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I am interested in questions related to the revival of heritage languages, experiences of language, language ecology, verbal art and its relations to non-human animals and other beings, domestication, and health in Arctic an sub-Arctic regions.
Since 2008, I have been working with Veps--a Finno-Ugric minority in northwestern Russia. While my initial interest regarded the promotion of Vepsian heritage language, I later augmented my focus to verbal art and relations between human and other-than-human beings as expressed in communicative practices. In particular, I am interested in how environments are co-constructed and construed through linguistic and paralinguistic practices.
At the moment (2020), I am working on the following projects:
1. Shared Breath to deepen our understanding of how experiences of language and the environment are intertwined. This work results in a joint paper for Current Anthropology (2020);
2. The materiality of Indigenous Languages. I am currently co-editing a special issue for Multilingua (2021);
3. Language responsibility in relation to a place. For this, I have co-edited a volume for Fennica Series Anthropologica (June 2020);
4. Indigenous conceptualization of sustainability. This work has fruitfully provided a special issue for COSUST (June 2020);
In 2018, my colleague Dr. Ferguson (Univ. Nevada, Reno) and I established an EASA network on Linguistic Anthropology (ELAN) to advance further discussion on this discipline within the European context.
Anthropology, PhD, University of Aberdeen
2009 → 2012
Award Date: 1 May 2013
Anthropology, MRes, University of Aberdeen
2008 → 2009
Award Date: 31 Aug 2009
Foreign Languages and Literatures, 'Laurea' (BA, MA equivalent), Univ Pisa, University of Pisa
1993 → 1999
Award Date: 23 Nov 1999
Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific
01/09/2017 → 31/08/2020
Project: Research project
Siragusa, L. & Zhukova, O.
01/09/2019 → 31/08/2021
Project: Research project
Siragusa, L. & Ferguson, J.
01/11/2018 → …
Project: Other project
Hoegaerts, J., Siragusa, L., Virtanen, P. K., Stadius, P., Liimatainen, T. & Peterson, E.
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
Siragusa, L., Virtanen, P. K., Lukin, K., Peemot, V., Yuzieva, K., Piludu, V., Anderson, D. G., Ferguson, J., Zhukova, O., Arukask, M. & Apurinã, F.
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2018
Project: Research project
Siragusa, Laura (Recipient), Sep 2008
Prize: Prizes and awards
Siragusa, Laura (Recipient), Sep 2009
Prize: Prizes and awards
Siragusa, Laura (Recipient), Jan 2015
Prize: Prizes and awards
Siragusa, Laura (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prizes and awards
Laura Siragusa (Member of organizing committee) & Jenanne Ferguson (Member of organizing committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Laura Siragusa (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Laura Siragusa (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Laura Siragusa (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Laura Siragusa (Participant)
Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - Other
18/01/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
03/02/2016
1 item of Media coverage
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01/01/2016
1 item of Media coverage
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29/04/2013
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media