Researcher at Balkan Ethnology Department
in Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum-BAS
Contact Information:
Sofia 1000, 6A “Moskovska” str.
petya.dimitrova@iefsem.bas.bg // pvdimitrova@gmail.com
https://petyaediting.com
Researcher Profile
Bionote:
Since 2026, Petya V. Dimitrova has been a member of the Balkan Ethnology Department at the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with the Ethnographic Museum. In 2025, she held a postdoctoral position at the same institute, where she researched digital nomadism. She is the author of the monograph Digital Nomadism: Cultural Transformations, Social Dynamics, and Challenges in Bansko.
In 2022, she defended her dissertation at Sofia University’s Department of Ethnology on the topic of urban-rural lifestyle migration. She holds an MA in Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology and a BA in Book Publishing. She has completed research fellowships in Poland (Institute of Ethnology, Warsaw University) and North Macedonia (Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University). Her research interests include the anthropology of consumption (with a focus on anti-consumerism), migration studies, the anthropology of mobility (multi-locality), and environmental anthropology.
Additionally, Petya has worked as a book editor for over a decade and published her first book, Loving the Wild: Mongolia, in 2017.
ORCID: 0000-0002-3322-9085
Selected Conference Presentations:
- International Scientific Conference “Solidarity and support in a post-welfare era” (September 2023, Skopje) – Presentation: “Solidarity and Support, or The Lack Of It: The Case Of A Bulgarian Entrepreneurial Project In A Rural Area”
- International Scientific Conference “Culture, Infrastructure and Mobility“ (October 2024, Sofia) – “Infrastructure Vs./And Nature: The Case Of A Bulgarian Coworking Space In A Rural Area”
- 10th Annual Meeting of the European Network of Multi-Locality Studies (October 2025, Ljubljana) – „Multi-locality for Sale: The Monetization of Digital Nomad Lifestyles”
Selected Publications
- Димитрова, П. 2026. Дигитално номадство и връзка с природата: примери от град Банско. В: SeminarBG, Vol. 30, 163-185.
- Димитрова, П. 2025. Ню ейдж култура и лайфстайл миграция от град към село: Примери от всекидневието на една общност. Българска етнология, бр. 1/2025, 86-102.
- Craycraft, Sarah and Petya V. Dimitrova. 2024. Educating From Scratch: Toward a Revitalized Bulgarian Village. Journal of Folklore and Education. Vol. 11: 50-60.
- Димитрова, П. 2022. Осъзнато производство и потребление в селска среда като инструмент за постигане на алтернативни на градските идентичности. Българска етнология, бр. 1 / 2022, 33-51.
- Dimitrova, P., Bogdan Drazeta, Davide Carnevale. 2021. Zrnosko. Cultural Landscapes and Social Economy of a Village in Mala Prespa. Anthropology of East Europe Review, 37 (1), 46-62.
- Dimitrova, P. 2019. Exploring Sustainability with Urban-Rural Migrants: an Ethnographic Experience in Poland. EthnoAnthropoZoom/ЕтноАнтропоЗум 17, 193-227.
Selected Scientific Projects
- “The Neighbor from Sofia, the New Villager from Germany: Counterurbanisation, Sociocultural Interactions and Local Transformations,” funded by the National Science Fund of Bulgaria (КП-06-Н70/10).
- “The World is My Home and Office: Digital Nomadism in Bulgaria – Mobile Lives and Local Transformations,” funded by the National Science Fund of Bulgaria (КП-06-Н100/8).
For further information, please see Petya Dimitrova’s curriculum vitae.