Gaetano Mangiameli is Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Milan – La Statale, where he teaches Cultural Anthropology and Environmental Anthropology. He has conducted ethnographic research in Ghana (north-eastern region) and Italy (Sicily, Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna) and is the author of numerous essays in Italian and English, including the monograph “The habits of water. Anthropology, environment and complexity in West Africa”, whose new 2023 edition, revised and updated, has just been released.