Why the World Needs Anthropologists 2025 will take place in Bologna (Italy) from the 3rd to the 5th of October. The event is co-organised by the Department of History and Cultures (local host of the event at Bologna University), the Department of Educational Studies (Bologna University) and the Department of Human Sciences (Verona University), and coordinated by the Applied Anthropology Network (AAN) and the Italian Society for Applied Anthropology (SIAA) in collaboration with Anthropology students from the University of Bologna (DISCI).
The 13th edition of WWNA highlights the theme of "Creativity at Work", understood as a set of creative processes, skills and methods that anthropologists put into practice to open up new opportunities in different work and professional fields.
How can our (collaborative) ethnographic approach shape creative ideas and ways of imagining possible, even unexpected, work trajectories?
What methodologies and theoretical knowledge are mobilized in the anthropological practice that come into different professional worlds and organizations at work?
How can anthropological creativity challenge institutional and bureaucratic constraints, as well as cross the deep-rooted boundaries among different disciplinary perspectives and professional knowledge?
In an attempt to discuss these issues, the edition will be characterized by the exchange of experiences, research and perspectives aimed at (re)thinking applied anthropology as a creative and generative site to address professional challenges.
Program: https://applied-anthropology.com/wwna2025-program
per info: roberta.bonetti3@unibo.it
N.B. La partecipazione conta come 1 seminario per i CFU seminari ARCO.
