Dr. Claudia Andrea Mikkelsen - Associate Researcher of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET). Member of theInstitute of Humanities and Social Sciences (INHUS), of the Population and Territory Studies Group (GESPyT), Faculty of Humanities, National University of Mar del Plata and of the Center for Geographical Research (CIG), Faculty of Human Sciences, National University of the Center of the Province of Buenos Aires. Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Centro, Tandil and Head of Practical Works, Faculty of Humanities, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. ArgentinaAREA OR AREAS OF EXPERTISE/field of study: quality of life, rural space, quantitative and qualitative methodologies.