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The day after it allHope in the face of fear

Milagros Pérez Oliva

It’s no coincidence that recent years have seen a surge in apocalyptic dystopias in literature and film. Nor is it surprising that catastrophism and polarisation have seeped into...

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The day after it allThe invisible city: What we don’t see is changing the metropolis

Alessandro Balducci

Revealing what lies beneath the visible surface of cities – those elements that often go unnoticed and...

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The day after it allEurope and the Virus of the Past

Gueorgui Gospodínov

At the end of 2019, I finished my novel Time Shelter, which was supposed to be a near dystopia...

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The day after it allDemocracy: A triple fracture

Christophe Bertossi

The far right does not hold a monopoly on attacks against democracy. In fact, this phenomenon arises in a...

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The day after it allWater access and the unfulfilled promise of democracy

Katie Meehan

Water is a cornerstone of democratic life; and yet universal water access remains quietly incomplete or is...

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The day after it allRadical climate policy should empower working-class and rural communities

Jason Hickel

Capitalism cannot resolve the environmental crisis. Efforts to enforce robust climate policies have...

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The day after it allExhuming memory

Nona Fernández

As part of the Exhumar la memoria [Exhuming Memory] project, a team of archaeologists is attempting to locate...

© Miquel Muñoz

Interview

"You’ll find far more people who can talk knowledgeably about football than about polítics"

John Carlin

When we sit down at the table, I can’t help but think that the man in front of me has interviewed both Nelson Mandela and Lionel Messi. It’s impressive. “The Messi interview was...

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The Story

Idle hours

Dad is a concern for us. We didn’t expect him to do this. He had been dropping hints now and then, in his usual subtle way, but we didn’t take him seriously. In our defence,...

Audience at the opening event of the Grec Festival 2023. © Images Barcelona / Paula Jaume

Analogue critics, digital promoters. Has cultural criticism become obsolete?

The profound technological shift and changing patterns of cultural consumption have fundamentally shaken the role of journalists and cultural critics, reshaping their identity...

Audience seated outside Can Felipa attending the talk "Desglobalisation?" © Imatges Barcelona / Xavi Torrent

From country estates and stately homes to community centres

Community centres, which celebrated their fortieth anniversary two years ago, represent the city’s most extensive network of public cultural spaces. They offer a...

Photography

The city in images, seen through the eyes of a photographer.

Marc Javierre-Kohan
(Born in Barcelona, 1973). Photojournalist and documentary photographer.

Dossiers

The starting point for reflection and debate. Acces the dossiers' contents, where we feature expert opinions for dicussing the present and future issues of cities.

The day after it all

The metamorphosis of work

The city of five million

Index

Birth rate crisis and family diversity

The social divides of the housing crisis

The impacts of artificial intelligence

portada

Adolescents under pressure

Illustration ©David Sierra

A new energy model for the city

Dossier. Un futur incert. Barcelona Metròpolis núm. 124

An uncertain future

Les bretxes digitals

Digital divides

Coberta Barcelona Metròpolis 122 - La ciutat de les cures

The city of care

Il·lustració. © Sandra Rilova

New spiritualties

Cap a un nou model alimentari

Towards a new food model

Barcelona Metròpolis 119 - Violències urbanes

Urban violence

portada 118

The futures of work

Barcelona Metròpolis 117 - Afrontar l'emergència climàtica

Tackling climate emergency

Open city. The challenges of the future

Dossier. La ciutat després de la pandèmia

The city after the pandemic

Il·lustració © Joan Alturo

The generational gap

© Sonia Alins. Il·lustració

New vulnerabilities

Revista Barcelona Metròpolis 112 - Lliçons de la crisi

Lessons from the crisis

Il·lustració © Ana Yael Zareceansky. Un mapa de carreteres en forma rectangular. A la part superior unes tisores gegants tallen una de les carreteres. Hi ha dos arbres grans, cases disperses i una persona en l'extrem inferior esquerre que obre una porta.

Building the metropolis

Portada dossier Ciutat digital

Digital city

Open city

Agenda

Argumenta, the cycle of thought of the Network of Civic Centers of Barcelona comes back

When:: From 30/10/2024 to 20/11/2024
Where:: Centre Cívic Navas

Barcelona Districte Cultural - Escena

Arts en viu. Més de 230 funcions de teatre i circ i espectacles de música i dansa de lliure accés en 34 escenaris repartits per la ciutat.

When:: From 09/10/2024 to 21/12/2024
Where:: Als centres cívics, al Casal Font d'en Fargues, Centre Sant Pere i Lluïsos d'Horta

Launch of the book "Per què la guerra?” [Why war?]

Books. The publication was produced by El Born CCM and Barcelona City Council’s Editorial Services.

When:: 05/11/2024
Where:: El Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria - Sala Moragues

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Our authors

Retrat de Milagros Pérez Oliva

Milagros Pérez Oliva

Journalist

She is director of Barcelona Metròpolis and a member of the...

29 Articles

Alessandro Balducci

Urban planner

He is a full professor of Urban Planning and Urban Policies at the...

1 Articles

Gueorgui Gospodínov

Writer

(Yambol, Bulgaria, 1968) He is the International Booker Prize-winning author...

1 Articles

Christophe Bertossi

Sociologist

A sociologist and politician, Bertossi is the director of the Institut pour...

2 Articles

Santiago Alba Rico

Writer and essayist

He is a writer and essayist who studied Philosophy at the Complutense...

2 Articles

Philosopher

Professor of Philosophy and co-founder of the Gender and Sexualities Studies...

2 Articles

Miquel Seguró Mendlewicz

Philosopher

(1979). He holds a PhD in Philosophy with a European distinction and a...

2 Articles

Carl Cederström

writer

He is an associate professor in organisation studies at Stockholm University...

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