tutors
Giulia Bonali
Giulia Bonali
Giulia Bonali has degrees in Modern Languages from the University of Florence and Design History from the Royal College of Art and Victoria & Albert Museum, London. In 2016 she received a grant awarded to foreigners to research Portuguese culture at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. She currently teaches Fashion Studies at the Polimoda International Institute in Florence and Clothes on Film at La Sapienza in Rome.
Roberto Braga
Roberto Braga
Roberto Braga is a content curator at Flipboard Italia. He has conducted research for and taught at the University of Bologna and the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, where he taught digital media for several years, and has covered fashion films as part of the Fashion Culture and Management degree course in Rimini. For over ten years, he has worked as a content strategy consultant and tutor for private and public sector organisations.
Nicolò Gallio
Nicolò Gallio
A marketing and communication tutor, trainer and consultant for cultural and creative industries, Nicolò Gallio collaborates with Italian and international brands and digital marketing agencies as a copywriter, analyst, social media manager, specialising in digital PR and media relations. He has handled projects ranging from film and entertainment to footwear, accessories and clothing.
Giulia Rossi
Giulia Rossi
Giulia Rossi, a professional journalist, has degrees in Political Science from Bologna University and Philosophy from Roma Tre, and a doctorate in Communication and Social Research from Rome’s La Sapienza. She has taught Fashion Communication and Semiotics since 2013. She currently teaches at Rome’s La Sapienza, the European Design Institute in Rome and Florence, and John Cabot University. She has previous teaching experience at the University of Bologna, the Marangoni Institute in Milan, IAAD in Bologna, LUISS Business School in Rome and Polimoda in Florence. She has published the books Denim, una storia di cotone e di arte (Fashion Illustrated, 2010), Ricette per la vita in società (Pendragon, 2013), Fashion blogger, new dandy? Comunicare la moda online (Pendragon, 2015), Digital Fashion Media. Come è cambiato il modo di comunicare la moda (Nuova Cultura, 2018) and numerous articles on how fashion communication and journalism is affected by digital media.
Lucia Tralli
Lucia Tralli
A scholar of grassroots practices of online audio-visual aggregation, socialisation and production, with a particular focus on the interconnections between media studies and gender studies. She is also interested in issues of intersectionality in contemporary media representation, with a particular focus on inclusivity in Italy. She gained a research doctorate from the University of Bologna in 2014 with a thesis on the practices of audio-visual reuse and fandom in women. She is currently Adjunct Professor at the American University of Rome, where she teaches Visual Culture, Cultural Studies, Media and Gender, Celebrity Culture, Media and Activism and Gender in International Relations. She has worked for years with the National Archive of Family Film – Home Movies Association in Bologna and coordinates activities and projects aimed at protecting film and archive heritage. In 2020 she directed the archive documentary Nella buona e nella cattiva sorte. Conversazioni con Sara, produced by Home Movies.