Devisri Nambiar

Devisri Nambiar, a cultural anthropologist, trained at the University of Bologna (2002–2006) and Dalarna University in Sweden (2008–2009). She conducted research on relationships between migrants, diaspora communities, and local communities within the family and public spheres in various contexts (Italy, Sweden, India, Germany, and Uganda). Since 2008, she has been working in the field of intercultural mediation in the Veneto region, collaborating with public and private social organizations, particularly in the areas of school inclusion for foreign children and youth, intercultural workshops in classrooms, and teacher training. Since 2011, she has been the intercultural mediation coordinator at the Orizzonti Social Cooperative (Padua), where she is responsible for drafting, managing, and implementing mediation projects related to work with applicants for international protection, social services, and prisons, and for training and coordinating the mediator team. From 2014 to 2017, she was a member of the board of directors of the Orizzonti Social Cooperative. Since 2015, she has been the legal advisor for reception and protection projects for international protection seekers, working as a legal advisor at the RAR office of the Municipality of Padua, the SPRAR project of the Municipality of Cadoneghe, and a Special Reception Center. Since 2011, she has been involved in intercultural communication training at universities and in training courses for service providers and intercultural mediators, using participatory methodologies, workshops, and focus groups as tools for investigation and learning. She has collaborated with the editorial staff of Trickster, the magazine of the Master's Degree in Intercultural Studies at the University of Padua.