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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · May 12

The book is available as open access publication at bit.ly/4k9NBXn

Ethnographic Methods in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Research

"Ethnographic Methods in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Research" published on 29 Jan 2024 by Bristol University Press.

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · May 12

This Thursday at 18:00 CET, I'll join the book presentation "Ethnographic Methods in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Research", to which I contributed a chapter on remote collaborative ethnography, co-authored with Luxa Leoco.

🔗 Register here: eu.avcr.cz/en/news/Romisticke-utopie-15-May-2025/

Romistické utópie, 15 May 2025 - The Institute of Ethnology CAS

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Apr 20

Piotr talking with the audience during the Q&A session

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Apr 13

"Of Brothers and Sisters" by Oxana Bischin follows two Romanian Roma siblings reconnecting and sharing their life journeys. Through creative workshops and heartfelt interviews, the film reveals raw emotions and invites us to appreciate life's complexity and recognise the power of resilience.

Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Apr 13

"Jimmy's Archive" by Robert Deakin explores nostalgia through the closet of a retired bachelor in East London. As objects reveal their stories, we're transported to 1970s London's rock scene and the life of a neighborhood that will no longer exist.

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Apr 13

The last two movies at #ASA2025 left us with a melancholic smile, reminding us of our shared human connections. #Anthropology

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Apr 11

The films were shown in two sessions: "Labour (and) Environment" featuring also "Minding sand" by Laura van Herp, and "Healing, Aging, Growth" featuring also "Growing Old in the Margins in Lima, Peru" and "The moral value of our cells".

Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Apr 11

"Hanging Out" by Mari Korpela follows five transnational boys in Tampere who, through their self-irony and cynicism, hijack the anthropologist's film to share their worldview – turning an unexpected deviation into collaborative filmmaking at its best.

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Apr 11

"Land full of Boas" by Clara Kleininger-Wanik showcases indigenous women healers and midwives in the Ecuadorian rainforest. Through sensory imagery, the film explores their shamanic practices and connection to nature while also examining modern gender dynamics.

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Apr 11

@piotrgoldstein.bsky.social's (and colleagues) polyphonic film explores cross-border commuters between Poland and Germany. Using a circular narrative, it captures how daily migration affects the workers' sense of time, leading them to conclude "This Week Does Not Really Exist"

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Apr 11

Delighted to see such high turnout at the #ASA2025 conference's second-day film programme – especially impressive for a lunch break at an anthropology conference!

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Apr 10

An open question remains: whether tradition itself might simply be a collection of snapshots from a larger, endless process of modernisation, combination, hybridisation, and transmission across generations.

Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Apr 10

Young people emerge as central actors, both as participants in intergenerational cultural transmission and as individuals seeking to understand and connect with tradition.

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Apr 10

The "Musical Valley" explores the tensions between the need of the protagonists to engage with traditional indigenous music – whether through modernisation or preservation – and the commodification of music as an element of ethnocultural identity within global chains of tourism.

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Apr 10

We screened Jérémie Voirol's film "The Musical Valley” – one of those films that unfolds before your eyes like a landscape, leaving you with the refreshing feeling of completing a meaningful journey.

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Apr 10

Yesterday, we had the first session of the film programme I'm coordinating with @amartinsjr.bsky.social at the 2025 UK Association of Social Anthropologists (#ASA2025) conference.

Clip from the movie “The Musical Valley” showing a band playing in a concert.

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Apr 9

🚧✊ Migrants are actively and creatively leveraging social media platforms like TikTok to craft individual and diasporic identities, as well as border infrapolitics that challenge stereotypes and counter established criminalization narratives. (🧵4/4)

Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Apr 9

🌐🔄 Digital platforms aren't just intermediaries – they’re active players shaping mobility patterns, border regimes, and diaspora solidarity mechanisms across Europe! (🧵3/4)

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Apr 9

I think two fundamental takeaways emerged from the double session "Navigating Digital Borders" at the 2025 UK Association of Social Anthropologists (ASA) conference at the University of Birmingham. (🧵2/4)

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Apr 9

Yesterday, I presented our latest @iclaimeu.bsky.social research on food delivery workers and digital borders in #Birmingham, examining the connections between emerging criminalisation narratives and evolving legal and policy frameworks regulating the UK platform economy. (🧵1/4)

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Mar 24

After months of challenging work learning new methodology, I've produced what I believe is a valuable piece of research that shows how 'irregular migration' is narratively constructed in UK media, politics, and civil society. Full report: bit.ly/uk-migration.... Key findings and excerpts below👇

IRIS @irisbirmingham.bsky.social · Mar 5

🚨 New research alert! 🚨
How is #irregularmigration framed in UK media, politics, and civil society? A new @iclaimeu.bsky.social study exposes the narratives shaping public opinion and policy. 🧵⤵️

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Feb 27

🚲 Bikes are crucial nodes in the #PlatformEconomy — the core machinery in the food delivery assembly line. Today as part of my fieldwork for @iclaimeu.bsky.social I started following their journey across workshops, from acquisition to repair and electric conversion, all the way into urban mobility.

Photograph of an abandoned brick building in an industrial area in central Birmingham

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Methods in Migration Research (Meth@Mig - IMISCOE) @methatmig.bsky.social · Feb 4

Hello there! We are the IMISCOE Standing Committee „Methodological Approaches and Tools in Migration Research“ or “Meth@Mig” for short. We will use this profile to share news about our SC and members. Please follow us to stay up-to-date.

Learn more about us: www.imiscoe.org/research/sta...

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Jan 31

The advantages of qualitative research – fieldwork for @iclaimeu.bsky.social in the UK is clearly gaining momentum.

Me happily biting a coxinha de costela in a Brazilian restaurant in Birmingham.

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Stefano Piemontese @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social · Dec 18

Wow, we’ve been publishing really good stuff at @irisbirmingham.bsky.social this year.

IRIS @irisbirmingham.bsky.social · Dec 16

✨ A year-in-review thread from IRIS ✨
We asked our researchers to pick just one publication from 2024 and share why it stands out for them. Here's what they chose and why! 🧵
#migration
#refugees
#socialsciences
#diversity
#research

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