MARIA NIEVES HERRERO PEREZ

Dr. María Nieves Herrero Pérez is a Professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela, affiliated with the Faculty of Philosophy and the Department of Philosophy and Anthropology. She specializes in Social Anthropology with a focus on cultural heritage, gender studies, and symbolic violence. Her doctorate (1991) explored Émile Durkheim and Marcel Mauss's theories, supervised by Dr. Javier San Martín.

Her research spans cultural tourism (e.g., Galicia's Costa da Morte, Jacobean pilgrimage routes), Galician society (traditional love practices, land conflicts), and educational anthropology (heritage education programs). She has also analyzed mining communities and symbolic aspects of pilgrimage routes like the Camino de Santiago.

Publications highlight themes like symbolic violence against women, cultural heritage preservation, and postmodern pilgrimage dynamics. Recent works (2015–2010) emphasize gender stereotypes and tourism's role in reconfiguring cultural spaces. No awards are explicitly listed, but her extensive peer-reviewed output reflects scholarly recognition.

Her academic contributions include curriculum development in cultural heritage education and fieldwork on mining communities. She collaborates with institutions like CINDOC and engages with global anthropological dialogues through publications in journals like Antropologia and Compostellanum.