IRIS:

Laurea triennale/B.A. (Catania, 2018), Laurea magistrale/M.A. (Venezia, 2022)

Curriculum: Euro-Mediterranean Historical Studies from Antiquity to the Contemporary Age

Supervisor: Bachis Francesco

Co-Supervisor: -

Project title: Dwelling and reclaiming contaminated space: ethnography of risk in Ch'iatura, Georgia

The research project aims to investigate, from a socio-anthropological perspective, the social, environmental, and public health implications of manganese extraction in the municipality of Ch'iatura (Imereti, Georgia). Through a multimodal ethnographic approach, the project offers a reflection on the relationship between economic vulnerability, produced by a mining industry, and ecological disaster, exploring the strategies through which the local population reappropriates space and claims the right to live in a contaminated environment.
The project aims to contribute to the contemporary anthropological debate on the anthropology of mining, disasters and risk, with a particular focus on forms of coexistence with toxic ecology and the possibilities for action by the population in post-Soviet contexts.