Vincenzo Matera has the chair of Cultural Anthropology and linguistic anthropology at Milano University, Department of Languages, Literatures Cultures, Mediations. He holds courses of social history of culture at the USI (Università della Svizzera Italiana). He works on anthropological theory, writing and representation politics, as a part of a broader reflection on communicative practices. Among her latest publications: Storie dell’antropologia (eds. with Gabriella D’Agostino, Utet università, 2022); Ethnography. A Theoretically Oriented Practice (eds. with Angela Biscaldi, Palgrave-McMillan, 2021); Storia dell’etnografia (edited by, Carocci, 2020); Antropologia dei social media. Comunicare nel mondo globale (with Angela Biscaldi, Carocci, 2019); Antropologia contemporanea. La diversità culturale in un mondo globale, Laterza 2017).