Istituto Superiore Regionale Etnografico International Summer School in Anthropology and Ethnography (ISSAE) First edition, 23-28 giugno 2025 – Gavoi
Traduci in Italiano TheInternational Summer School in Anthropology and Ethnography (ISSAE) is designed to be itinerant.
TheInternational Summer School in Anthropology and Ethnography (ISSAE) is designed to be itinerant. Each year a different locality and/or area of Sardinia will is selected, with priority given to municipalities and towns where ethnographic museums, ecomuseums, and activities related to the study, conservation, and enhancement of cultural heritage, particularly anthropological heritage, are located or being developed.
For each edition, ISSAE offers a program focused on theoretical, epistemological, and methodological issues in demo-ethno-anthropological sciences. Scholars and experts (both Italian and international) are invited to deliver lectures on topics and issues that are particularly relevant to field research theory and practice. In addition to lectures and other seminars and workshops, the
training program includes group work sessions grounded in experience, observation, and ethnographic practices on specific research topics.
23-28 June 2025 – Gavoi
LIVING SUSTAINABILITY AND HERITAGE
The first edition of the ISSAE school took place in Gavoi, Nuoro, a municipality rich in history in the Barbagia of Ollolai, well known for its local artisan and commercial traditions, for sheep breeding and the production of the ‘Fiore Sardo dei pastori’, a raw milk sheep’s cheese (Slow Food Presidium), and more recently also for hosting an international literary festival now in its 17th edition (L’Isola delle Storie), conceived among others by Giulio Angioni, a famous Sardinian writer and anthropologist.
The training activities of the first edition of the ISSAE Summer School focused on themes, issues and approaches of the anthropology and ethnography of heritage, landscape, environment and typical local productions; of social transformation processes linked to tourism development and new forms of entrepreneurship; of local development policies in the framework of the global policies of ‘sustainable development’.
The partners of this edition were: Università degli Studi di Cagliari; Università degli Studi di Sassari; Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Demoetnoantropologici, Dipartimento di Filosofia, Scienze sociali, umane e della formazione, Università di Perugia; CRIA/IN2PAST – Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (Centre for Research in Anthropology) / Laboratório Associado para a Investigação e Inovação em Património, Artes, Sustentabilidade e Território (Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory), Portogallo; École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Campus EHESS Marseille, Francia; SNSPA – Şcoala Națională de Studii Politice și Administrative, Romania.
Scientific Committee: Prof. Franco M. Lai (Prof. ordinario di Antropologia sociale, Dipartimento di Scienze Umanistiche e Sociali, Università di Sassari), Prof. Felice Tiragallo (Prof. associato in Discipline demo-etno-antropologiche, Dipartimento di Lettere, Lingue e Beni culturali, Università di Cagliari), Prof. Filippo M. Zerilli (Prof. ordinario di Antropologia culturale, Dipartimento di Scienze politiche e sociali, Università di Cagliari)
Coordinator for the 2025 Edition: Prof. Filippo M. Zerilli
The Scientific Committee benefits from the contributions of researchers and professors in Demo-Ethno-Anthropological Sciences from various institutions:: Prof. Francesco Bachis (Dipartimento di Lettere, Lingue e Beni culturali, Università di Cagliari), Dr. Domenico Branca (Dipartimento di Scienze Umanistiche e Sociali, Università di Sassari), Dr. Tatiana Cossu (Dipartimento di Lettere, Lingue e Beni culturali, Università di Cagliari), Dr. Bogdan Iancu (SNSPA – Şcoala Națională de Studii Politice și Administrative, Bucharest), Prof. Franco Lai (Dipartimento di Scienze Umanistiche e Sociali, Università di Sassari), Prof. Carlo Maxia (Dipartimento di Lettere, Lingue e Beni culturali, Università di Cagliari), Dr. Antonio Maria Pusceddu (CRIA – Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Lisboa), Prof.ssa Valeria Siniscalchi (EHESS – École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, CeRCLEs – Centre de recherche sur les circulations, les liens et les échanges, Marseille), Dr. Monica Stroe (SNSPA – Şcoala Națională de Studii Politice și Administrative, Bucharest), Dr. Cristiano Tallè (Dipartimento di Storia, Scienze dell’uomo e della Formazione, Università di Sassari), Prof. Felice Tiragallo (Dipartimento di Lettere, Lingue e Beni culturali, Università di Cagliari), Prof. Filippo M. Zerilli (Dipartimento di Scienze politiche e sociali, Università di Cagliari)
Tutor: Dr. Sergio Contu, Dr. Susanna Latini, Dr. Riccardo Uras (Università di Cagliari), Dr. Nicolò Atzori (Università di Sassari)