Mikel Aramburu

Biography

Mikel Aramburu is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Barcelona. Participant in the research project “Addressing the Multiple Aspects of Sustainability” within the Grup d’Estudis de Reciprocitat (GER) of the University of Barcelona and member of the research team “Analysis, Management and Evaluation of Public Policies” at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He is also a member of the Observatorio de la Alimentación (ODELA) at the University of Barcelona. He is the author of Los otros y nosotros. Imágenes del inmigrante en Ciutat Vella de Barcelona, Madrid, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura (Cultural Research Award Marqués de Lozoya). He has been published in the following journals: Migraciones, European Journal of International Migration and Ethnic Studies, Scripta Nova, Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Sociais, Architecture, City and Environment, Intervención Psicosocial. His current research topics include the cultural perception of spatial urban practices and identities, nationalism, transnational migrations, and food heritage processes.

Research Interest

 Social and Cultural Anthropology Ethnography Social Anthropology Cultural Studies Culture Sociology Multiculturalism Anthropological Theory Participant Observation Qualitative-ethnography Qualitative Analysis Ethnicity Cultural Sociology Cultural Diversity Urban Anthropology Social Exclusion Narrative Analysis Political Anthropology International Migration Oral History Cultural Geography Acculturation Linguistic Anthropology Cultural Identity Identity Sociocultural Anthropology