Herencia Journal

Founded in 1989, Herencia is an academic publication of the School of General Studies of the University of Costa Rica. The journal publishes texts in Spanish, is refereed and is published twice a year: the first number covers from January to June and the second from July to December. It is mainly dedicated to popular science articles, but it also occasionally edits special issues, biographical sketches, reviews, reprints, interviews, community experiences, old urban testimonies and pages recovered from yesteryear.

Its theme addresses a wide spectrum of problems related to tangible and intangible heritage: cultural identities, archaeology, nature, history, music, literature, visual arts, cities, architecture, craftsmanship, gastronomy, among other cultural knowledge. A particular interest, although not exclusive, is the dissemination of testimonies that give an account of the experiences around the human task related to the revitalization and rescue of the heritage.

Herencia is indexed in the Latindex, Sherpa/Romeo, BibLat, Journal Tocs, Google Scholar, Kimuk and Kérwá databases, the latter two repositories of the University of Costa Rica. It is aimed at an academic public, teachers and students, and anyone interested in the study, reflection and publication of the rescue and revitalization of tangible and intangible cultural heritage.

                                                                                                             Dra. Ivannia Barboza Leitón

                                                                                                                                 Director