SubjectCitizenship and inclusion
Most of the world’s population is urban, and cities are where all the tensions and challenges of the 21st century are expressed today. With a new municipalism, we can lay claim to the...
New economic, social and environmental issues cannot be addressed solely at a municipal level. It is time to consider a new model of institutional integration that enables metropolitan...
Barcelona residents rate safety in the city with a score of 6.2 and give high marks to the police force, according to the latest victimisation survey. Victims of...
In most cities there are hardly any spaces left for public cohabitation: by neglecting parks and common areas, by closing cultural spaces, by cutting budgets for extracurricular...
Joumana Haddad
The Lebanese activist Joumana Haddad (Beirut, 1970) is one of...
The opening of an Islamic prayer hall in Carrer del Japó, in the Prosperitat neighbourhood, has been fraught with tension because of the residents’ opposition to this...
It is always possible for anyone, even a "great" artist to address others or represent them visually without viewing them "from on high". This is not the case in ...
We are moving towards the digital city. Technology is often identified with progress. It depends on the use to which they are put. Data has become the main...
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