Born in Modena (Italy) on november 10th, 1952;
Degree on Philosophy (july 6th, 1978 );
CNR-Nato Grant for a research on "Discours figurativity" with the
Groupe del Recherches Sémio-linguistiques (EHESS - Paris) in
1985-86, during 12 monthes;
Collaboration with the Equipe de recherche associée n. 430 of the
french CNRS during 1982, 1983, 1985 and 1986;
Ph.D in Semiotics (september 17th, 1990);
Coordinator of the research "I ruoli di genere nelle trasmissioni
di informazione della RAI" (Gender roles in information broadcast
of RAI), 1999;
Co-director (with Paolo Fabbri) of the collection "Teoria della
cultura" by the publisher Editore Esculapio, Bologna;
Director of CUBE (Centro Universitario Bolognese di Etnosemiotica)
since february 2009;
Since 1992-93, teaching activity at differents Italian Universities
(Bologna, Milan IULM, Milan Politecnico) and foreigner institutions
(Sao Paulo of Brasil PUC, Paris EHESS). Conferences, seminars and
papers at severals international and national meetings.
Since 2015 Director of the Collection Quaderni di Etnosemiotica by the publisher Editore Esculapio, Bologna.