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Cairano

Revisiting Southern Italy through the Lens of a Future Anthropologist

Laura E. Ruberto

Introducing "Lacedonia: Un paese Italiano, 1957/An Italian Town, 1957," Frank Cancian’s photographs of Lacedonia (AV), repackaged for a new century.

Revisiting Southern Italy through the Lens of a Future Anthropologist

Laura E. Ruberto

Introducing "Lacedonia: Un paese Italiano, 1957/An Italian Town, 1957," Frank Cancian’s photographs of Lacedonia (AV), repackaged for a new century.

Italian American Monuments, Gramsci-style

Laura E. Ruberto

Upon visiting Thomas Hirschhorn’s Gramsci Monument in the Bronx, passing reflections on impermanence, aesthetics, and what makes something Italian American.

Italian American Victrola-Spinning

Laura E. Ruberto

From a Massachusetts living room to a California garage—collecting and preserving Italian American soundscapes.

Remembering the Irpinia Earthquake Thirty Years Later

Laura E. Ruberto

Marking the material culture of one of Southern Italy’s worst natural disasters, the Irpinia Earthquake of November 23, 1980.

"And so we left leaving Italy and all of my dear ones...”

Ilaria Serra and Laura E. Ruberto

Introducing "Such Is Life" ("Ma la vita è fatta cosi"), an immigrant woman’s memoir about her life between Italy and America.

Excavating New Futures: The Cairano 7x Experience

Laura E. Ruberto

An ambitious week-long event in a small village in the province of Avellino crossed many boundaries and suggested many new possibilities.

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