Mariana
Mariana Pinto Leitão Pereira
EMERGING PROFESSIONAL

Mariana Pinto Leitão Pereira – the current Emerging Professional (EP) representing ICOMOS ISC SBH – is Macanese, from the ethnic minority of Portuguese-descendants of Macau, in China. She is a PhD Candidate at the Cambridge Heritage Research Centre (University of Cambridge), researching how diaspora communities negotiate identity through cultural heritage; and holds an MPhil in Archaeological Heritage and Museums (University of Cambridge), an MA in World Heritage Studies (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany) and an MA in Archaeology (University of Porto). Before embarking on her PhD, Mariana worked as an archaeologist and heritage manager for the Cultural Heritage Department of the Cultural Affairs Bureau in Macau. Her work involved archaeological excavations and inventories, preparing local heritage nominations, collaborating in exhibitions and exhibition catalogues, as well as devising and implementing safeguarding mechanisms for both tangible and intangible cultural heritage. Mariana was involved with various grassroots initiatives aimed at safeguarding cultural heritage, including audiobooks, performing with traditional folkdance groups, producing scripts for documentaries on migration and research on the role of migrant associations in shaping heritage practices, including language safeguarding and revitalization. She is a founding member of the Heritage and Colonialism Discussion Group (University of Cambridge).
Mariana is also the EP representing ICOMOS Portugal, ICOMOS Portugal’s EP for the SDGWG, and member of ICOMOS ICICH. She is also a member of the Intangible Heritage Researchers Network of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies. As a student, she was involved with setting up of ICOMOS PRERICO.

Some of Mariana’s publications include:

  • Doğan, E., Pereira, M. P. L., Antczak, O., Lin M., Thompson, P., Alday, C. (edts). 2022. Diversity in Archaeology. Proceedings of the Cambridge Annual Student Archaeology Conference 2020/2021. Oxford: Access Archaeology. Available at: https://www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/Products/9781803272818
  • Santikarn, A., Doğan, E., Antczak, O., Ruf, E. R., Pereira, M. P. L. (edts). 2022. ‘Rethinking the Archaeology-Heritage Divide’. Archaeological Review from Cambridge. Volume 37.1. ISSN 0261-4332.
  • de Silva Jayasuriya, S., Pinto Leitão Pereira, M., Hansen, G. (edts.) 2022. Sustaining Support for Intangible Cultural Heritage. United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  • Pinto Leitão Pereira, M. 2022. Introduction. Situating Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development: A Challenging Partnership? In de Silva Jayasuriya, S.; Pinto Leitão Pereira, M., Hansen, G. (edts) Sustaining Support for Intangible Cultural Heritage. United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Pp. xvii-xxxv.
  • Pinto Leitão Pereira, M. 2019. The Macanese Encontros: Remembrance in Diaspora 'Homecomings'. Macau SAR China: Instituto Internacional de Macau. Moscaico, vol. LVI.
    Pinto Leitão Pereira, M., Caballero, G. 2016. Challenges of the Casino and Historic City of Macau: preserving heritage amidst the creation of stage-set townscapes. International Federation of Landscape Architects. https://caballerolandscapes.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/challenges-of-the-casino-and-historic-city-of-macau-preserving-heritage-amidst-the-creation-of-stage-set-townscapes/

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