About paperclips (and anthropology). Interstices, traces and interdisciplinary connections

Authors

  • Valentina Porcellana University of Valle d’Aosta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14672/ada20251pp61-77

Keywords:

urban traces, interstices, connections, anthropological methods, interdisciplinarity

Abstract

Through an object, the paperclips, the essay reflects on interdisciplinary connections that these human traces found in the interstices of the city have made possible, giving rise to a complex conceptual map. The use of an object like the paperclip, which unites and connects, is a useful pretext, but also an opportunity to talk about relationships, bodies, places, but also anthropology as an exercise in attention, freedom, and humanity in the making.

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Published

2025-07-24

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2025)

Section

Special Focus. Beyond Collaboration: Toward a Politics of Alliances

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