Dr Laura Siragusa (PhD Anthropology, University of Aberdeen, 2013) is a linguistic anthropologist and sociolinguist with an interest in environmental and historical anthropology. Her research focuses on communicative practices in relation to the broader language ecology, which comprises political, economic, social and cultural dynamics. She has conducted research among Indigenous groups in Northwest Russia (namels, Veps and Sámi). She has investigated language revival movements, human-environment relations, and the materiality of language, among other relevant topics.