Alessandra Maria Paola Broccolini

Alessandra Maria Paola Broccolini is an Associate Professor at the Department of Social and Economic Sciences (DISSE), Sapienza University of Rome. She specializes in cultural anthropology, with a focus on intangible cultural heritage, ecomuseums, and urban/rural territorial studies. Since 2016, she has led the Italian Society for Museography and Demo-Ethno-Anthropological Assets (SIMBDEA) and coordinates national research projects like PRIN 2022 on local museums and PRIN 2020 on marginal Italian territories.

• Current affiliations: Sapienza University of Rome, Ecole Française de Rome [2021-2026]
• Research themes: Identity politics, festivals/rituals, traditional knowledge, migration-heritage intersections
• Key projects: Ecomuseo Casilino Ad Duas Lauros, UNESCO cultural heritage nominations
• Fieldwork: 5-year study in Naples' Pallonetto district (1994-1999), Bolsena Lake fisheries, Irpinia carnivals
• Collaborations: ICCD, Regione Lazio, Universidad de Huancayo (Peru)

Her publications address heritage regimes in Italy, UNESCO's 2003 Convention implementation, and ethnographic case studies on Mediterranean festivals, urban ecomuseums, and agricultural biodiversity. She teaches Cultural Anthropology and Anthropology of Territory at Sapienza's Faculty of Political Science, Sociology, and Communication.