Course Instructors and Collaborators
Erin Brie Clowes
Erin Clowes is a part-time lecturer with the Comparative History of Ideas (CHID) program at the University of Washington in Seattle. She has supported four inaugural CHID international programs studying identity, conflict and dialogue in Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Cyprus. For the past three years she has co-directed CHID's Legacies of Empires Program, bringing students to Rome, Budapest and Prague during winter quarters 2013-16. With a focus on identity and alterity, this program examines the current crisis of Roma minority communities in Rome, Budapest and Prague, and the ways in which notions of “identity” and “culture” further marginalize Roma populations. Erin is committed to creating experiential learning communities in study abroad, with humility at the center. She has been strongly influenced by the work of Edward Said and postcolonial and feminist theorists. Erin earned her M.A. in International Studies through the University of Washington Jackson School and creates international program projects that both challenge our assumptions and involve bridging divided communities through community-centered collaborations.
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Erin Clowes is a part-time lecturer with the Comparative History of Ideas (CHID) program at the University of Washington in Seattle. She has supported four inaugural CHID international programs studying identity, conflict and dialogue in Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Cyprus. For the past three years she has co-directed CHID's Legacies of Empires Program, bringing students to Rome, Budapest and Prague during winter quarters 2013-16. With a focus on identity and alterity, this program examines the current crisis of Roma minority communities in Rome, Budapest and Prague, and the ways in which notions of “identity” and “culture” further marginalize Roma populations. Erin is committed to creating experiential learning communities in study abroad, with humility at the center. She has been strongly influenced by the work of Edward Said and postcolonial and feminist theorists. Erin earned her M.A. in International Studies through the University of Washington Jackson School and creates international program projects that both challenge our assumptions and involve bridging divided communities through community-centered collaborations.
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Adriana Goni Mazzitelli
Adriana Goni Mazzitelli is lecturer at the Department of Architecture of the University of Roma Tre and Associate Professor of Territorial Studies Group- Institute of Urban Affairs at the University of la Republica Uruguay. She holds a degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology, and had postgraduate studies in Local Networks for local development, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain(2004) and New Urban Policies, University of Roma Tre, Italy (2004). Adriana won the Italian International Relationship Ministry scholarship to complete her Phd in Urban and territorial Planning in 2008 in the Department of Urban Studies at the University Roma Tre (DipSU). She is also a post- doctoral Fellow at the National Centre for Research and Innovation Uruguay (ANII).She has extensive international teaching and project coordination experience, including international workshops in Universities in Spain, Turkey, France and Germany within the European project Meta University. She had been working in applied research in the last fifteen years in the fields of Collaborative Planning methodologies, Human Right Urbanism- just and inclusive city, international migrations, urban marginalization and public policies. In 2010 she launched the international Civic Art Laboratory of research and experimentation with Francesco Careri which created the “ Roma people - Salviati University” program in Rome for the past two years through the UW/CHID Legacies of Empires program. http://www.arteciviche.com
Adriana Goni Mazzitelli is lecturer at the Department of Architecture of the University of Roma Tre and Associate Professor of Territorial Studies Group- Institute of Urban Affairs at the University of la Republica Uruguay. She holds a degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology, and had postgraduate studies in Local Networks for local development, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain(2004) and New Urban Policies, University of Roma Tre, Italy (2004). Adriana won the Italian International Relationship Ministry scholarship to complete her Phd in Urban and territorial Planning in 2008 in the Department of Urban Studies at the University Roma Tre (DipSU). She is also a post- doctoral Fellow at the National Centre for Research and Innovation Uruguay (ANII).She has extensive international teaching and project coordination experience, including international workshops in Universities in Spain, Turkey, France and Germany within the European project Meta University. She had been working in applied research in the last fifteen years in the fields of Collaborative Planning methodologies, Human Right Urbanism- just and inclusive city, international migrations, urban marginalization and public policies. In 2010 she launched the international Civic Art Laboratory of research and experimentation with Francesco Careri which created the “ Roma people - Salviati University” program in Rome for the past two years through the UW/CHID Legacies of Empires program. http://www.arteciviche.com
Jody Early
Jody Early is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Health Studies at the University of Washington Bothell. Her interdisciplinary background draws on humanities, education and community health. Jody’s research, teaching, and work as a community health educator span over 20 years and have been greatly influenced by Paulo Freire’s critical pedagogy, community-engaged methodologies and feminist theories. She approaches health from a social science perspective, and her teaching and research explore the influence of socio-ecological factors (e.g., gender, education, economics, policy, culture) on health and health disparities. Her most recent scholarly projects examine, lay health promotion as feminist activism, factors that are associated with an expanded view of "community resilience;" sexual harassment in agriculture, and the evolution and integration of the community health worker (CHW) role into formal health systems. She also examines digital strategies that build communities of inquiry online and offline, and explores innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to discovery that enhance empathy and cross-cultural understanding. Jody has published peer-reviewed research articles in the areas of: community and global health, women’s health, CBPR, new media and health promotion and eLearning. She is also a co-author of the text, The Process of Community Health Education & Promotion (2nd edition; 3rd edition forthcoming in 2017).
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Jody Early is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Health Studies at the University of Washington Bothell. Her interdisciplinary background draws on humanities, education and community health. Jody’s research, teaching, and work as a community health educator span over 20 years and have been greatly influenced by Paulo Freire’s critical pedagogy, community-engaged methodologies and feminist theories. She approaches health from a social science perspective, and her teaching and research explore the influence of socio-ecological factors (e.g., gender, education, economics, policy, culture) on health and health disparities. Her most recent scholarly projects examine, lay health promotion as feminist activism, factors that are associated with an expanded view of "community resilience;" sexual harassment in agriculture, and the evolution and integration of the community health worker (CHW) role into formal health systems. She also examines digital strategies that build communities of inquiry online and offline, and explores innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to discovery that enhance empathy and cross-cultural understanding. Jody has published peer-reviewed research articles in the areas of: community and global health, women’s health, CBPR, new media and health promotion and eLearning. She is also a co-author of the text, The Process of Community Health Education & Promotion (2nd edition; 3rd edition forthcoming in 2017).
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Irene Baule
Irene Baule was born in Milano in 1953. She started working as a primary teacher in 1974 and went on for 43 years, specializing in drama, arts, communication and English. She has always been deeply involved in inclusive and special education, that in Italy are developed in every school order, from infancy to University. In 1982 she moved to Sardinia, and taught for 10 years in a very small village of the inner area. In 1992 she moved to Alghero with her family, in search of a better place to rehabilitate and raise her special needs son, Oliver. She was also teacher of Methodology in an experimental course of Social and Educational Upper School in Alghero. She has been involved in social and political activities since she was in her teens, and now dedicates her spare time to support people in difficult situations through a Sardinian non-profit association called ASCE.
Irene Baule was born in Milano in 1953. She started working as a primary teacher in 1974 and went on for 43 years, specializing in drama, arts, communication and English. She has always been deeply involved in inclusive and special education, that in Italy are developed in every school order, from infancy to University. In 1982 she moved to Sardinia, and taught for 10 years in a very small village of the inner area. In 1992 she moved to Alghero with her family, in search of a better place to rehabilitate and raise her special needs son, Oliver. She was also teacher of Methodology in an experimental course of Social and Educational Upper School in Alghero. She has been involved in social and political activities since she was in her teens, and now dedicates her spare time to support people in difficult situations through a Sardinian non-profit association called ASCE.
Silvia Serreli
Silvia Serreli is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architectures, Design and Planning at the University of Sassari. She has a Italian Masters Degree in Civil and Architectural Engineering and a PhD in Urban Planning from the University of Rome.
Dr. Serreli works on urban and environmental projects in low-density settlements. She has experience coordinating interdisciplinary groups in academic and professional contexts. She has promoted the “Experimental Project of Cultural Integration in Sardinia” with Local Communes, Schools, both within the university and private sectors (temporary asylum centers, cultural and social economical associations). She is the coordinator of the Interdisciplinar research collaboration, “Università dei Bambini dell’Università di Sassari.” Dr. Serreli is on the Editorial Staff of the book series Urban and Landscape Perspectives (Springer). Silvia is also very involved in coordinating activities with AfrikaAlghero, a non-profit group working to support immigrant education and integration in Alghero, Sardinia.
Silvia Serreli is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architectures, Design and Planning at the University of Sassari. She has a Italian Masters Degree in Civil and Architectural Engineering and a PhD in Urban Planning from the University of Rome.
Dr. Serreli works on urban and environmental projects in low-density settlements. She has experience coordinating interdisciplinary groups in academic and professional contexts. She has promoted the “Experimental Project of Cultural Integration in Sardinia” with Local Communes, Schools, both within the university and private sectors (temporary asylum centers, cultural and social economical associations). She is the coordinator of the Interdisciplinar research collaboration, “Università dei Bambini dell’Università di Sassari.” Dr. Serreli is on the Editorial Staff of the book series Urban and Landscape Perspectives (Springer). Silvia is also very involved in coordinating activities with AfrikaAlghero, a non-profit group working to support immigrant education and integration in Alghero, Sardinia.
Natalia Agati & Matteo Locci (Civic Art Project Directors)
Natalia Agati and Matteo Locci are trained architects working in the fields of socially engaged art and enjoying the complexities of collectively generated art projects with their collective, Ati Suffix. They are contaminated contaminators as they have neither a standpoint nor a fixed poetic or style –their projects are always open and co-directed by the circumstances, the contexts, the people and the communities encountered. Throughout the years they developed a politically charged work together with urban movements, with Romani and immigrant communities in Rome, while following a genuine need for provocation, rapture and social change –aiming at stimulating self-representation of marginalized communities, creating the needs and conditions for public conversations, and inviting people to enter into uncommon situations aimed at changing collective behavior.
Natalia Agati and Matteo Locci are trained architects working in the fields of socially engaged art and enjoying the complexities of collectively generated art projects with their collective, Ati Suffix. They are contaminated contaminators as they have neither a standpoint nor a fixed poetic or style –their projects are always open and co-directed by the circumstances, the contexts, the people and the communities encountered. Throughout the years they developed a politically charged work together with urban movements, with Romani and immigrant communities in Rome, while following a genuine need for provocation, rapture and social change –aiming at stimulating self-representation of marginalized communities, creating the needs and conditions for public conversations, and inviting people to enter into uncommon situations aimed at changing collective behavior.
Martina Giuffre (Guest Presenter)
Martina Giuffre is a researcher and professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Sassari, Department of History, Human Sciences and Education. She taught Cultural Anthropology at the University L'Orientale of Naples and at the Faculty of Arts, University of Florence, where she carried out her research fellowship dealing with migration issues and oral histories. She holds a PhD in Science ethno-anthropology from the Università of Rome "La Sapienza" with a study of Cape Verdean women, where she lived for three years. She has conducted extensive research in the field as well as in Cape Verde, in Australia, in the Aeolian Islands, in Tuscany and Belgium. She has been working for years with issues related to migration, (Italian emigration abroad and foreign immigration in Italy), and more recently has begun to deal with gender identity and women's migration.
Martina Giuffre is a researcher and professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Sassari, Department of History, Human Sciences and Education. She taught Cultural Anthropology at the University L'Orientale of Naples and at the Faculty of Arts, University of Florence, where she carried out her research fellowship dealing with migration issues and oral histories. She holds a PhD in Science ethno-anthropology from the Università of Rome "La Sapienza" with a study of Cape Verdean women, where she lived for three years. She has conducted extensive research in the field as well as in Cape Verde, in Australia, in the Aeolian Islands, in Tuscany and Belgium. She has been working for years with issues related to migration, (Italian emigration abroad and foreign immigration in Italy), and more recently has begun to deal with gender identity and women's migration.
Maria Rocco (Guest Presenter)
Maria Rocco is an architect and PhD candidate in Urban Studies at DICEA - La Sapienza University in Rome. She is also a founding member of Laboratorio Arti Civiche research group and -ATI suffix collective. Her main research interests concern production and control of space, spatial segregation and emerging strategies, formal and informal, related to access and construction of just spaces. She also focuses on phenomena of self-organization and self-management of space and the creation of inclusive and open spacial systems. She worked in several research project with minorities and other marginal collectivities, urban movements, and processes of bottom-up construction and innovation of public policies. Currently she is carrying on a research on migrants’ strategies of resistance in border areas, grounded in Morocco and the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.
Maria Rocco is an architect and PhD candidate in Urban Studies at DICEA - La Sapienza University in Rome. She is also a founding member of Laboratorio Arti Civiche research group and -ATI suffix collective. Her main research interests concern production and control of space, spatial segregation and emerging strategies, formal and informal, related to access and construction of just spaces. She also focuses on phenomena of self-organization and self-management of space and the creation of inclusive and open spacial systems. She worked in several research project with minorities and other marginal collectivities, urban movements, and processes of bottom-up construction and innovation of public policies. Currently she is carrying on a research on migrants’ strategies of resistance in border areas, grounded in Morocco and the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.
Denise Bates (Guest Presenter)
Dr. Bates is an Associate Professor in Community and Public Health at Middle Tennessee State University where she collaborates with colleagues on domestic and international public health research through Community Based Participatory Research methods. Dr. Bates has worked with refugees for over 18 years in various capacities. Her work over the last several years has been with refugees and immigrants, studying integration to post migratory culture and the related and resulting health risks experienced by these groups of people. Dr. Bates most recently returned from volunteering in Lesvos, Greece, where she assisted Global Outreach Doctors with providing aid and medical care to those fleeing Syria. She will join us in Alghero and share her insights with working in Lesvos, her research on migration and resettlement, and the "smoke and mirrors" of voluntourism.
Dr. Bates is an Associate Professor in Community and Public Health at Middle Tennessee State University where she collaborates with colleagues on domestic and international public health research through Community Based Participatory Research methods. Dr. Bates has worked with refugees for over 18 years in various capacities. Her work over the last several years has been with refugees and immigrants, studying integration to post migratory culture and the related and resulting health risks experienced by these groups of people. Dr. Bates most recently returned from volunteering in Lesvos, Greece, where she assisted Global Outreach Doctors with providing aid and medical care to those fleeing Syria. She will join us in Alghero and share her insights with working in Lesvos, her research on migration and resettlement, and the "smoke and mirrors" of voluntourism.
Vicente Rodriguez Fernandez
(Artist and Activist)
Honored as one of Forbes Magazine Most Influential People under 30, human rights activist, cartoonist, and screenwriter, Vicente Rodriguez Fernandez (a.k.a. "Magneto") raises awareness on the discrimination of the Romani people and other minority groups. He is currently touring the globe developing the RomaPop project to change the conversation on human rights. He is also one of the co-founds of TERNYPE-International, a Roma youth network. Vicente will discuss his work as well as lead discussions around art as activism and the use of pop culture as a tool for human rights.
(Artist and Activist)
Honored as one of Forbes Magazine Most Influential People under 30, human rights activist, cartoonist, and screenwriter, Vicente Rodriguez Fernandez (a.k.a. "Magneto") raises awareness on the discrimination of the Romani people and other minority groups. He is currently touring the globe developing the RomaPop project to change the conversation on human rights. He is also one of the co-founds of TERNYPE-International, a Roma youth network. Vicente will discuss his work as well as lead discussions around art as activism and the use of pop culture as a tool for human rights.
Sabrina Melone (Program Assistant)
Sabrina earned a degree in Education Sciences from the University of Sassari. She has expertise in planning education interventions within social marginalized contexts in partnership with the università Alma Mater Studiorum di Bologna. Her work often centers around increasing support for those with disabilities and for those recovering from trauma or in need of psychiatric care.
Currently she is part of ASCE (Associazione Sarda Contro l’ Emarginazione), Sardinia’s Association against Discrimination and collaborates on projects to increase intercultural understanding and integration.
Sabrina earned a degree in Education Sciences from the University of Sassari. She has expertise in planning education interventions within social marginalized contexts in partnership with the università Alma Mater Studiorum di Bologna. Her work often centers around increasing support for those with disabilities and for those recovering from trauma or in need of psychiatric care.
Currently she is part of ASCE (Associazione Sarda Contro l’ Emarginazione), Sardinia’s Association against Discrimination and collaborates on projects to increase intercultural understanding and integration.
Flaminia Antonini (Professional Interpreter and Italian Instructor at Vel Mari)
Flaminia was born in Addis Abeba (Ethiopia), lived there for 17 Years and then gained a degree in English and French Literature from the University of Perugia, Italy. She has a strong passion for travelling and worked in tourism mainly in Middle East countries. Sardinia has worked also in eco-tourism as a volunteer in projects implemented under the umbrella of UN (Yemen, Cape Verde) and in International Cooperation projects with a private NGO (Uganda and South Sudan). Among other things, she was Member of the Organizing Committee of cultural events implementing multicultural activities in Perugia. She currently teaches Italian at the Vel Mari Migrant and Refugee Center in Alghero) and English and French to different audiences. I’m also a member of SPAZIO –T that is a Theater school established in Alghero in October 2010 by Chiara Murru and Maurizio Pulina.
Flaminia was born in Addis Abeba (Ethiopia), lived there for 17 Years and then gained a degree in English and French Literature from the University of Perugia, Italy. She has a strong passion for travelling and worked in tourism mainly in Middle East countries. Sardinia has worked also in eco-tourism as a volunteer in projects implemented under the umbrella of UN (Yemen, Cape Verde) and in International Cooperation projects with a private NGO (Uganda and South Sudan). Among other things, she was Member of the Organizing Committee of cultural events implementing multicultural activities in Perugia. She currently teaches Italian at the Vel Mari Migrant and Refugee Center in Alghero) and English and French to different audiences. I’m also a member of SPAZIO –T that is a Theater school established in Alghero in October 2010 by Chiara Murru and Maurizio Pulina.
Peer Instructors at Vel Mari and in Alghero