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    A Generational Fight: Teaching Young Italians to Defy the Mafia

    A Generational Fight: Teaching Young Italians to Defy the Mafia

    “Anyone who is deaf, blind and dumb will live a hundred years in peace.” So reads the proverb in the book penned by the Sicilian ethnographer Giuseppe Pitrè. Conjuring the fundamental principle of omertà (code of silence), this proverb highlights the historical importance of remaining indifferent to injustice in Sicily. Staying silent has long been a way to avoid becoming one of the many Mafia victims. In the 1990s, mafia killings were the violent backdrop to everyday life an
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    THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF PROTEST AGAINST INJUSTICE - THE SPECIAL ISSUE FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL NOTEBOOKS

    THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF PROTEST AGAINST INJUSTICE - THE SPECIAL ISSUE FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL NOTEBOOKS

    The shared ‘orientalist vision’ poses a threat to us all!

    The shared ‘orientalist vision’ poses a threat to us all!

    FIGHTING AGAINST THE MAFIA

    FIGHTING AGAINST THE MAFIA

    CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A SPECIAL ISSUE IN URBAN HISTORY - MAFIA AND THE SACK OF CITIES:
THE URBAN HISTO

    CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A SPECIAL ISSUE IN URBAN HISTORY - MAFIA AND THE SACK OF CITIES: THE URBAN HISTO

    CURRENT BOOK PROJECT - THE SICILIAN REBELLION

    CURRENT BOOK PROJECT - THE SICILIAN REBELLION

    CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL NOTEBOOKS: THE CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF PROTEST A

    CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL NOTEBOOKS: THE CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF PROTEST A

    BANDITS, BRIGANDS, AND MILITANTS: 
THE HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY OF OUTLAWS

    BANDITS, BRIGANDS, AND MILITANTS: THE HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY OF OUTLAWS

    Official Book Launch of Violence and Militants at the British Academy

    Official Book Launch of Violence and Militants at the British Academy

    BOOK REVIEW: MAFIA ORGANIZATIONS: THE INVISIBLE HAND OF CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE BY MAURIZIO CATINO

    BOOK REVIEW: MAFIA ORGANIZATIONS: THE INVISIBLE HAND OF CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE BY MAURIZIO CATINO

    A Generational Fight: Teaching Young Italians to Defy the Mafia

    A Generational Fight: Teaching Young Italians to Defy the Mafia

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