Research output per year
Research output per year
BA, MA, PhD
I work interdisciplinary across the fields of cultural and medical anthropology, phenomenology of the body and illness, performing arts, dance and cognition in skilled performance. My research addresses notions of agency, presence and embodiment in different performative practices and cultural contexts.
I have been awarded Doctor of Philosophy in Cognitive Science at Macquarie University, Sydney (2020); I graduated M.A. in Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology at the University of Bologna, Italy (2012), and B.A. in Visual Arts at the University Paris 1 – Pantheon-Sorbonne, France (2009), after I trained professionally in ballet and contemporary dance across Europe for several years, working and studying with international choreographers such as William Forsythe, Wayne McGregor, Angelin Preljocaj, Carolyn Carlson; among many others.
My work has been showcased internationally and received several acknowledgements including the 2019 CHASS Australia Prize for a Student in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, and the 2018 Visual and Creative Ethnography Competition organised by the Australian Anthropological Society (AAS) and Australian Network of Student Anthropologists (ANSA) awarded to my short film ABISSO (2018). My visual works have been presented at international film festivals including Dance Cinema, [C]Screen-Spring Dancefilm Festival 2020, Moving Images International videodance festival 2020, IntimateLens 2019.
Students Supervision
I welcome graduate and post-graduate students who are planning to work on projects related to the moving body, illness, health, cultural and medical anthropology, dance and performance studies, enthnographic, auto-ethnographic and visual methods, and research-creation.
Phenomenology of the body
Illness experience
Dance and Performance
Cognitive Ecology
Ethnographic and Auto-ethnographic Methods
Cognitive Science, PhD, Macquarie University
Nov 2013 → Nov 2019
Award Date: 16. Apr 2020
Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, Master of Arts, University of Bologna
Oct 2010 → Nov 2012
Award Date: 20. Nov 2012
Visual Arts, Bachelor of Arts, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Sep 2008 → Oct 2009
Award Date: 2. Nov 2009
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Sarah Pini (Guest lecturer)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Guest lectures, external teaching and course activities at other universities
Sarah Pini (Peer reviewer)
Activity: Editorial work and peer review › Peer review of manuscripts › Research
Sarah Pini (Guest lecturer) & Jestin George (Guest lecturer)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
Sarah Pini (Guest lecturer)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
Sarah Pini (Guest lecturer)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
Pini, Sarah (Recipient), 30. Oct 2019
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
Pini, Sarah (Recipient), 13. Sep 2018
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Pini, Sarah (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
Pini, Sarah (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
Pini, Sarah (Recipient), 25. Nov 2017
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions