021. “Vincoli d’amore tra le Alpi. Note di campo sull’ineguaglianza di genere e di generazione in ambito rurale”. In Valentino Nizzo (ed.), Antropologia e Archeologia a confronto. Antropologia e Archeologia dell’Amore. Atti del IV Incontro Internazionale di Studi. Rome: Fondazione Dià Cultura, pp. 199-213. ISBN 978-88-946182-1-1. https://www.ibs.it/antropologia-archeologia-dell-amore-4o-libro-vari/e/9788894618211 

Manfredi Federica. 2020. “Passports powers: movement restrictions, regulations and troubles after death. Anthropological considerations on crossing borders based on fieldwork-notes from an ethnography on Italian bureaucracy for returning-remains”. In Luana Alagna and Alessandro Arienzo (eds.), Sud-Nord. Identità, sviluppo, confini. Palermo: Palermo University Press, pp. 201-219. ISBN: 978-88-5509-126-8. https://unipapress.com/book/sud-nord

Manfredi Federica. 2018. “Note di campo sull’elaborazione del lutto nell’Italia contemporanea: riflessione sui tatuaggi commemorativi e ipotesi di auto-poiesi”. In Valentino Nizzo (ed.) Antropologia e archeologia a confronto: archeologia e antropologia della morte. 2. Corpi, relazioni e azioni: il paesaggio del rito. Rome: Editorial Service Systhem, pp. 525-534. ISBN 978-88-8444-181-2 https://iris.unive.it/retrieve/handle/10278/3703268/137430/antarc%20libro2%20Stevanato.pdf 

Manfredi Federica. 2017. “Body symbols: the use of body in an anthropological perspective”, Thinking Symbols - Interdisciplinary Studies, ACTA ARCHAEOLOGICA PULTUSKIENSIA Vol.6, Pultusk: Academy of Humanities Press, pp. 187-192.

Manfredi Federica and Popielska-Grzybowska Joanna. 2017. “Body as symbol? The making of the body of the Pharaon from an anthropo-poietical perspective”, Thinking Symbols - Interdisciplinary Studies, ACTA ARCHAEOLOGICA PULTUSKIENSIA Vol.6, Pultusk Academy of Humanities Press, pp. 241-250.

Manfredi Federica. 2017. “Jusqu'aux limites de soi. Trances et procession du Vendredi Saint dans une petite ville italienne”, In Démesure, Actes du 2e Congrès de l’AFEA (Association française d’ethnologie et d’anthropologie), 29 June - 2 July 2015, Université Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, Toulouse, pp. 116-126. https://afea.hypotheses.org/files/2022/01/Actes_Congres2015_2022.pdf

Manfredi Federica. 2017. “An Adult Workshop On Re-thinking Death. An anthropological experience of lifelong education through the taboo of the end of life”. In Gogolewska-Tośka, M., Szymanska, M. (eds.), Czlowiek-edukacja-spoleczenstwo. Wybrane zagadnienia I poblemy, Inter- ibook, Kampinos, pp. 173-182. ISBN 978-83-7549-310-8

Manfredi Federica. 2014. “Genre, générations et égalité en agriculture : transformations des configurations familiales et des représentations de la masculinité et de la féminité en Suisse”. Résumé des résultat - Gleichstellung der Geschlechter Nationales Forschungsprogramm NFP 60. Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique. Co-author: Yvan Droz, Fenneke Reysoo, Valérie Miéville-Ott, Nadine Boucherin, Ruth Rossier, Sandra Contzen, Jérémie Forney.

Manfredi Federica. 2014. “Addomesticare la morte: un’interpretazione antropologica del tatuaggio”, in International conference Seeing beyond in facing death (Vedere Oltre. La spiritualità dinnanzi al morire: dal corpo malato alla salvezza), 25-28th September, Padua (Italy), p. 70, ISBN 978-88-6938-002-0

Manfredi Federica. 2014. “Una lettura antropologica del rimpatrio delle salme: quando spegnersi in Italia è sinonimo di ‘cattiva’ morte”, in Decimo Rapporto dell’Osservatorio Romano sulle Migrazioni, Rome (Italy), pp. 151-159. ISBN 978-88-6480-054-7 OPEN ACCESS

Manfredi Federica. 2013. “No names, no memorials. The migrants’ invisible deaths”, in Studies on Disasters, Catastrophes and the Ends of the World in Sources, ACTA ARCHAEOLOGICA PULTUSKIENSIA Vol. IV, Pultusk Academy of Humanities Press (Poland), pp 201-203, ISBN 978-83-7549-210-1

Manfredi Federica. 2012. “Death and body modification: new body rituals in contemporary Italy”, in Dying and Death in 18th-21th Century Europe, International Conference 5th Edition, Annales Universitatis Apulensis, Serie Historica, Alba Iulia (Romania).

Manfredi Federica. 2011. “Mourir en tant que migrant: thanato-politiques et thanato-pratiques de l’Italie contemporaine”, in Dying and Death in 18th-21th Century Europe, International Conference 4th Edition, Annales Universitatis Apulensis, Serie Historica, Alba Iulia (Romania), pp 389-413, ISSN 1453-9306