Katya Meredith García Quevedo

Katya Meredith García Quevedo serves as a DGAPA Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Environmental Geography Research (CIGA) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Morelia, Michoacán, with contact via kgarcia@ciga.unam.mx and telephone (+52 443 322-2777).

Her academic foundation includes:

• PhD in Architecture (Honorable Mention) from Michoacana University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH), specializing in History and Conservation of Architecture and the City
• Master's degree in Architecture, Research and Restoration of Sites and Monuments from UMSNH

Dr. García Quevedo's research interrogates the intersection of social processes and spatial configurations through Urban Imaginaries, Socio-spatial segregation, and Subjective landscape analysis. Her work employs qualitative methodologies to examine how cultural heritage territories manifest in everyday urban experiences, particularly focusing on Semblance as a theoretical framework for understanding perceptual landscapes. This research bridges architectural conservation, human geography, and social theory to address Mexico's complex urban dynamics.

Her scholarly recognition encompasses:

• DGAPA Postdoctoral Fellowship from UNAM
• National System of Researchers (SNI) Candidate status
• PhD Honorable Mention for exceptional dissertation work

She maintains active international collaborations through research stays at Complutense University of Madrid (2013), Polytechnic University of Catalonia (2019), UNAM's Institute of Geography (2019), and Autonomous University of Querétaro (2021). As a member of the Ibero-American Research Network on Imaginaries and Representations and the Mexican Academy of Tourism Research, she contributes to transnational scholarly dialogues on urban representation and heritage.