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Since time immemorial, human history has been shaped by the constant movement of people: hundreds of thousands fleeing or relocating due to economic hardship, war, climate change...
It’s striking that the first biography of the author of Els altres catalans [The Other Catalans] has taken so long to appear. Genís...
In the summer of 2022, the Xamfrà arts school radio station began airing a programme hosted by philosopher Marina Garcés, titled Amic imaginari [Imaginary Friend]. The show...
“Barcelona en la Literatura Universal” [Barcelona in Universal Literature] is a series published by Barcelona City Council that introduces readers to writers from other...
Ramon Gomis wrote a seminal book on Gabriel Ferrater in the late 1980s. Now, with greater perspective and a more realistic approach, he revisits the subject, moving away from the...
Recently, perspectives on post-work have gained attention, whether due to the anxiety of losing jobs or the optimism surrounding reduced working hours enabled by artificial...
I read Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari before it became a global publishing sensation and long before the author emerged as a cult figure in Silicon Valley and Davos. This admission...
In 2012, the son of Enrique Tierno Galván donated his father’s personal archive to Barcelona. This collection was entrusted to the Gran Logia Simbólica Española [Symbolic Grand...
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