IÑAKI ARRIETA URTIZBEREA

Knowledge area

Social Anthropology

Department

Philosophy of Values and Social Anthropology

Centre

Faculty of Education, Philosophy and Anthropology

Electronic mail

i.arrieta@ehu.eus

Iñaki Arrieta Urtizberea, is a PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology. He works as a professor at the Department of Philosophy of Values and Social Anthropology at the University of Basque Country (UPV/EHU). He teaches in the subjects of Cultural Policies, Cultural Heritage and Museums of the Degree in Social Anthropology of the UPV/EHU. Currently he is a main researcher in the European framed project “Pyrenes Net of Centers of Heritage and Rural Innovation” (PATRIM+ 251/16), financed by POCTEFA-INTERREG-FEDER. He is also taking part as researcher in the projects “Cultural and natural heritage in times of crisis. Challenges, adaptations and strategies in local contexts” (CSO2015-68611-R) and “Intangible heritage and cultural policies: social, political and museological challenges” (PGC2018-096190-B-I00), both directed by Dr. Xavier Roigé from the University of Barcelona and financed by the Spanish Government. Arrieta is also one of the investigators of the “Research Group of the Constructed Heritage” (IT890-16), led by Dr. Agustín Azkarate and financed by the Basque Government. He is being involved in several publications related to the fields of museums and heritage in the Spanish context and is the main editor of a series of books published by the University of the Basque Country on heritage and museums, including some titles as: El patrimonio cultural en las sociedades líquidas, El género en el patrimonio cultural o Lug