Cover of Barcelona Metròpolis 126

N126 - Apr 23

Adolescents under pressure

In the transition to adulthood, today’s adolescents are up against a cultural landscape that amplifies the opportunities, but also emotional distress.

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DossierAdolescents under pressure

Illustration. ©Genie Espinosa
Adolescents under pressureWellbeing and resilience building for healthy growth

To understand the reasons behind the mental disorders pandemic suffered by young people and adolescents, global and long-term environmental causes need to be...

Illustration. ©Genie Espinosa
Adolescents under pressureThe transformative power of volunteering in adolescence

Experiences of community involvement during childhood and adolescence bear a positive impact on psychological wellbeing and contribute to the development of...

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Retrat de Francesc Serés © Nikolaus Brade
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Francesc Serés

Francesc Serés connects remotely from Berlin to answer questions from Barcelona Metròpolis. The writer has been living there for a year, shortly...

© Dani Codina
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©Nitidus Arquitectes, SLP
Catalonia's biggest library, a new driving force of culture

A few months ago, work began on the site next to Estació de França train station where the monumental State Public Library is to be built. Covering 16,000 m...

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Barcelona, a digital technology hub

The charts point to Barcelona as a leading hub of the new economy, which is developed around information and communication technologies (ICT). In recent years...

Il·lustració. ©Genie Espinosa
I feel a raging love for all this crap

She pedalled just as the traffic light was turning red, he took off too soon: the upshot was a traffic accident. His handlebars on her torso, her wheel on his...

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The future of museums. In pursuit of (new) audiences?

Are museums in crisis? Depending on where we stand. Like the society they mirror, these marvellous artefacts of knowledge and enjoyment are constantly...

“The artist must re-enchant, because we live in a disenchanted world”

Eugènia Balcells

A multifaceted artist, Eugènia Balcells (Barcelona, 1943) never stops. A pioneer of multimedia art and a member of the Catalan group of conceptual artists,...

©Teo Peiró
Cultural audiences, are they passive spectators?

The crisis of cultural audiences has made audiences a highly prized asset. Managers are striving to win them over, and some audiences are even calling for...

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The documentary comic book by Jordi de Miguel and Susanna Martín explores the history of the Barcelona prison and the experiences of some of its inmates....

Arcadi Oliveres
A compilation of the pacifist legacy of Arcadi Oliveres

Arcadi Oliveres (1945-2021) was many things: teacher, inspirational figure, activist, writer, peace researcher, tireless lecturer, agitator of minds, etc.,...

MACBA gets up to date

Elvira Dyangani Ose opened her first exhibition in the MACBA collection in December 2022. After chronological exhibitions and other shows with a socio-...

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