Simona Bodo is an independent researcher and consultant with a particular interest in the social agency of museums and their role in the promotion of intercultural dialogue.
On these issues she acts as an advisor to public and private institutions (e.g. Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities, Brera National Picture Gallery, Fondazione ISMU, Fondazione Cariplo, Istituto per i Beni Culturali of the Emilia-Romagna Region), and has taken part as a team expert in a number of European projects.
She is Italy’s national correspondent on the issues of intercultural dialogue, social cohesion and cultural policies for the “Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe” (www.culturalpolicies.net), a joint venture of the Council of Europe and the European Institute for Comparative Cultural Research (ERICarts).
She is co-creator and editor of “Patrimonio e Intercultura” (www.patrimonioeintercultura.ismu.org, English version also available), an on-line resource promoted by Fondazione ISMU and specifically devoted to the intercultural potential of heritage education projects.
Among her most recent publications/essays: S. Bodo, S. Mascheroni, M. G. Panigada (eds.), Un patrimonio di storie. La narrazione nei musei, una risorsa per la cittadinanza culturale (Mimesis Edizioni, 2016); S. Bodo, “Museums as intercultural spaces”, in R. Sandell and E. Nightingale (eds.), Museums, Equality and Social Justice (Routledge, 2012); S. Bodo, K. Gibbs and M. Sani (eds.), Museums as Places for Intercultural Dialogue: selected practices from Europe (published by MAP for ID partners, 2009); S. Bodo and M. R. Cifarelli, Quando la cultura fa la differenza. Patrimonio, arti e media nella società multiculturale (Meltemi 2006).