Dr. Andrea Boscoboinik Bourquard

Biography

I began my studies in anthropology at the University of Buenos Aires before joining the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, first as a student and later as a collaborator. In 1995, I completed my undergraduate thesis on social transformations in Bulgaria during the period of 'transition' to a post-socialist society. Subsequently, I undertook a doctorate in Honduras focusing on the discourses and social consequences following a disaster situation. Since 2009, I have been working on transformations in rural areas, particularly in relation to tourist development. These landscape transformation processes led me to explore new mobilities and mobile populations living in mountainous regions, especially in the Swiss Alps. My recent project, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (2017-2021), was titled 'Becoming Local in Mountain Areas: Diversification, Gentrification, Co-habitation. A Comparison of the Swiss Alps and the Spanish Pyrenees,' in collaboration with Prof. Viviane Cretton (HES-SO Valais-Wallis), Dr. Andrea Friedli (Uni FR), Prof. Montserrat Soronellas (URV), and Dr. Maria Offenhenden (URV). I have presented my research findings at various conferences such as EASA, SIEF, and IUAES, as well as at several universities including Lyon II, Rovira Virgili, Messina, Timișoara, Trondheim, and Kaunas, among others. I have also published numerous articles and works on various themes I have studied.

Research Interests