{"id":24,"date":"2023-11-13T13:57:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T11:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mariamartelli.ro\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-01-20T11:12:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:12:26","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mariamartelli.ro\/en\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Maria\n\t

Maria Martelli writes and researches mixing antispeciesist and queer-feminist theories.<\/p>\n

She has published a volume of poetry \"the luckiest being<\/a>” (frACTalia, 2023) care a fost nominalizat la c\u00e2teva premii \u0219i o carte pentru copii intitulat\u0103 \u201e\"The Story of the Sow and of Becoming Human<\/a>” (Hecate & ELF, 2022).<\/p>\n

Her stories and poems can be found on online platforms (Literature and Feminism, Possible Worlds), in anthologies (Our Possible Worlds, 2020; Shelters, 2021; Skylights, 2022) and zines (Madzine II, THE FLOCK!#2). She has participated in several projects as editor\/coordinator, a process she appreciates especially when it is collective. She has held public readings and writing workshops.<\/p>\n

They graduated from the Master of Advanced Sociological Research at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Babe\u0219-Bolyai University with a critical thesis on anthropocentrism in education for sustainable development. After that, she started an independent activist-research on the liberatory potential of animal sanctuaries, urban coexistence and multispecies imaginaries.<\/p>\n

In the collective project just wondering…<\/a> she writes and co-produces video essays exploring themes of multispecies, climate and social justice. She is part of Cenacle X<\/a>, a self-organized queer literary group, and of Queer Vegan Community<\/a>, an activist group dedicated to forming connections between movements for non-human animals and other movements for social justice.<\/p>\n

Since winter 2025, they co-host the climate podcast The Last Fireflies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She was an editor at the Student Journal of Vegan Sociology<\/a> and a co-host of the social science podcast contrasens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They live in a post-industrial town with three talkative cats, two determined dogs, the beings of the garden and their human partner.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tBio scurt – Literatur\u0103<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Maria Martelli scrie \u0219i face cercetare mix\u00e2nd teorii queer-feministe \u0219i antispeciiste. A publicat un volum de poezie \u201ecea mai norocoas\u0103 fiin\u021b\u0103” (frACTalia, 2023) \u0219i o carte pentru copii intitulat\u0103 \u201ePovestea Scroafei \u0219i a Devenirii Omului” (Hecate & ELF, 2022). Povestirile \u0219i poemele ei se g\u0103sesc \u00een antologiile Cenaclului X<\/a>, various zines and online publications. In the artistic collective just wondering…<\/a> they write and co-produce short films and animated essays. They live in a post-industrial town with three talkative cats, two determined dogs, the beings of the garden and their human partner.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tBio scurt – Cercetare <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Maria Martelli writes and researches mixing antispeciesist and queer-feminist theories. They graduated from the Master of Advanced Sociological Research at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Babe\u0219-Bolyai University with a critical thesis on anthropocentrism in education for sustainable development. Currently she works on an independent activist-research on the liberatory potential of animal sanctuaries, urban coexistence and multispecies imaginaries. They are part of the artistic antispeciesist project just wondering…<\/a>, of the Queer Vegan Community<\/a> and of the autonomous literary group Cenacle X<\/a>. They were an editor at the Student Journal of Vegan Sociology<\/a>,<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsperan\u021be solare\n\t\t\t35%\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tc\u0103r\u021bi & obsesii literare\n\t\t\t30%\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmirare & \u00eencruntare\n\t\t\t20%\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tspaghetti cu sosuri fermec\u0103toare\n\t\t\t15%\n\t

Contact<\/p>\n\t

You can write to me at maria.martelli[at]yahoo.com<\/p>\n\t\t\t

\u201eNorocul e ceva ciudat, dar poate fi multiplicat.”<\/h4>

– cea mai norocoas\u0103 fiin\u021b\u0103<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t

\"If you have a door, you can open it.<\/h4>

If you have a table, you can set it.<\/h4>

Dac\u0103 ai o voce, po\u021bi c\u00e2nta.”<\/h4>

– din \u201eDeschide-o \u0219i ai s\u0103 vezi”, cea mai norocoas\u0103 fiin\u021b\u0103<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t

\"The cat is snoring on the windowsill. Too little<\/h4>

lumin\u0103 o atinge pe v\u00e2rfurile must\u0103\u021bilor.”<\/h4>

– din \u201eNoiembrie”, cea mai norocoas\u0103 fiin\u021b\u0103<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maria Martelli scrie \u0219i face cercetare mix\u00e2nd teorii antispeciiste \u0219i queer-feministe. A publicat un volum de poezie \u201ecea mai norocoas\u0103 fiin\u021b\u0103” (frACTalia, 2023) care a fost nominalizat la c\u00e2teva premii \u0219i o carte pentru copii intitulat\u0103 \u201ePovestea Scroafei \u0219i a Devenirii Omului” (Hecate & ELF, 2022). 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