Emanuele Rinaldo Meschini

His research focuses on the intersections between artistic practices and social movements, with a particular emphasis on urban studies and participatory processes. In 2016, he co-founded the collective Autopalo, through which he explores the relationship between participatory art, football, and organized fandom. In 2021, he published his doctoral dissertation, which examines Italian artistic interventions in urban space and the history of socially engaged art in the United States. He has taught as an adjunct lecturer at the Iuav University of Venice, where he also contributed to research on culture-led urban regeneration. In 2023, he published Come leggere il monumento o la sua rimozione, a critical essay on memory, history, identity formation, and the visual arts. His work has appeared in academic journals such as Comunicazioni Sociali, Piano B, Tracce Urbane, Connessioni Remote, and FIELD: A Journal of Socially Engaged Art Criticism. He is currently conducting a research project on the role of Cultural Departments within Argentine multi-sports clubs, with a focus on the city of Buenos Aires.