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The main objective of this paper is to analyze the representation of the Andalusian painter and queer activist José Pérez Ocaña in two documentaries, Ocaña, retrato intermitente (Ocaña, retrat intermittent, Ventura Pons, 1978) and Ocaña, la memoria del sol (Juan José Moreno, 2009). Born in a Sevillian town, Ocaña would become popular in Barcelona as a queer performer and as an anarchist icon of resistance to Francoism during the years of the Transition. This paper is based on a analysis of the representation of Ocaña as a character with a dissident male identity in the selected documentaries, applying a methodology of audiovisual textual analysis of the character in which both documentaries are compared (physical, psychological, socioeconomic dimensions, etc.). Although the two discourses analyzed revolve around Ocaña and all the information is consistent with the objective of describing, representing, or evoking him, the focus on him varies, due to the nature of each documentary and its production conditions. It can be concluded that the analysis of the main character of the documentaries reveals a round and complex character, able to add features of his culture of origin, strongly linked to Andalusian folkloric expressions, with the freedom that he found on his arrival in Barcelona. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The memories of boys and girls who migrate contain past and present experiences of countries of origin and destination, as well as experiences of movement. This paper presents the results of research that aims to identify how migrant children's memories are constructed around experiences of violence and practices of agency. From the perspective of the new social studies of childhood and based on a field study in the city of Barcelona, it shows that in various spaces violence is conditioned by a web of power relations and vectors of differentiation (ethnicity, gender, nationality, age). It concludes that these memories strain the conception of violence against children as an individual, domestic/private problem, and generate meanings that facilitate agency for such childhoods in the present, going beyond vulnerability and subordination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The funds of knowledge approach values families' knowledge and practices as a form of resistance within the hegemonic school culture. In this paper we share some reflections, tensions and transformations that we teachers and researchers have identified during our experience in a high school in Barcelona. We analyzed audio and textual record (family-school conversations, study group sessions, field journals and interviews) and, in a second level of analysis, we reconstruct dialogic events that show changes in teachers and researchers: awareness of situations of oppression by race, class and gender, the understanding and legitimization of nonhegemonic forms of family upbringing and care, and critical positioning in the face of folkloric educational proposals. Finally, we discuss the contributions and limitations of this work, as well as suggestions for continuing to expand these reflective processes to the educational community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The need to answer to some of the challenges generated by the dynamics of Land Use Land Cover Change (LULCC) in a territory characterized by its dispersed urban structure is the origin of this work. LULCC can be generators of risk spaces and costs associated with urban sprawl, among which the fires in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) and the unsustainable mobility of a dispersed population stand out. The general objective of this paper is to analyze, on one hand, the territorial and landscape dynamics in a municipality of the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona, Matadepera, that have generated vulnerable spaces using a quantitative methodology, to determine the evolution of the LULCC using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). On the other hand, the use of qualitative methodology, allows knowing the voice of the resident population from semi-structured interviews. The diagnosis allows us to propose alternatives to moderate or even overcome the consequences of these challenges. Each territory has local development opportunities that allow a more sustainable relationship with the environment. Understanding the dynamics of LULCC allows us to find opportunities and alternatives for improvement in territorial management and planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cities are complex systems in constant evolution, whose planning faces increasingly unpredictable futures. Understanding the city as a complex selforganizing system, and based on information theory and thermodynamic theory of non-equilibrium and irreversibility, it is possible to establish the exchange of information that occurs between the urban system and the surrounding environment. This paper shows that facing an abrupt rise in uncertainty, the city can increase its complexity [1], its ability to anticipate the environment [2], its control over the environment [3], can adequately combine the previous strategies [4] or change its identity [5]. The methodology used in this article juxtaposes these predetermined conceptual premises five case studies of cities affected by social conflicts, natural disasters, and wars. The research results show the applicability of the coupling between the urban system and its environment and exemplify how the five strategies have intensely transformed the urban morphology and topology of cities such as Amsterdam, Nicosia, Barcelona, and Beirut. The overall conclusion of the article points out that memory is a critical factor in defining new urban futures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on participant observation and interviews conducted in Barcelona during 2017 and 2018, this article presents the case of the citizen participation process «Rethink the 22@» as an inspiring public policy for civic deliberation. While there are several studies which explore citizen participation as a complement to governance in representative democracies, there is still very little research looking at the implementation of the deliberative processes and even less focussed on urban planning. This paper seeks to contribute to this vacuum. In the decade of the 90’, the emergence of «global cities» restricted urban governance to the interests of capital investment. In the 2010s’ a factual combination of the collapse of the real estate market and the emergence of the 15M provided a fertile ground for the implementation of direct democracy activities. In 2017, the Barcelona City Council approved a new Regulation for Citizen Participation which promotes the deployment of participatory processes. Within this regulation «Rethink the 22@» is the only participatory process dedicated to urban planning. This article considers this process to be a relevant reference due to its quantity and plurality of participation, for its deliberative methodology, and for its urban extension and multiplicity interests involved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the following paper, from my position as a politically and socially committed anthropologist I will reflect on the different ways I have been articulating my research and activism. Starting from the questions about the purpose of knowledge production and more specifically who we do ethnography for, I have involved myself in a research project that was born with a dual goal. On the one hand, democratizing the production of knowledge and, on the other hand, politicizing its contents. I have used my experience in the Platform of Affected by the Mortgage of Barcelona to visualize, through a retrospective analysis, the disagreements and the difficulties I have gone through while combining research with my participation and involvement within the collective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the Spanish liberal period in the city of Barcelona the emergency of a new style of culture which came as a result of a complex society with historical features that set it apart. This cultural style could be seen in industrial, urban and economic growth, but also in the arts, recreational activities and also in ideology and politics. Given these circumstances and with an eye on social change and advances in production, and European policies, in Barcelona the first hygienic gymnasiums began to appear. The localisation and study of these gymnasiums is the main objective of this paper, which provides a space to be able to better interpret the emergence of physical and sports practices and their systemic and ideological relationship with other historical events. A review of the historical press deposited in the Library of Catalonia offers the possibility of more in-depth analysis and links the hermeneutic discourse to the support of other background and contextual studies. It is therefore concluded that the appearance of these gymnasiums was never associated with nationalising and patriotic ends, but with the modern, urban development of a liberal and private social framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to reconstruct the organisation chart of the Taula de Canvi of Barcelona, from its inception in 1401 until the end of the 15th century. More specifically, it takes a look at the officers who worked in the bank during that period of time, in order to establish what their roles were and how that roles evolved over the 1400s. Likewise, the changes documented in their number and salaries are analysed, both aspects closely connected to their labor-related claims to the municipality. Al last, some of the main problems that affected the correct functioning of the Taula during that century are also shown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Carpeta Digital is a generator of electronic portfolios that has been designed and developed on pedagogical and technological principles. These principles are based on the main idea that portfolio space is not only for the scholar or academic uses but has a personal planner use, too This paper presents an approach to the Carpeta Digital's creation process. Also the pedagogical and technological features of the system are explained. The second part of this paper is focused on the use of the tool in a particular context: the University of Barcelona. Results from students' surveys are shown and analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Considering that soccer is a highly political sport and places itself in the crosshairs of capital questions such as membership and identity, the goal of the present article is to analyze how the discourse of Spanish identity is constructed in the sports press. To that purpose, the author conduct an exhaustive content analysis focused on the four main daily sports papers with the highest print run and circulation in Spain. Specifically, it studies the information published about the Spanish team during its participation in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The article focuses on the role that the sports media currently plays as active agents of ideological transmission of a banal nationalism, and points out the differences that this media process of constructing a Spanish nationality shows compared to non-democratic periods. The article also highlights the existing discrepancies between the ways in which this identity is formed in the sports papers edited in Madrid (centralist) and the ones edited in Barcelona (autonomist). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to pay attention to the ways in which immigrant settlement societies deal with those who are considered as «other»; in this case, immigrant women. Specifically, our focus is on employment and social inclusion strategies targeted to facilitate these women's social and work inclusion. Our exploratory field work has been carried out in two social resources which are aimed at work inclusion for immigrant women, both of them located in the Barcelona's Raval district. The techniques used were participant observation and interview. Departing from the description of some examples of interactions established within such entities, we identify how immigrant women are required to do adjustments and / or changes in their behaviour in order to make a proper use of such resources and promote their social and employment insertion. These requirements are critically interpreted in the light of Bourdieu's concepts of habitus and symbolic violence or symbolic domination, reviewed by some critics. These concepts allow us to reflect on the different interactions that occur in these devices. Furthermore, they shed light on the complexity of immigrant women's integration processes into society. The results of empirical research show that immigrant women are orientated to care and domestic work. Other examples confirm a kind of devaluation of the native language of immigrant women and of the visible manifestations of their religion. Even if it is possible to find other forms of interaction in social services; we argue the importance of recognizing these hierarchized forms of interaction in order to facilitate a critical perspective on disciplines involved in social intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tributary streams or torrents form runoff axes that are unique to the Mediterranean. They have contributed to the formation and growth of some cities. The approach in this paper is to investigate the importance of the streams in the process of urbanization in Barcelona, as well as interventions in these urban axes as public spaces. The study was conducted in two phases. The: first was a literature review and an analysis old maps obtained in the Historical Archive of Barcelona City. AHCB with satellite photographs and current mapping in CAD format obtained from the Cartographic Institut of Catalonia ICC. The second phase studied the characteristics of the Ramblas as emblematic streets for their design characteristics as public spaces, and from an empirical study based on the observation through field visits. The work concludes by recognizing the contribution of urban interventions carried out in the Ramblas to become one of the most emblematic streets of Barcelona. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 1743 Miguel Marín, a military engineer, designed the marine arsenal in Barcelona. In this paper, we study the background of this project. Firstly, the willingness to move the Mediterranean base of the Spanish Navy from Cartagena to the capital of Catalonia. Secondly, the centre-periphery relationship and the role of Catalan lobby in this process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Object ives: This paper determines how Catalan cultural heritage is presented on the Internet by examining a selection of quality websites including the projects of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (National Museum of Art of Catalonia, MNAC) at Google's Art Project, the web archive Patrimoni Digital de Catalunya (Digital Heritage of Catalonia, PADICAT), the Government of Catalonia's Museus en línia (Online Museums), the Provincial Council of Barcelona's Xarxa de Museus Locals (Network of Local Museums, XML), Barcelona City Council's Carta arqueològica de Barcelona (Archaeological Map of Barcelona), the CCCBLab project at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (Barcelona Centre for Contemporary Culture, CCCB), the webpage Museus de Girona (Museums of Girona), and finally the project Viquiprojecte: ICUB, which was created by the Catalan language edition of Wikipedia and the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona (Institute of Culture of Barcelona, ICUB). Methodology: The study assessed the effectiveness, adequacy and usability of the websites by testing the quality of the features enabling users to consult, browse and view content. Result s: It was observed that museums use a wide range of methods to establish their presence online and that their public reach, the focus they choose (institution or exhibit) and the technology they use all vary considerably. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is threefold: 1) to compare the impact of the Normalisation of 2005 with the new Settlement Programme established in 2006; 2) to analyse the trajectories of applicants from both programmes after their regularisation; 3) to examine the regularisation of applicants who were unable to qualify in their first attempt via the Normalisation or, subsequently, through the Settlement Programme. Two approaches have been implemented: one cross-sectional, to analyse the volume and intensity of entry, and the other longitudinal, to monitor the trajectories of applicants from both programmes. Specific data from 2005 to 2010 from the Government Representation Office in the Province of Barcelona have been used. Whilst the results shed some optimism on both programmes, they also demonstrate the difficulty of regularisation in times of economic crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a critical examination of the management of irregular migration flows in Spain and the legal principles and administrative practices implemented by the State in the process of expulsion that legitimise the existence of Immigrant Detention Centres (CIE). It also provides a description of the current situation of the CIE, and reports on the most recent proposals made by the Spanish government to improve the management of CIE in response to pressure exerted by civil society organisations, especially after public protests regarding the death of two inmates in December 2011 and January 2012. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper is the result of a research line aimed at identifying and describing the steps followed by competent university teaching for knowledge elaboration and manifestation. With this purpose, the processes followed by some particularly competent, fully experienced lecturers at the University of Barcelona is analysed to determine the set of knowledge and abilities which allows them to reach high-quality teaching standards. Thus, the present study attempts to identify lecturers' sources of professional learning through the recovery of habitual teaching contexts which end up becoming invaluable learning and training opportunities. After putting forward the ways in which lecturers acquire and build useful knowledge on their everyday teaching practice, some guidelines for initial and ongoing training of university lecturers are also given and put an end to the present work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present a case of citizen participation to design some public spaces in Baró de Viver, a neighbourhood of the city of Barcelona. Our aim is to reflect on the ways to understand citizen participation in political and academic agenda, the role of different actors (citizens, professionals, politicians…) and strategies and methods used in participatory urban planning. The experience showed in this paper is located in a scale of urban design very close and well known to the people. We begin with a brief historical overview of the neighborhood where the project arose. Then we give an account of the stages of the participatory process, showing the main milestones, features and methods. Finally we propose some ideas to rethink the conceptual and methodological aspects of the intervention and urban research in environmental psychology and people-environment studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper will answer two questions: how young Uruguayan immigrants in Barcelona have integrated to their new country of destiny?, and how they relate to their country of origin living overseas? The general conclusions, influenced by the theories of transnationalism and multiculturalism, suggest that a significant number of Uruguayan immigrants in Barcelona develop integration strategies in their new country as they recreate in a parallel way their Uruguayan identity and their sense of belonging to the old homeland. In this process they conform a new hyphenated identity, which enables them to build solid bridges between the Uruguayan nation living inside and outside borders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to analyse how Barcelona's economic growth since the 1990s has been based on the production of advanced services, in which image creation and tourism have played a key role. In this context, we emphasise the role played by macro-events, such as the 1992 Olympic Games, which have brought about important changes to Barcelona's economic model, and we highlight the importance of public-private partnerships and strategic planning. Additionally, we analyse the economic impact of tourism upon the city in the period 1990-2010, and we conclude with some reflections on the implications upon public space entailed by this growth strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The introduction in Spain of the Spanish Law on Comprehensive Preventive and Protective Measures against Gender Violence, (L. O. 1/2004), has supposed that a very large number of sentenced as batterers are eligible to parole or supervision orders as an alternative to incarceration. This paper reviews the state of the art in terms of the theoretical explanations and efficacy of the interventions, concluding that the intervention that has proven to be more effective is one driven by the specific needs and characteristics of the batterer rather than those based on general intervention programs for all the batterers. The evaluation schedule for this aim is discussed. Other additional features of the intervention that mediate the efficiency of the outcomes are also discussed. For the treatment under these conditions, in Galician, Northwest of Spain, a psychosocial program was developed, the Galician Programme for the Treatment and Re-education of Convicted Gender Aggressors (Arce and Fariña, 2007). The results of the implementation of this program from 2005 to 2010 are satisfactory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The setting up of small shops by foreign people involves a number of difficulties and challenges with respect to how it fits in certain districts. These issues have been tackled from the view of intercultural mediation. This kind of intervention focuses on relationships and communication among shopkeepers by highlighting their common interests. Intervention also includes making associative networks acknowledge and adapt to new realities. This paper describes a process of intervention focused on community intercultural mediation carried out in small shops in a district of Barcelona. First, the most significant results of the diagnosis stage are shown concerning the speech and relationships of the main agents along with "conflict" analysis. Then a detailed mediation intervention is described that was carried out with a group of shopkeepers called "shop promoting group". Finally, bearing in mind their high participative and transformational potential, some general appraisals are made with respect to the impact of this type of processes and their continuity and sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper makes a discourse analysis of the Civic Ordinance of Barcelona, adopted by the City Hall of Barcelona- Spain in January of 2006, in order to typify and manage behaviour in the public spaces of the city. The textual corpus we used for this analysis is the Ordinance project in its two versions. The Discourse Analysis methodology used in this study has been proposed by different authors in this field (Martín Rojo, 2001; Parker, 1992; Potter & Wetherell, 1987; Van Dijk, 2003; Wetherell, 2001). Results point to the emergence of two kinds of discourses inside the text, as well as the strategies from which both discourses allow the construction of citizens' identities as a new way of governability in the spaces of contemporary European cities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research note has three objectives: First, to discover what the attitude of citizens towards towards the subsidiarity principle is; next, to examine whether or not there is a consistent relationship between, on the one hand, the attitude towards the subsidiarity principle and, on the other hand, the opinions and preferences on the question of the distribution of power, functions and resources among the different levels of government; and thirdly, to identify the typical citizen characteristics that show consistent attitudes and opinions. The research focuses on the province of Barcelona and the Community of Madrid. The last section of the paper contains some thoughts about possible avenues to further research on these questions and a short discussion on the implications of our findings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]