Anna Maria Paini

Anna Maria Paini is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cultures and Civilizations at the University of Verona. She specializes in Demoethnoanthropological Sciences (SDEA-01/A) with research focused on cultural studies, cultural identities, memories, and cultural heritage (ERC SH8_3 and SH5_10). Her academic work spans multiple interdisciplinary research areas including anthropology of migration, Oceania studies, cultural heritage, and tourism anthropology.

Her research interests encompass a wide range of anthropological fields with particular emphasis on Anthropology of Cultural Heritage, Anthropology of Migration, Anthropology of Oceania (particularly Kanaky New Caledonia), Anthropology of Tourism, and Museum Anthropology. She leads multiple research groups including Antropologia delle migrazioni, Antropologia dell'Oceania, Antropologia del Patrimonio, and MiCuTer (migrazioni culture e territori).

Her publications reflect a strong focus on migration experiences, cultural heritage, and community integration, with notable works including 'Ricucire distanze e luoghi. Per una quotidianità condivisa' (2018) and research on 'MENDING DISTANCES, RECONNECTING PLACES: Sharing Everyday Life'. Her work often employs ethnographic methods to explore how cultural artifacts and shared practices can facilitate intercultural dialogue and social inclusion.

• Impact Veneto - Integration of Migrants with Co-designed Policies and Actions in the Veneto Territory
• MiCuTer - migrations, cultures and territories
• SCENARI ECOSOSTENIBILI for innovative and responsible tourism in Eastern Lessinia
• IDENTITÀ CULTURALI E RIFLESSI TERRITORIALI: CONCETTI, RAPPRESENTAZIONI, TRADIZIONI INTERPRETATIVE

Professor Paini serves as Director of History programs and chairs scientific committees for Master's programs in Responsible Tourism. She is actively involved in multiple teaching councils and committees within the Department of Cultures and Civilizations, including the Teaching Staff Council for Postgraduate Research Doctorate in the History of European Society and various Collegi Didattici across different degree programs.