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Dorothy Louise Zinn is  Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology. Prof. Zinn is originally from the United States, where she did her academic training (PhD U. Texas at Austin 1994). She has conducted fieldwork in Southern Italy and South Tyrol, and has published extensively on immigration, multiculturalism, and youths with migration background, as well as clientelism and corruption.  Prof. Zinn co-founded the Malinowski Forum for Ethnography and Anthropology (MFEA) and has translated classic anthropological monographs by Ernesto de Martino.  In addition to her academic study of migration, she serves as a volunteer scientific consultant with migrant advocacy organizations.  She is an editorialist with the newspaper Corriere dell’Alto Adige.
 

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Dinamiche socio-culturali: istituzioni, welfare, professioni sociali, ambiente e popolazione

immigrazione, società multiculturale, giovani con background migratorio, educazione interculturale; antropologia della policy e delle istituzioni; economia politica del Sud Italia; clientelismo e corruzione; l'opera di Ernesto de Martino; Malinowski in South Tyrol