Bruno Barba is a researcher in anthropology at the University of Genova. He examines the field of football and sport as a tool to understand society and factors relating to identity. His books include Un antropologo nel pallone (Meltemi, 2007); Tutto è relativo. La prospettiva in Antropologia (Seid, 2008); La XXXIII squadra (2010), No País do Futebol (2014); and Calciologia. Per un’antropologia del football (Mimesis, 2016).