María Dolores Juliano was born in
Necochea in 1932. She trained as a teacher, studied
pedagogy, and earned a
licentiate in anthropology at the
University of Mar del Plata, graduating in 1975. After the
1976 coup that led to the civic-military dictatorship of
Jorge Rafael Videla, she was forced into exile. Juliano settled in Barcelona, where she completed her doctorate at the
University of Barcelona (UB) with the thesis
Integración y marginación en la cultura rural catalana. Análisis de endoculturación (Integration and Marginalization in Catalan Rural Culture: Endoculturation Analysis). In 1977 she became a professor of anthropology at UB's Faculty of Geography and History, a position she held until her retirement in 2001. Juliano published numerous studies on the anthropology of education,
migratory movements,
ethnic minorities,
gender studies, and
social exclusion. Her scientific output has always been accompanied by a relevant social and feminist commitment. In 2002, she appeared before the
Spanish Senate's Commission on Prostitution as a contributor to the drafting of its final report. In 2010, she was awarded the
Creu de Sant Jordi for her academic career and valuable research results. Juliano, along with
Teresa del Valle and , is one of the principal subjects of
Pioneras – Aitzindariak, a documentary directed by Inge Mendioroz about the origins of feminist anthropology in Spain in parallel with the anthropological discipline. ==Selected publications==