Michela Ardizzoni
Biographic Data
| ID | 839827 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michela Ardizzoni |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michela |
| FAMILY NAME | Ardizzoni |
| SIGNATURE | ARDIZZONI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Boulder |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4018-1358 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Afro-Italian voices: Podcasting and sonic resistance
This article explores the pivotal role of podcasts in challenging dominant cultural narratives about race, diversity, and identity in Italy. The Italian media landscape frequently equates race and cultural diversity with immigration, fostering a perception of transience that positions Blackness as inherently exogenous to Italian identity. In this context, podcasting has emerged in recent years as a medium that facilitates more complex, deeply roo…
Building space for belonging: The Critical Race, Diasporas, and Migrations Caucus (CRDM)
Imag(in)Ing Blackness in Italy: Redactions, Presence, and Media in Antonio Dikele Distefano’s Work
This article examines the transmedia work of writer and media maker Antonio Dikele Distefano through an analysis of the politics and aesthetics of Blackness and its (in)visibilities in Italy. Specifically this paper considers how this artist inhabits and disrupts existing narratives of belonging and negotiates the racialized terms of the Italian imaginary
On Rhythms and Rhymes: Poetics of Identity in Postcolonial Italy
Music, media and the arts in general have become a prime site of deep cultural contestation and polarization in Italy, generating unprecedented fractures in how Italian identity is conceived and lived. This article examines how the borders of Italian identity have been gradually stretched and challenged in the music of contemporary artists such as Mahmood, Ghali, and Amir Issaa. Through their beats, their lyrics, and, in the case of Issaa, his wr…
Global Practices of Matrix Activism: Disruptive Spaces
Tactical media practices in Italy: The case of Insu^tv
This article focuses on two main questions that frame the status of contemporary Italian media: What happens when the democratic potential of the media is smothered by the cemented ties between television and politics? And how do alternative media initiatives in Italy engage this rapprochement of media and citizenship in the 21st century? This article addresses these issues by examining the origins and ramifications of one such initiative known a…
Beyond monopoly: Globalization and contemporary Italian media
Redrawing the Boundaries of Italianness: Televised Identities in the Age of Globalisation
Two irremovable axes of national identity, race and gender are still pivotal parameters in contemporary attempts to redefine the existing boundaries of Italianness. While cultural identity is not strictly limited to notions of gender and race, I argue for the centrality of these two concepts in the Italian context. Indeed, more than class or religion, television adopts the lens of race and gender to visually codify the essence of national identit…
Unveiling the Veil: Gendered Discourses and the (In)Visibility of the Female Body in France
Feminist Contributions to Communication Studies: Past and Present
Based on the conviction that communication cannot be thoroughly analyzed and theorized without taking into account feminist ideologies, this article focuses on the investigation of and the search for feminist communication studies. An overview of the status of the feminist contribution to the field will be followed and exemplified by a more specific analysis of the articles centered on feminist theories, which were published in the journal Critic…
Tactical media practices in Italy: The case of Insu^tv
This article focuses on two main questions that frame the status of contemporary Italian media: What happens when the democratic potential of the media is smothered by the cemented ties between television and politics? And how do alternative media initiatives in Italy engage this rapprochement of media and citizenship in the 21st century? This article addresses these issues by examining the origins and ramifications of one such initiative known a…
Redrawing the Boundaries of Italianness: Televised Identities in the Age of Globalisation
Two irremovable axes of national identity, race and gender are still pivotal parameters in contemporary attempts to redefine the existing boundaries of Italianness. While cultural identity is not strictly limited to notions of gender and race, I argue for the centrality of these two concepts in the Italian context. Indeed, more than class or religion, television adopts the lens of race and gender to visually codify the essence of national identit…
Imag(in)Ing Blackness in Italy: Redactions, Presence, and Media in Antonio Dikele Distefano’s Work
This article examines the transmedia work of writer and media maker Antonio Dikele Distefano through an analysis of the politics and aesthetics of Blackness and its (in)visibilities in Italy. Specifically this paper considers how this artist inhabits and disrupts existing narratives of belonging and negotiates the racialized terms of the Italian imaginary
On Rhythms and Rhymes: Poetics of Identity in Postcolonial Italy
Music, media and the arts in general have become a prime site of deep cultural contestation and polarization in Italy, generating unprecedented fractures in how Italian identity is conceived and lived. This article examines how the borders of Italian identity have been gradually stretched and challenged in the music of contemporary artists such as Mahmood, Ghali, and Amir Issaa. Through their beats, their lyrics, and, in the case of Issaa, his wr…
Unveiling the Veil: Gendered Discourses and the (In)Visibility of the Female Body in France
Feminist Contributions to Communication Studies: Past and Present
Based on the conviction that communication cannot be thoroughly analyzed and theorized without taking into account feminist ideologies, this article focuses on the investigation of and the search for feminist communication studies. An overview of the status of the feminist contribution to the field will be followed and exemplified by a more specific analysis of the articles centered on feminist theories, which were published in the journal Critic…
Unveiling the Veil: Gendered Discourses and the (In)Visibility of the Female Body in France
Redrawing the Boundaries of Italianness: Televised Identities in the Age of Globalisation
Two irremovable axes of national identity, race and gender are still pivotal parameters in contemporary attempts to redefine the existing boundaries of Italianness. While cultural identity is not strictly limited to notions of gender and race, I argue for the centrality of these two concepts in the Italian context. Indeed, more than class or religion, television adopts the lens of race and gender to visually codify the essence of national identit…
Beyond monopoly: Globalization and contemporary Italian media
Tactical media practices in Italy: The case of Insu^tv
This article focuses on two main questions that frame the status of contemporary Italian media: What happens when the democratic potential of the media is smothered by the cemented ties between television and politics? And how do alternative media initiatives in Italy engage this rapprochement of media and citizenship in the 21st century? This article addresses these issues by examining the origins and ramifications of one such initiative known a…
Global Practices of Matrix Activism: Disruptive Spaces
On Rhythms and Rhymes: Poetics of Identity in Postcolonial Italy
Music, media and the arts in general have become a prime site of deep cultural contestation and polarization in Italy, generating unprecedented fractures in how Italian identity is conceived and lived. This article examines how the borders of Italian identity have been gradually stretched and challenged in the music of contemporary artists such as Mahmood, Ghali, and Amir Issaa. Through their beats, their lyrics, and, in the case of Issaa, his wr…
Imag(in)Ing Blackness in Italy: Redactions, Presence, and Media in Antonio Dikele Distefano’s Work
This article examines the transmedia work of writer and media maker Antonio Dikele Distefano through an analysis of the politics and aesthetics of Blackness and its (in)visibilities in Italy. Specifically this paper considers how this artist inhabits and disrupts existing narratives of belonging and negotiates the racialized terms of the Italian imaginary
Building space for belonging: The Critical Race, Diasporas, and Migrations Caucus (CRDM)
Afro-Italian voices: Podcasting and sonic resistance
This article explores the pivotal role of podcasts in challenging dominant cultural narratives about race, diversity, and identity in Italy. The Italian media landscape frequently equates race and cultural diversity with immigration, fostering a perception of transience that positions Blackness as inherently exogenous to Italian identity. In this context, podcasting has emerged in recent years as a medium that facilitates more complex, deeply roo…
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works)