Sara Vannini

Dados Biográficos

ID160804
NOMESara Vannini
PRENOMESSara
SOBRENOMEVannini
ASSINATURAVANNINI S
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of Sheffield
ORCID0000-0003-1527-7494
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS9
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES14
OBRAS COMO AUTOR9
OBRAS COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2018
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2025
ÍNDICE H2

  • "Il gioco" as collaborative method

    Open AccessMegan A Carney, Sara Vannini et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Anthropological Practice2025Citada por: 2Referências: 55

    What transformative potential might reside in play as a collaborative method, particularly in contexts of migration and with populations of marginalized youth? In this paper, we explore play "in anthropology and as anthropology" while drawing from our collective experiences with collaborative research through a Palermo-based participatory film and storytelling lab that foregrounds "il gioco" (play). We discuss the lab's approach to play as a coll…

  • Intersectional approaches to data

    Open AccessCaitlin Bentley, Chisenga Muyoya et al.ARTICLEBig Data & Society2023Referências: 52

    Data's increasing role in society and high profile reproduction of inequalities is in tension with traditional methods of using social data for social justice. Alongside this, 'intersectionality' has increased in prominence as a critical social theory and praxis to address inequalities. Yet, there is not a comprehensive review of how intersectionality is operationalized in research data practice. In this study, we examined how intersectionality r…

  • Empathic Humanitarianism

    Open AccessRicardo Gómez, Bryce Clayton Newell et al.ARTICLEJournal on Migration and Human…2020Citada por: 5Referências: 10

    Executive Summary The growing numbers of vulnerable migrants seeking shelter and refuge in the United States and Europe are finding increased racism and xenophobia as well as renewed efforts by humanitarian volunteers to offer them aid, sanctuary, and protection. This article sets forth a typology to better understand the motivations of volunteers working to help migrants in need of humanitarian assistance. Why do people go out of their way to of…

  • The information practices and politics of migrant-aid work in the US-Mexico borderlands

    Bryce Clayton Newell, Sara Vannini et al.ARTICLEThe Information Society2020Referências: 21

    Numerous organizations work to provide humanitarian aid to undocumented migrants along the US-Mexico border—from running shelters in Mexico to placing water on migratory trails. Resistance to information-sharing between organizations (and to the public), especially through technologically mediated means, is common. However, some organizers and volunteers work across organizational boundaries and share information informally. Information secrecy i…

  • “When words become unclear”

    Open AccessCaitlin Bentley, David Nemer et al.ARTICLEAI & Society2019

    Across the globe, our work and social lives are increasingly integrated with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), yet massive disparities in the values, uses and benefits of ICT exist. New methods are needed to shed light on unique and integrative concepts of ICT across cultures. This paper explores the use of visual methods to facilitate critical engagement with ICT—defined as situational awareness, reflexive ICT practice and power …

  • Argumentation in participant-driven photo interviews

    Open AccessSilvia De Ascaniis, Sara Vannini et al.ARTICLESemiotica2018Referências: 21

    Argumentation is essentially dialogical, hence based on verbal disputation. Nonetheless, other semiotic resources than language may play a substantial role in argumentative circumstances. In this article, different argumentative functions played by photographs are explored, based on an unusual corpus for the field. People working in Mozambican Community Multimedia Centers (CMCs) were interviewed, in order to reconstruct the social meaning they co…

  • Douala as a “hybrid space”

    Open AccessMarta Pucciarelli, Sara VanniniARTICLESemiotica2018Referências: 15

    This study investigates the complex relationship between the physical and digital spaces of the city of Douala, Cameroon by comparing its online representation with the social representations emerging orally by locals. Using the results of two existing studies reporting on the online image of the city, we investigate the social representations foreigners and locally relevant people have of Douala and uncover similarities and discrepancies of the …

  • Public access venues and community empowerment in Mozambique

    Open AccessIsabella Rega, Sara VanniniARTICLESemiotica2018Referências: 14

    This article uses the theoretical construct of Social Representations to investigate how Community Multimedia Centers (CMCs) – venues that offer public access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to underserved communities – are perceived by communities in Mozambique, and it discusses how the local population understands these venues as means to foster community empowerment and socio-economic development. In total, 113 participant…

  • Interdisciplinary Approaches to Refugee and Migration Studies

    Open AccessSara Vannini, Ricardo Gómez et al.ARTICLEMigration and Society2018Citada por: 7Referências: 7

    We reflect on the experience of a cross-disciplinary collaboration between scholars in the fields of geography, anthropology, communication, and information studies, and suggest paths for future research on sanctuary and migration studies that are based on interdisciplinary approaches. After situating sanctuary in a wider theoretical, historical, and global context, we discuss the origins and contemporary expressions of sanctuary both within and …