Research, Documentation and Cultural Heritage Outreach
I am an anthropologist, researcher and cultural heritage specialist. My work focuses on understanding cultural diversity through teaching, research and projects that highlight the cultural richness and identity of our communities.
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Water trades in Navarre (2022)
Interview on Navarra Televisión on the occasion of the publication of the book “Vivir del río: oficios del agua en la Ribera de Navarra” (2021).
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26 July 2026
“Connecting Cultures: Bridges and Mills in Navarre”. Lecture delivered at the Condestable Palace in Pamplona as part of the Centenary Encounters of the Ebro Hydrographic Confederation, under the theme Conversations around the Rivers of Navarre: risk reduction, heritage and culture.
https://youtu.be/xxq4e8tOjwI
5 November 2025
“Cross-Border Festivities in the Western Pyrenees and the Transmission of Navarre’s Intangible Cultural Heritage” (Fêtes transfrontalières dans les Pyrénées occidentales et transmission du patrimoine culturel immatériel de la Navarre). Guest lecture delivered at the University of Corsica (France).
https://youtu.be/dWB_SPRXSa4
26 April 2025
Interviewed by Eguzki Irratia about the publication of the book Cross-Border Festive Rituals in the Western Pyrenees (Rituales festivos transfronterizos en el Pirineo occidental).
11 April 2025
“Cross-Border Games and Rural Sports in Two Villages of the Western Pyrenees” (Jeux et sports transfrontaliers dans deux villages des Pyrénées occidentales). Invited paper presented at the Annual Conference of the René Willien Centre for Franco-Provençal Studies in Saint-Nicolas (Aosta Valley, Italy).
Article published in the Journal of Borderlands Studies (Q1): “Festive Leisure and Rural Sport in the Basque Mugak: Sare and Etxalar cases”
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08865655.2024.2394048?src=exp-la
21 October 2023
“Subsistence Trade and Smuggling in Navarre.” Lecture delivered at the Museum of Navarre as part of the Heritage, Landscape and Globalisation symposium, organised by the Nabarralde Foundation.
Interviewed by Navarra Televisión for a programme dedicated to the environment.
18 July 2022
Interviewed by Radio Nacional de España (RNE) about the publication of the book Living from the River: Water-Related Occupations in the Ribera of Navarre (Vivir del río: oficios del agua en la Ribera de Navarra).
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10 April 2026
“Water Culture and Riverine Structures in Navarre: Bridges, Mills, Fulling Mills and Spas.” Paper presented at the International Symposium Water Heritage in Mountainous Areas, held at the University of Pau (France).
12 September 2025
“River Traditions in Navarre: The Case of Arguedas.” Public lecture delivered at La Capilla Cultural Centre in Arguedas (Navarre), at the invitation of the Department of Culture of the Arguedas Town Council.
27 September 2024
“River Traditions in Navarre: The Case of Lodosa.” Public lecture delivered at the Mendavia Library (Navarre).
9 August 2023
“Communal Economy and Associated Rituals in Navarre: An Ethnographic Approach.” Paper presented at the 9th International AIBR Congress of Anthropology, held at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Avaible at: https://aries.aibr.org/articulo/2023/27/5031/economia-comunal-y-rituales-asociados-en-navarra-una-aproximacion-etnografica
22 October 2022
Interviewed by Diario de Navarra on the occasion of the publication of the book Living from the River: Water-Related Occupations in the Ribera of Navarre (Vivir del río: oficios del agua en la Ribera de Navarra). https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/cultura-ocio/cultura/2022/05/30/jose-antonio-perales-hemos-dado-espalda-rios-olvidando-raices-culturales-529486-1034.html
30 June 2022
“Festive Leisure and Rural Sport in the Basque Borderlands.” Paper presented at the University of Bordeaux (France) during the International Conference Sports and Cross-Border Leisure: Public Action, Practices and Uses in Europe and the World.
15 July 2022
“The Tribute of the Three Cows: Change and Continuity in a Cross-Border Festivity.” Paper presented at the 8th International AIBR Congress of Anthropology, Creating Legacies, held in Salamanca (Spain).
28 June 2021
“Día de Bolantes in Valcarlos-Arnéguy: Description and Analysis of a Cross-Border Festivity.” Paper presented at the 7th International AIBR Congress of Anthropology, Humanity: Unity and Diversity, held at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal).
18 May 2019
“Border and Smuggling in the Erro Valley” (Muga eta kontrabandoa Erroibarrean). Public lecture delivered at the Sorogain Hostel. Interviewed by Irati Irratia.
https://iratiirratia.eus/index.php/2019/05/16/muga-eta-kontrabandoa/
14 September 2018
“Les Hirondelles (The Swallows): A Documentary on the Migratory Journey of Women from Navarre and Aragon to Soule (France).” Paper presented at the 9th General Conference on the History of Navarre, Old and New Borderlands: Encounters, Dialogues and Narratives from the Global South, University of Granada (Spain).
