Massimo Canevacci

Massimo Canevacci (born 1942) is an Italian academic, ethnographer and critical thinker. He is known for his works about contemporary metropolis, 'native' cultures and digital arts. Canevacci is currently based on the Institute of Advanced Studies of the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and he has been living in São Paulo since 2008. He is married to the artist Sheila Ribeiro.

The majority of Canevacci's works are published in Italian and Portuguese. Before moving to Brazil, Canevacci was a Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the Sapienza University of Rome. He also directed the Italian magazine 'Avatar' from 2001 to 2006.

Canevacci is known for the development of the concepts of 'communicational metropolis', 'multividual' as well as the tensions between 'self-and hetero-representation'. He is also known for his contribution to the study of digital cultures and his dialogic relationship with 'native' populations such as the Bororo and the Xavante of Central Brazil. Provided by Wikipedia