Curriculum Vitae
ANA PASTOR PÉREZ
Barcelona
ID. 50751102-S
Birth date. 07/Sept./1981
e-mail. a.pastor.restaura@gmail.com
Research Gate
BA in History (Archaeology)
BSc in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Objects (Archaeology)
MA in Cultural Heritage Management and Museology
Ph.D in Cultural Heritage Management
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Title: Social Archaeological Conservation. Heritage Ethnographies in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona. Culture
and Society PhD Programme, Line: Culture and Heritage Management. University of Barcelona. Supervisors: Dr.
Margarita Díaz-Andreu (University of Barcelona) and Dr. Alicia Castillo (Complutense University of Madrid).
Qualification: Excellent. Cum Laude. October 2019. You will find the abstract at the end of this document.
MA Thesis. Title: Preventive Conservation and Local Community’s synergies. The Gothic Neighbourhood of Barcelona
through the “Pla Barcino”. Supervisor. Dr. Rosa Creixell. Qualification: Excellent, Cum Laude. June 2014.
Obra Social La Caixa fellow for the MA course “Management of Cultural Heritage and Museology”. University of
Barcelona (Spain) Sept. 2012- June 2014. Qualification: Excellent, Cum Laude. Extraordinary Prize of the University of
Barcelona.
Preventive Conservation Management Course. ”Reducing Risks to Cultural Heritage” appointed by ICCROM, CCI,
National Heritage Agency of The Netherlands. April 2011- Feb 2012.
BSc in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Objects, majoring in Archaeological Conservation, ESCRBC, School
of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Objects of Madrid, 2007.
Teaching Certificate, UCM, Complutense University of Madrid, 2005.
BA in History, majoring in Archaeology, Autonomous University of Madrid, 2004.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Researcher in the Heritage and Values Network Member JPI-JHPE (PCIN-36 2013). University of Barcelona. May
2014- December 2015.
Research Assistant. Parallel Cities Project. Directed by Alicia Castillo (UCM). Project for the analysis of the public
space in different cities of the world. Research direction in Barcelona (Spain). June-July 2016.
Post-doctoral Researcher at JPI-JHPE - CURBATHERI (Curating Urban Transformations through Heritage). University
of Barcelona. July 2020- December 2022.
LECTURING EXPERIENCE
March 2015 and 2016. Lecturer at the BA Archaeology - Course: “Archaeological Management”. Lectures “Heritage
Values”, “Ethnographic techniques”, “Public Archaeology”. University of Barcelona.
June 2014. Lecturer at the MA Program in Cultural Heritage and Museology. Course: “Conservation of Cultural
Properties”. Lecture “New criteria in Restoration”. University of Barcelona.
May 2014. Expert seminar. Concept and teaching. “The Heritage Values” at the UCA (Archaeological Cultural Union).
Complutense University of Madrid.
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March 2014. Lecturer at the BA Archaeology. Course: “Archaeological Management”. Lecture: “Heritage Values” and
“Cultural Organizations”. University of Barcelona.
September 2012-March 2014. Online Lecturer at Ciemad S.L. (Madrid, Spain). Course “Conservation and Restoration
of Archaeological Objects”.
May 2012. Expert seminar. Concept and teaching. “Preventive Conservation in Archaeology” at the UCA
(Archaeological Cultural Union). Complutense University of Madrid.
EVALUATING EXPERIENCE
February 2018 - present. I have acted as a referee for the journals AP Journal, Journal of Community Archaeologya and
Heritage, Sustainability, Heritage, International Journal of Archaeology, Revista Jangwapana.
November 2017. External evaluator. Project MARIOL, Patrimonio 2.0. Spanish Institute of Science of Heritage (Incipit-
CSIC). Seville (Spain).
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT-SOCIAL IMPACT
I have created and developed activities called by me “actions”. Those are addressed to improve and create contact
zones between the public, administrators, neighborhood and other types of associations, and academics. Some of
these recent actions have been:
• “From Ruins to Present: interactive walk” an activity with Social Center of Barcelona (Casal de Nou Barris) on
28th April 2019.
• “From Ruins to Present: interactive walk” an activity with Social Center of Barcelona (Casal de Nou Barris) on
14th April 2018.
• “Digging pictures of our neighbourhood” an activity with Center for Sports and Hygienic Habits of Barcelona
(School of Villapicina, Barcelona) on 20th August. 2017.
• “Digging the temporary capsule of Rugby” an activity with the Rugby Club BUC (La Foixarda Club) on 23rd
July. 2017.
• “Digging the temporary capsule” an activity with Young Centers of Barcelona (Casal de Joves, Las Corts) on
14th Oct. 2016.
• “Paralel Cities”. Simultaneous – more than 5 cities- ethnographic research at different cities on the main
cathedral square in order to map and compare (University Complutense of Madrid). 1 st of July 2016.
• “From Ruins to Present” an activity with Young Centers of Barcelona (Casal de Joves, Las Corts) on 27th Feb.
2015.
• “Heritage, Archaeology and Neighbors” at Social Space “La Negreta del Gòtic. Barcelona. Spain” on 24th
March 2015.
PUBLICATIONS
In press:
• Editor, with other members of GAPP, of a book “24 Essays about Cultural Heritage. GAPP 2015-2020”.
JAS Arqueología. Madrid. Planned to be published in October 2020.
Book
• Díaz-Andreu, M., Pastor Pérez, A., Ruiz Martínez, A. (Eds.) (2016). Arqueología y Comunidad. El valor
social del Patrimonio Arqueológico en el siglo XXI. Madrid: JAS Arqueología.
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Book chapters, Articles, Talks, Posters
• Coto-Sarmiento, M., Delgado Anés, L., López Martínez, L., Martín Alonso, J., Pastor Pérez, A., Ruiz, A.,
& Yubero Gómez, M. (2020). Informe sobre el acoso sexual en arqueología (España).
https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.3662763
• Pastor Pérez, A. y Ruiz Martínez, A. (2018) Analysing heritage and participation in the Gothic Quarter of
Barcelona: some methodological insights. Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad de
Granada, 28,115–147.
• Pastor Pérez, A. (2018). Shaping Community Heritage Synergies Between Roman Barcelona Spaces
and the Gothic Neighborhood. In V. Apaydin (Ed.), Shared Knowledge, Shared Power. Engaging Local
and Indigenous Heritage. (pp. 61–86). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68652-3_5
• Pastor Pérez, A. y Canseco Domínguez, O. (2016). Hacia la auto-sostenibilidad en procesos de
excavación: conservación preventiva y gestión de riesgos. Otarq,1, 187–216.
• Pastor Pérez, A. (2016). Towards a social conservation. Complutum, 27(2), 259–280.
• Ortega, M.C., Canseco, O., Pastor, A. et al. (2016). In situ conservation and restoration strategies at the
pleistocene sites of Pinilla del Valle (Madrid, Spain). Journal of Paleontological Techniques, 15, 84-111.
• Pastor Pérez, A. y Ruiz Martínez, A. (2016). La participación como tarea de lo cotidiano: el barrio Gòtic
de Barcelona. (Sección Perspectivas). Revista PH, 90, 202–204.
• Pastor Pérez, A. (2016). Manuel de gestión du Mobilier Archaeòlogique : méthodologie et practiques by
Païn Silvia (Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, 2015). Review. Indice Histórico Español, July 2016.
(http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/IHE/issue/view/1369)
• Barcia, C., Pastor, A., Ortiz, A. et al. (2016). Conservació i Restauració del Dolmen de la Taula dels Tres
Pagesos (Forallac, Girona). En XIV Jornades d’Arqueologia de les comarques de Girona (pp.77-84).
Girona: Generalitat de Catalunya.
• Lafuente D., Crespo A., Pastor A. et al. (2016). BROMEC: el boletín multilingüe y de libre acceso de las
últimas investigaciones sobre conservación y restauración del patrimonio metálico. Será publicado en las
Actas del II Congreso de Conservación y Restauración del Patrimonio Metálico, 1-3 octubre de 2015,
Segovia, España (pp.336-342). Madrid: Metal España.
• Monsalve Romera, A. y Pastor Pérez, A. (2016). ¿El género como excusa? (Sección Perspectivas).
Revista PH, 89, 141–143.
• Pastor Pérez, A. y Ruiz Martínez, A. (2016). Nuevas metodologías para una comprensión de las
interacciones entre el público y el patrimonio arqueológico urbano en Barcelona. En M. Díaz-Andreu, A.
Pastor y A. Ruiz (Eds.) Arqueología y Comunidad. El valor social del Patrimonio Arqueológico en el siglo
XXI (91–112). Madrid: JAS Arqueología.
• Mureddu, L. y Pastor Pérez, A. (2015). Aproximación a la percepción del patrimonio mundial en
Cerdeña: la visión de las nuevas generaciones. En Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on
Best Practices in World Heritage: People and Communities Menorca, Spain, 29-30April, 1-2May 2015,
(pp. 1025–1044). Madrid: JAS Arqueología.
• Pastor Pérez, A. (2015). Arqueología Pública en España (JAS Arqueología, 2013). Review. AP. Online
Journal in Public Archaeology, 5, 83–90.
• Pastor Pérez, A. (2015). Seminario entorno a los valores del patrimonio en arqueología y taller “Heritage
Values and the Public” en la Universidad de Barcelona. Boletin LATAM, enero-marzo, 3–5. [On line
(http://www.iccrom.org/wp-content/uploads/Bolet%C3%ADn-LATAM-ene-mar-2015.pdf].
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• Ruiz Martínez, A. y Pastor Pérez, A. (2015). Hacia una Arqueología social en el centro de Barcelona.
Aproximación metodológica para el uso del patrimonio urbano. La Linde Arqueología, 5, 140–192.
[Online: http://www.lalindearqueologia.com/index.php/indice-n-7].
• Casado J, González, M.G. y Pastor A. (2015). Restauración de los restos óseos de Haploidoceros
Mediterráneus. En “Haploidoceros Mediterráneus. Una nueva especie de ciervo en el Pleistoceno
Ibérico” de la colección “El presente de la arqueología madrileña” (pp.25–31). Alcalá de Henares
(Madrid): Museo Arqueológico Regional.
• M.Díaz-Andreu, Gao Q., Pastor A. et al. (2014). “Valuing heritage in Spain”. En Understanding Heritage
Values Proceedings, Heritage and Values Workshop. Technical University of Eindhoven, 9-12 julio 2014,
21-25.
• Pastor Pérez, A. (2014). Conservación preventiva y sinergias con la población local: el Barrio Gótico de
Barcelona a través del Pla Barcino. Barcelona. MA Thesis. University of Barcelona.
• Vaquero, L., Moro, E., Pastor Pérez A., (2012). “Análisis de riesgos en colecciones: primer paso hacia
una conservación preventiva sostenible. El caso del Museo Cerralbo”. En las Actas del IV Congreso de
Conservación de Chile. 23-25 de mayo de 2012. Póster.
• Díaz Martínez, S., Pastor Pérez, A. (2009). Fíbulas de plata dorada ibéricas. Procesos de restauración-
conservación, Revista Digital Informes y Trabajos, 4, 47-55.
• Pastor Pérez, A. (2006). Procesos de alteración de materiales arqueológicos en distintos tipos de suelos
arenosos. Boletín de Arqueología Experimental de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 6, 23-39.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
November 2019. I Annual Symposium on Natural and Cultural Heritage ICOMOS Spain. 21, 22 and 23 November, ETS
de Ingenieros y Minas, Madrid. Paper: "Preventive Social Conservation: heritage ethnographies in public space".
November 2018. 'I Congress Women and University without figures. The invisible violence'. 21, 22 and 23 November,
University of Valencia. I participated together with Dr. Apen Ruiz in the round table: Investigating discrimination and
sexual harassment in archaeology.
September 2018. EAA 2018, 5-8 September, Barcelona (Spain). Participant in two sessions. Paper: "Empty Dialogues:
the most powerful risk of archaeological site's conservation". I also participated together with Dr. Apen Ruiz with the
paper: "Heritage ethnographies: re-visiting theories and methodologies to explore contemporary archaeology and social
impact in Barcelona's Gothic Neighbourhood".
May 2018. III Congress of Good Practices in World Heritage "Integral Actions", 1-6 May, Mahón (Menorca, Spain). I
assisted with the organisation and acted as the official photographer.
November 2017. “Conference Heritage 2.0”. Organized by the IAPH (Seville, Spain) and the Incipit-CSIC (Santiago de
Compostela, Spain). I participated together with Dr. Quintero Morón. Paper: "Evaluation of MARIOL".
October 2017. Conference "Making City from the Archaeology", National Archaeological Museum (Madrid, Spain).
Paper: “Ethnographies applied to the management of urban archaeological heritage: the case of Barcelona”.
September 2017. XVI National Anthropology Congress. Valencia, 5-8 September. I participated together with Dr. Apen
Ruiz Martínez. Paper: “Observing, understanding heritage audiences: methodologies for thinking about participation
and heritage processes”.
April 2017. I participated in the round table "University Education in Public Archaeology" organised by the CEPAP of the
Autonomous University of Barcelona, within the Erasmus+ INNOVARCH Project led by Dr. Paloma González Marcén.
March 2017. YSWG - SIEF 2017 Congress, Göttingen (Germany) from 26-30. Paper: “When archaeological
conservation meets ethnography”.
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January 2017. Workshop NeArching Factory in Santiago de Compostela (Spain) 30 January-2 February 2017. I
participated as expert in the session of Archaeology, Spatial Planning and Economic Development.
April 2016. Lecturer together with with Dr. Apen Ruiz at the Workshop held in Barcelona within the INNOVARCH project
directed by Dr. Paloma González Marcén. Title: “Methodologies for the study of Archaeological eritage in urban
environments”.
October 2015. Talk togheter with Alfonso Monsalve and Belén Blázquez at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid on
8 May 2015. Title: “Walker there is no path, archaeology is done by walking".
May 2015. I participated in the Round Table. "Archaeology in the Ibero-American Context: Recent Debates" organised
by Dr. Alicia Castillo at the Complutense University of Madrid on 8 May 2015.
April-May 2015. II International Conference on Best Practices in World Heritage (Mahón, Menorca, Balearic Islands)
2nd-5th May. Poster together with Laura Mureddu (UB): " Approaching the perception of world heritage in Sardinia: the
vision of the new generations ".
April 2015. Organiser of “Conference on the Status of the Archaeological Profession in Catalonia” at the Museu
d'Arqueologia de Catalunya (Archaeologial Museum of Catalonia), 11th April 2015. I participater together with Dr. Ruiz
Martínez. Paper: “Archaeology and Perception”.
March 2015. Attendance to the conference Horitzons Científics de les Humanitats i les Ciències Socials: Impact of
research and transfer of knowledge, commissioned by the Parc Científic i l'impuls científic de les Humanitats i les
Ciències Socials. March 18th, 2015. (8h).
February 2015. Organisation and active participation in the “International Workshop Heritage Values and the Public",
University of Barcelona, 19th-21st February. Partner of the University of Barcelona team within the project "JPI Heritage
Values Network".
February 2015. “Seminar on Heritage Values and Public Archaeology”. University of Barcelona, 18th of February. I
organised and participated together with Dr. Ruiz Martínez. Paper: “Interaction between the archaeological remain and
the social fabric in the Barcelona of quarters: an approach”.
November 2014. “CotArq Congress” 24th-27th November (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid). Paper: 2Towards self-
sustainability in excavation projects: preventive conservation and risk management”.
INTERNSHIPS AND GRANTS
Visiting Researcher at ICCROM (Rome). Developed research in Risk Management and Preventive Conservation in
archaeological sites. February 2014.
Fellowship for official MA Studies in Spanish Universities. Fundación Obra Social La Caixa. September 2012-March
2014.
Fellowship at The National Institute of Spanish Heritage (Instituto de Patrimonio Cultural, Madrid, Spain) at the
archaeological restoration department. April 2008-December 2008.
Internship at The National Institute of French Heritage (Institut National du Patrimoine Français, St.Denis-La Plaine,
France) at the archaeological department in fire arts. January-March 2008.
Internship at The Louvre Museum (Paris, France) at the Graphic Arts Department. September-December 2007.
HONORS
PhD. Excellent, Cum Laude. October 2019.
MA Extraordinary Price. University of Barcelona 2014-2015.
RECENT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: ARCHAEOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
Conservator and restorer in charge on the archaeological project of “Cerro Bilanero” (Alhambra, La Mancha, Spain).
2015-2017.
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Co-director of the Archaeological Site “Dolmen Els Tres Pagesos, Girona” (Megaliths). Restoration and Preventive
Conservation. December 2014. September-October 2013. December 2015.
Co-director of the field laboratory of conservation-restoration at the archaeo-paleontological site of Pinilla del Valle
(Paleolithic). Excavation campaigns August- September from 2011-2015.
Paleontological Restorer in charge at the Regional Archaeological Museum of Madrid, April-May 2014, paleontological
bones of an Haploidoceros Mediterraneus.
Restorer-Conservator in charge at InSitu S.L. February 2012. Iberian, Greek and Roman pottery artifacts at the
Regional Archaeological Museum of Madrid.
Restorer-Conservator in charge at Tracer S.L. 2009-2012. Yoruba objects from Nigeria (metal, pottery, stone), Risk
Assessment at the sandstone facade of Casa de las Conchas a XVIth century building at North Castilia, Metals
collection from the Necropolis of Numantia (Soria, Spain).
Exhibition Assistant at Empty S.L. 2010-2012. Exhibitions of “Alejandro” and “Leonardo” at Fundación Canal (Madrid).
Field Archaeologist at the sites of Sant Sebastiá de la Guarda (Girona, Spain), Pintia (Valladolid, Spain), Monte Cildá
(Ontaneda, Spain), Segeda (Mara, Spain), Cubas de la Sagra (Madrid, Spain), Taula de los Tres Pagesos (Girona,
Spain), Empuries (Girona, Spain). These sites go from chronologies of iron age to medieval, years, 2001-2014.
Archaeological Restorer-Conservator technician at the sites of La Mezquita de Cadalso de los Vidrios (Madrid, Spain),
Segeda (Mara, Spain) Conímbriga (Coimbra,Portugal), Pinilla del Valle (Madrid, Spain), years 2006-2014.
OTHER WORKS
Customer Service Executive at Booking.com (part-timer). Since January 2016.
Administrative Clerk and Marketing Assistant at Trend Micro. Anti-Virus International Enterprise (Madrid). January-
August 2012.
Shop, Ticket Office, Information Desk tasks at Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Madrid, Spain) 2004-2011 and Royal
Palace, Madrid, Spain (2012).
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Organizer of the methodological seminar for the subject “Archaeological Heritage Management” in year 4 of
the BA in Archaeology of the University of Barcelona. Years 2014-2017.
• Organizer of the cycle of conferences “Heritage Dialogues” at University of Barcelona. Monthly activity. Since
2014.
• Seminar “Reducing Risk to Cultural Heritage”, Istanbul, Mimar Sinan University. 24-28 October 2011.
• Scientific Seminar " Fatto d’Archimia: Historia e identificación de pigmentos artificiales en las técnicas
pictóricas. IPCE (Spanish Institute of Cultural Heritage), 2010. Madrid. 10 hours.
• Scientific Seminar “Conservation of Contemporary Art”, Reina Sofia Museum, 2009.
• Scientific Seminar “Archaeology in the study of Historical Buildings”, IPCE, 2009.
• ourse “Restoring Memories” Arpa, Valladolid, 2008. 24 hours.
• VIIth National Congress of Archaeological Conservators, IAPH (Seville).
• Course “Treasures, Shipwrecks and Pirates: the conservation of underwater cultural heritage”, International
University Menendez Pelayo, Santander, 2008. 32 hours.
• Course “Petrology at the service of Architectonic Heritage”, CSIC (Superior Council of Scientific Research),
2007.8 hours.
• Course “First generation and future generation, creation, collection and conservation of video records”,
Reina Sofia Museum, 2007. 16 hours.
• Scientific Seminar “Management Models in Archaeological Heritage Research”, UAM, 2006. 8 hours.
• Scientific Seminar “Fossil conservation “. Restorers without Frontiers Association 2005. 8 hours.
• Core Curriculum “Conservation of Archaeological Heritage Conservation”, UAM, 2003 – 2004. Cum Laude.
• Core Curriculum “Field Techniques in Archaeology”, UAM, 2003. Cum Laude.
PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
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Languages:
Spanish Mother tongue
English C1
French C1
Catalan C1
I understand and read Portuguese and Italian (I have been a Visiting Researcher and worked as restorer in both countries).
Computer skills
Good command of Microsoft Office™ tools (Word™, Excel™ and PowerPoint™), both in Windows and Mac
environments, and of graphic design applications (Adobe Illustrator™, PhotoShop™, Freehand™, Autocad™ and Quark
Xpress™).
Social Archaeological Conservation. Heritage Ethnographies in the Gothic Quarter of
Barcelona.
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Ana Pastor Pérez. October. 2019
This doctoral thesis examines the social dimension of preventive conservation applied to urban archaeological
heritage, as well as the benefits that an effective management of archaeological heritage can generate in the
daily life of inhabitants. It is an investigation that has a special impact on the theoretical and methodological
dimensions of archaeology and heritage and intends to lay the foundations for future applications. This work
aims to generate a transdisciplinary framework between three fundamental subjects: archaeology,
conservation and heritage management, in a manner that improves the dialogue between professionals,
academics and administration technicians. One of the main contributions of the thesis is to explore the benefits
of preventive archaeological conservation in urban open. The research focuses on a form of prevention
associated with risk management, which is also the system recently adopted in preventive conservation by the
Spanish Cultural Heritage Institute (Ministry of Culture and Sport 2018).
The Gothic Quarter of Barcelona is the background of this study. By analysing this case study, the thesis
explores at a theoretical, methodological and contextual level what are the main aspects that can foster the
socialization of archaeological conservation. The Gothic Quarter, with its multi-temporal atmosphere
characterised by buildings from different periods, acts as a suitable palimpsest that nurtures the research. The
archaeological remains chosen are located in the following public spaces: Vila de Madrid, Vuit de Març and
Traginers; and the recently created Carme Simò square, which in this work I refer to as the "Solar de la
Muralla" or the "Solar de Sotstinent Navarro". In these plazas, the conservation challenges are approached in
an innovative way, analysing both the risks derived from their intrinsic nature and those related to the urban
fabric and other agents that act in the context. During my research I employed a set of ethnographic
techniques in each of these sites, allowing me to analyse the interactions between heritage and society and to
determine risks and conflicts through a holistic analysis. I have also tested and examined different modes of
data representation on a methodological level.
I have carried out my fieldwork during a long period of time between the years 2014 and 2017. During
fieldwork I was able to analyse a series of specific or repeated events related to cultural heritage that have
taken place in the Gothic neighbourhood which allow us to compare the ordinary and extraordinary dynamics
of the use of space. In this sense, I explored the dynamics associated with the daily life of spaces, comparing
its enjoyability and use throughout specific events. The "events" that took place in the squares to be studied,
and in other neighbourhood ones, have been explored by dividing them in accordance with their nature: top-
down and bottom-up. In this doctoral thesis I will propose that preventive conservation interventions in the
public space should include the socio-cultural space which surrounds the cultural good, in alignment with the
new theories on the conceptualisation of heritage as a cultural process. Through a fieldwork analysis, I have
elaborated a series of methodological guidelines that I denominate "heritage ethnographies". These
ethnographies allow us to obtain data directly related to the role of cultural heritage in the public space. These
techniques have prompted me to design and carry out a series of risk analyses, to which I have incorporated a
conflict analysis, in order to integrate these "society-heritage" interactions into the conservation diagnoses of
cultural assets. These implementations will confer a social and inclusive dimension to the discipline of
preventive conservation. Risks and conflicts involving the social fabric or users of public space will be
incorporated into the overall risk assessment of the cultural property, and hence its mitigation dynamics. As a
conclusion I propose that by transforming and preserving the context and including the synergies between
heritage and users of space, we can re-signify and emphasize the sense of belonging. I therefore defend the
pursuit and consecution of a curative sense that is adapted to the mutations that occur and transform the city.
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