Maria Ximena Senatore

Maria Ximena Senatore is a Researcher at INAPH (I.U.I. en Arqueología y Patrimonio Histórico), Universidad de Alicante (Spain) and a National Researcher at CONICET (National Council of Scientific and Technological Research) INAPL (I. Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano), Argentina. She is also Professor on Cultural Heritage at the National University of Patagonia Austral, Argentina.

Maria Ximena has a degree in Archaeology (University of Buenos Aires, 1995) and PhD in History (2003, University of Valladolid, Spain). She has been Vice President of the International Polar Heritage Committee of ICOMOS since 2018.

Maria Ximena has been running research projects on the Archaeology of capitalism expansion into Antarctica in the 19th century, materialities of Antarctic history and master narratives, heritage conservation and tourism in Antarctica. Project leadership in research projects on archaeology, history, heritage and tourism in Patagonia and Antarctica since 1996. Leader of field research in historical archaeology on the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (1995 to 2000) and in South Patagonia (1998-2017).

Current research projects / interests:

• Human-thing relations in Antarctica
• Polar Heritage
• Capitalism and Colonialism in Antarctica
• Historical Archaeology in Antarctica
• Narratives in Antarctic History