Roberta Raffaetà

TL;DR: This study uses metagenomic assembly followed by a reference-based binning strategy to screen over 6500 gut metagenomes spanning geography and lifestyle and reconstruct over 1300 E. rectale high-quality genomes from metagenome, providing new insights into the population structure and ecology of E.rectale and shows that shotgun metagenomics can enable population genomics studies of microbiota members at a resolution and scale previously attainable only by extensive isolate sequencing.

TL;DR: This paper explored the experiences of young people of Chinese background in Prato (Italy) and found that despite significant social exclusion, young Chinese develop a sense of belonging to Prato by creating local, translocal and transnational affiliations and interconnections.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors untangle the conceptual and disciplinary roots of parenting studies stemming from early anthropological studies of kinship and ethno-psychological theories, through to the anthropology of childhood and child rearing and the current socio-anthropological studies, and offer conceptual tools for the creation of a critical perspective on migration and parenting.

TL;DR: The authors explored the meaning and mechanics of belonging with a particular focus on the role of place and place-making, and explored the ways people come to achieve a sense of belonging, with reference to recent theoretical treatments of place, territory and mobility.

TL;DR: This paper explored the experiences of second-generation migrants with a focus on Chinese in Prato (Italy), for whom the relationship between citizenship and identity is tightly linked, and found that most stud...