Born in Pavia and raised in the same city, in the Borgo Ticino district, along the banks of the Ticino “blue river”, Amalia Rossi is a Fellow Researcher at THE NEW INSTITUTE – Center for Environmental Humanities (NICHE) at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and a member of the working team of the Venice UNESCO Chair on Water, Heritage and Sustainable Development (2023–25). She teaches Cultural Anthropology, Visual Anthropology and Ecosophy at the New Academy of Fine Arts (NABA) in Milan and Rome. PhD in Contemporary Anthropology (University of Milan Bicocca), she specialized in environmental anthropology and Buddhist studies. In the past, she has conducted research on tree ordinations and eco-Buddhist practices in Northern Thailand, while her current research project investigates Bangkok’s Buddhist waterways, with a focus on the anthropological description of the city’s canal-temple system as a more-than-human ecosystem.
Confluence of European Water Bodies
