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Vanesa García López de Andújar holds a degree in Art History from the University of Zaragoza, where she was awarded the Carlos Riba Extraordinary Degree Prize. She is also an Architect from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) with a Master's in Architectural Heritage Conservation, specializing in Management. Additionally, she holds a Professional Expert title in advanced technologies for the management and documentation of cultural heritage.
RESEARCH:
She is currently a Predoctoral Researcher in Training within the project "Gender Relations, Identity, and Transgenerationality in Maya Culture. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Building New Narratives about the Past and Present of the Maya (ReGIT-Maya)." Her doctoral thesis focuses on the design and conception of the Virtual Museum of Maya Women, exploring the potential of virtual museums to highlight the role of women and their activities throughout history, with a special focus on the Mesoamerican context.
Her research areas also include the use of new technologies applied to heritage conservation, management, and dissemination, with an emphasis on heritage interpretation and enhancement from a gender perspective, as well as approaches based on sustainable development and heritage education.
She has trained in international cooperation and has conducted part of her research in cooperation projects in Mérida (Mexico), Flores (Guatemala), and Maputo (Mozambique).
She is a member of the Arsmaya Research Group (UV) and the Joint Research Unit on Heritage and Sustainable Development (UV-UPV).
She has participated in research projects such as "Digital Alliances in the Era of Smart Cultural Tourism: Safeguarding and Immersive Multisensory Storytelling in the (In)tangible Cultural Heritage of Hygeia-Roma Hispana. Co-funded by the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI), the Ministry of Science and Innovation, and the European Union – NextGenerationEU.
She has published six journal articles, six book chapters, and contributed to fifteen conferences.
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER:
She has participated in national and international heritage dissemination projects, particularly those focused on citizen engagement in heritage conservation and management, and its connection to local sustainable development.
She has conducted over 20 heritage education workshops for children and organized several public engagement events for the European Heritage Days, highlighting activities related to the railway heritage of La Encina and its population.
TEACHING:
She is a lecturer in the Microcredential Course on Cultural Heritage Virtualization: Practical Cases of 3D Technology Applications in Humanities Research at the University of Valencia and has been a guest lecturer at the European University.
She has participated in various Educational Innovation Projects and is a member of the Consolidated Teaching Innovation Group ArsMaya.
OTHER RELEVANT ACTIONS:
She has been part of the organizing committee of six international conferences and seminars, curated two exhibitions, and serves as deputy secretary of the journal Pasajes de Pensamiento Contemporáneo, published by the University of Valencia.
She has co-directed the NollaMap Project, a participatory mapping of Nolla Ceramics, co-funded by the Ministry of Culture and Valencia World Design Capital, and the project "17 Goals and a Map," a permanently revisable observatory framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) applied to the territory for the Jaume I University of Castellón.
She is also a member of the Right to the City Research Team, where she focuses on the role of culture and heritage in local development, incorporating gender and decolonial perspectives.