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Lorenzo Ferrarini

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Lecturer at Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester | Ethnographic documentary filmmaker, photographer and sound recordist | Worked in Burkina Faso and Italy lorenzoferrarini.com

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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 28/07/2026
Multimodal appreciation: a kit for evaluating multimodal works in anthropology and beyond edoc.hu-berlin.de/items/41a915...
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Multimodal appreciation
This kit provides a set of ­ practical exercises and a framework for valuing and assessing multimodal works. It recognizes their unique capacity to weave together and activate diverse media forms, col...
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 23/07/2026
Sometimes it seems as though writing is just a matter of finding the right record to play in the background
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 21/07/2026
The new #AiWeiwei exhibition Button Up! opened last week here in Manchester and it's a seriously impressive display for its scale, historical scope, diversity of themes and materials... extremely powerful.
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 18/06/2026
The past two weeks have been very intense but rewarding, teaching the short course in ethnographic documentary, training people of different backgrounds to make their first short films granadacentre.co.uk/short
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 19/05/2026
29 fellowships are available across 7 Institutes for Advanced Studies in France for 2027/28 www.fias-fp.eu
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 11/05/2026
The programme of the 2026 @encounters.film South African International Documentary Film Festival is online: encounters.co.za/films/
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Films | Encounters SA International Doc Festival
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 02/04/2026
Echoes of the Earth: Practicing Contemporary Ecocinema Film Symposium / September 10-14, 2026 / Gut Schönwag, Germany foraging.work/symposia/ech...
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Echoes of the Earth: Practicing Contemporary Ecocinema | Foraging at the Edge of Capitalism
Foraging at the Edge of Capitalism
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 16/03/2026
Hydrophone recordings at Three Shires Head, last Saturday
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 10/03/2026
Three Granada Centre films in the 2026 German International Ethnographic Film Festival programme, including one made during the course I teach: www.gieff.de/programme_20...
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Programme 2026 - German International Ethnographic Film Festival
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 03/03/2026
Happening on the 18th of March: online info session about our MA in Visual Anthropology. Please tell your students and anyone who might be interested www.manchester.ac.uk/study/master...
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 25/02/2026
Call for entries from Kontekst Film Festival, submit films, artworks, workshops and activities by 15 March: www.kontekstcollective.com/kff2026-enta...
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CALL FOR ENTRIES for KFF2026: ENTANGLEMENTS — Kontekst Collective
KONTEKST Film Festival 2026 welcomes submissions of films, artworks, workshops and activities from all who see, sense, and question critically! This year's theme is ENTANGLEMENTS - send us your work t...
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 19/02/2026
Job opportunity at University of Amsterdam: Assistant Professor in Visual and Medical Anthropology for a visual ethnographer exploring questions in medical anthropology through film werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 03/02/2026
We'll be hosting an online info session about our MA in Visual Anthropology on 11 February, 2pm GMT. Please share with any of your students who might be interested in the programme. www.manchester.ac.uk/study/master... More info on the MAVA on our new website: granadacentre.co.uk/ma-visual-an...
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Visual Anthropology booking form | Taught master’s | The University of Manchester
Research. Teaching and learning. Social responsibility. Discover more about The University of Manchester here.
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 03/02/2026
We'll be hosting an online info session about our MA in Visual Anthropology on 11 February, 2pm GMT. Please share with any of your students who might be interested in the programme. www.manchester.ac.uk/study/master... More info on the MAVA on our new website: granadacentre.co.uk/ma-visual-an...
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Visual Anthropology booking form | Taught master’s | The University of Manchester
Research. Teaching and learning. Social responsibility. Discover more about The University of Manchester here.
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 03/02/2026
Call for Applications at the Estonian National Museum: International Residency Researching the Photo Archive and Producing an Exhibition Submit your application no later than 28 February 2026: www.erm.ee/residency#EN
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Rahvusvaheline residentuur / International Residency
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS CLICK HERE Algab konkurss ERMi rahvusvahelisse residentuuri! Fotokogu uurimine ja näituse kokkupanek ERMi fotoarhiiv klaasnegatiividest digipiltideni ootab uurijaid. Neli resi...
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 02/02/2026
From Saturday's shoot, helping out a colleague with her documentary project
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 02/02/2026
Phd opportunity at the University of Amsterdam "Performing multispecies justice in the Dutch Caribbean" at the intersection of ethnography, theatre and performance studies, and environmental justice: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Vacancy — PhD Position in Anthropology: JUST ART, Performing Multispecies Justice
<p><span>Are you curious about artistic research and multispecies justice? Are you interested in exploring more-than-human rights in the Dutch Caribbean using theatre and performance as primary research tools? We invite applications for a PhD position within the JUST ART project, focusing on the role of theatre and performance practices in shaping transformative approaches to climate justice. This PhD position offers an interdisciplinary research environment at the intersection of ethnography, theatre and performance studies, and environmental justice.</span></p>
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LSE Impact @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
👀ICYMI: "To speak of the “demise” of the UK university is not to suggest its disappearance, but its transformation into something increasingly unrecognisable." #AcademicSky #HigherEducation #Universities
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Why are UK universities failing? - LSE Impact
The HE sector in the UK faces the prospect of a university going into administration. How have universities fallen so low and is change possible?
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 06/01/2026
Our colleague Peter Wade's project on art and anti-racism in Latin America resulted in a collaborative online exhibition with Afro-Colombian, Black and Indigenous artists: www.digitalexhibitions.manchester.ac.uk/s/carla-en/p...
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Home · CARLA · Omeka
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Anni Kajanus @annikajanus.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
My department is hiring! Open rank faculty position in Helsinki Anthropology jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Professor / Associate Professor or Assistant Professor / of Anthropology
Professor / Associate Professor or Assistant Professor / of Anthropology
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 15/12/2025
Submit audio visual ethnographic work to this new @amethno.bsky.social initiative until the end of the year americanethnologist.org/news/aes-onl...
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AES Online Call for Submissions: Audio Visual Experiments in Ethnography - American Ethnological Society
From the beginning of traditional fieldwork and fieldnotes in the early 20th century, the camera and audio recorder have been regular companions for the
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 08/12/2025
This new book looks exciting. Coming out next year for @manchesterup.bsky.social in the series Anthropology, Creative Practice and Ethnography: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526148841/
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Manchester University Press - Cinematic nightscapes
Cinematic nightscapes - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Cinematic nightscapes by Eleonora Diamanti
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 11/11/2025
Last place remaining!
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Sébastien Bachelet @sebbachelet.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Upcoming book launch for my monograph "The Adventure: violent borders, illegal migration and the uncertain quest for life in Morocco” ( @manchesterup.bsky.social ). MCR 25/11 5pm @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social more info about the book: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177681/
book launch poster. I am delighted to invite you to a book launch for my recently published monograph “The adventure: violent borders, illegal migration and the uncertain quest for life in Morocco” (MUP). 
Tuesday 25th November at 5pm in the Arthur Lewis Building Boardroom (University of Manchester).
Thanks to Prof. Ghassan Hage, Dr Michelle Obeid, and Dr Valentina Zagaria for agreeing to act as discussants.
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 03/11/2025
A few places are still available for the 2026 Short Course in Ethnographic Documentary (1-12 June) at the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester. To reserve a place: granadacentre.co.uk/short
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Short Course in Ethnographic Documentary | Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology
The two-week course is for beginners who want to learn camera use, editing and sound recording, applied to the perspective of ethnographic documentary.
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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 30/10/2025
As part of the process of preparing a book on the knowledge of donso hunters in Burkina Faso, Leverhulme Research Fellow @lorenzoferrarini.com, travelled to Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire, and met up with some of the protagonists of the book. 🎬 media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/dialog...
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Dialogic writing with donso hunters in Côte d’Ivoire
As part of the process of preparing a book on the knowledge of donso hunters in Burkina Faso, Leverhulme Research Fellow Lorenzo Ferrarini, travelled to Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire, and met up with some of...
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 21/10/2025
Part of a recently completed @leverhulme.ac.uk Research Fellowship project
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 17/10/2025
My teacher Adama Sogo Traoré on my upcoming book and the importance of truthfulness in our collaboration youtu.be/73ZY6KOU-BI
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Adama Traoré on Lorenzo Ferrarini's upcoming book on the knowledge of donso hunters in Burkina Faso
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 14/10/2025
The programme for our MA Visual Anthropology student showcase is online: join us this Friday and Saturday granadacentre.co.uk/ma-visual-an...
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MA Visual Anthropology Showcase 2025 | Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology
We’re happy to announce that our MA visual anthropology cohort from 2024-2025 will be presenting their graduation works on the 17th and 18th of October. Everyone’s invited to watch their films and to ...
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 01/10/2025
A video update on my trip to Côte d'Ivoire earlier this year and adding a dialogic dimension to my upcoming book youtu.be/hRPj2ypmfvo
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Dialogic writing with donso hunters in Côte d'Ivoire - Écriture dialogique et donso en Côte d'Ivoire
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 30/09/2025
Temporary job opportunity for a lecturer in visual and multimodal anthropology in Leiden www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
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Lecturer Visual and Multimodal Anthropology
Do you have a background in Visual Anthropology, Multimodal Anthropology, and Anthropology of Media? Are you an innovative and inspiring teacher? The institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development...
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 15/09/2025
I made something with some wood offcuts... sapele and flamed maple box finished with blonde shellac, about cm 40Wx13Dx16H
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 28/08/2025
Shared Histories – Collaboration in Ethnographic Film series of screenings, 25.09. to 28.09.2025 at Ethnologisches Museum in Berlin www.smb.museum/en/events/ev...
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Staatliche Museen zu Berlin: Event series
Events of the 'Staatliche Museen zu Berlin'.
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 25/08/2025
Call for films for the 18th German International Ethnographic Film Festival 13 – 17 May 2026 Göttingen, Germany www.gieff.de/submit-film....
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Submit Film - German International Ethnographic Film Festival
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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
We’re super-excited to launch the open call for our newest global project, called A Century of Sounds, in partnership with the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford 🏛️ Find out more and get involved by 31 August: citiesandmemory.com/century-sounds
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
"A living visual archive on cybernetics in the expanded field. Browse and contribute images of all kinds: diagrams, schematics, photos, graphic elements, and other visual fragments."
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Cybernetics Image Library
A living visual archive on cybernetics in the expanded field.
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 08/08/2025
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Penn Press @pennpress.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Our Fall 2025 catalog is here! Check out this season's new releases, from a new 3-volume popular history of the Philadelphia area to books about hybrid work, the early modern rum trade, black politics in Atlanta, debt's role in suburban growth & inequality, and more! Browse the PDF: bit.ly/4m8rvW4
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 04/08/2025
Our summer school closed with a two-day event where the students presented the works they made during these two weeks to the community that hosted them
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 30/07/2025
Learning 360 degree video with Rossella Schillaci and Giovanni Cestino
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 30/07/2025
More from Leandro's workshop
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 30/07/2025
Byzantine wedding in San Costantino Albanese, last Saturday
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 28/07/2025
Masterclass with Leandro Pisano on sonic ethnography and rural marginality - yesterday as part of our summer school
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 25/07/2025
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 24/07/2025
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 22/07/2025
Irish film director Pat Collins started today his masterclass for the 12 lucky students of our summer school
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 20/07/2025
The course is finally starting tomorrow
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Radical Anthropology @radicalanthro.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Fine interview with noted anthropologist Hugh #Brody and his wife, actor Juliet Stevenson, on their commitment to Palestine. Brody is a Jewish son of a Holocaust survivor, who left Vienna after the Anschluss. Only her mother escaped to join her. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Lorenzo Ferrarini @lorenzoferrarini.com · 17/07/2025
Bloomsbury strikes again. The book stops at page 176 and the begin the endnotes of a completely unrelated work
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