María Victoria Quintero Moron

María Victoria Quintero Moron is a Professor at Pablo de Olavide University, affiliated with the Department of Social Anthropology, Basic Psychology, and Public Health. She is a member of the GISAP (Social Anthropology Research and Participatory Action) research group and participates in doctoral programs in Environmental Anthropology and Ecological Studies, as well as Culture, Development, and Gender in Social Intervention.

• Doctoral thesis: Dimensiones simbólicas, valores de uso y valores de mercado: conflictos y negociaciones en torno al patrimonio etnológico en Andalucía (2007, Universidad de Sevilla)

Her research focuses on critical heritage studies, examining the intersection of Environmental Anthropology, Cultural Heritage Management, and Anthropology of Food. Recent publications explore concepts like participatory techniques in heritage governance, multi-ontological dissonances, and the role of urban and rural landscapes in shaping cultural identities. Notable works include studies on Cordoba's bicycle ethnography, LGBTQ+ heritage tourism, and the paradoxes of UNESCO heritage designation in Cordoba patios.

• Key article trends include:
  • Heritage regime critiques
  • Participatory mechanism evaluations
  • Dominican cultural landscape studies
  • Gendered approaches to environmental governance
  • Pandemic impacts on domestic heritage
  • Cognitive dissonance in conservation practices

She maintains active collaborations with institutions like the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), the Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage (IAPH), and the European Research Council (ERC). Her methodological approach combines ethnographic fieldwork with critical policy analysis, particularly evident in her ParticiPAT project examining alternative heritage management models.