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An exhibition for playing
Set up as a video game, the exhibition Gameplay takes us a journey through the history of video games, understanding how their language works and analysing...
The eight-hour day, a triumph of the workers’ struggle
Barcelona’s labour mobilisation began in the early 20th century to tackle the living conditions endured by the working class. To mark the centenary of the...
Let’s embrace the debate and broaden our perspective
It was not so long ago that we referred to “crimes of passion” and the Spanish Civil Code enforced “the duty of marital obedience”. We have dispelled the stereotype...
“Barcelona fulfils all the conditions to be the equivalent of Boston in Europe”
Luis Serrano
Few scientists can claim to have published three articles in the same issue of Science Magazine. The biochemist Luis Serrano is one of them. Specialising in...
New vulnerabilitiesVulnerable beings, violated lives
Western industrial culture has accomplished major achievements in recent centuries, such as finding the cure to many once-fatal diseases or the sharp rise in life...
I am an adulteress, too
Her name was María Ángeles Muñoz and she was the cause of the rebellious catchphrase of solidarity a multitude of women also adopted: ‘I am an adulteress, too”. This...
Barcelona, urban borders
There are an infinite number of borders in Barcelona. Social borders, that separate our ways of life and the possibilities they have to offer (the ‘Upper Diagonal’...
Open cityRefugee cities: an alternative?
Just as borders are accepted as an inevitable part of our reality, it seems increasingly difficult to imagine a migration policy that doesn’t involve an unyielding...
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