From 1st June to 7 july, the cultural centre “LA MONJA” at the Benemerita Universidad de Puebla (México) shows the itinerant exhibition “Baró de Viver & Bon Pastor. Urban Cohesion. Building Remembrance”. The exhibition is a first act of the 1st International Conference In Civic Participation in city making organized by Facultad de Arquitectura BUAP, Universitat de Barcelona and Re Genera Espacio Continue reading “BUILDING REMEMBRANCE” EXHIBITED IN PUEBLA
Tag: Governance
On the w@terfront. 1st Video Issue
Vol 60, No 6 (2018)
Espacio Público, Participación, Gobernanza
Video Número I de las ponencias presentadas en el Seminario Internacional ·Espacio Público: Retos y Oportunidades”. Barcelona, Biblioteca del Bon Pastor, 15 a 17 Enero 2018
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On the w@terfront: 2 more issues in RACO
Núm. 60/3 Bon Pastor. Civic remembrance (I)
The spatial memory system in the neighborhood of Bon Pastor (Barcelona). Study of the White Center
Abstract
Following the development in 2011 of the Mural of Remembrance in Baró de Viver (Barcelona) the adjacent district of Bon Pastor, showed interest on having a symbolic and artistic element of similar characteristics. However, from the beginning, Bon Pastor neighbours expressed the idea that writing their remembrance should not be displayed on a linear support, but should be distributed by the territory. The research group of the Polis Research Centre started a participatory process (not completed nowadays) within the framework of cooperation agreements between the Centre, the Neighbourhood Association and the local authorities of the Sant Andreu district. At the same time, the theme of this “memory system and space” became a topic to be developed by one of the interdisciplinary and international teams of students of the Master Degree in Urban Design: Art, City , Society of the Universitat de Barcelona. This article presents the progress carried out.
The moment of citizenship . Social innovation and urban governance
A book that shows the richness and diversity of proposals for social innovation in the cities and neighborhoods of Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Zaragoza Continue reading The moment of citizenship . Social innovation and urban governance
Public Space: challenges and opportunities. A three days international seminar. Barcelona, January 15th – 17th, 2018
Debates on public space are recurrent and it is good that this happens. Despite some mermaid songs against it, public space is fundamental in the processes of city making, but also in the democratic and participatory construction of citizenship. Continue reading Public Space: challenges and opportunities. A three days international seminar. Barcelona, January 15th – 17th, 2018
Shame !!!!
Journal of a gadabout (10)
10,000 policemen occupying the streets, the public space
More than 700 citizens injured for defending the right to vote
Polling stations sealed Continue reading Shame !!!!
Tourism Phobia?
Journal of a gadabout (9)
In the summer of 2017, three major issues have focused the public sphere (public opinion) in Barcelona. The strike of the access controllers at the airport, the inexhaustible saga of the referendum of October the 1st and tourism phobia.
On this last point, some direct actions of youth groups linked to the CUP have on social networks and print and broadcast media.Tourism represents approximately 15% of GDP in the city and, therefore, it is dangerous to give the image that tourists are not welcome in Barcelona.
But citizens reactions against tourism are not new, several years ago persist, as the ecological footprint of tourism is felt increasingly.
“The beach and its surroundings become massive tourism consumption products: every time thousands of rent lads occupy large areas of the beach in a new mode of privatization and commercialization of the public space. And a place where the false moral of some prevent such natural and ancient practices as nudism, practiced without problems during our days on our beaches. Snack bars and bars extend their invasive terraces along the litoral, while everyday commerce disappears shifted by stores of souvenirs and fast food. Even mobility is conditioned by an avalanche of vehicles such as rental bicycles, segways, go-cars and others, which fill the narrow streets of La Barceloneta and the entire Passeig Marítim, as we see in all the Old Town . Added to that is the expulsion of neighbors transformation storey house in tourist apartments, a drama that denounce years. This practice, which destroys the social fabric, coexistence and living conditions, has recently risen in the neighborhood of La Barceloneta, a series of protests that come to blaze with the increasingly numerous voices against a city model that ignores the neighborhood and only seeks the benefit of a few”.
In November 2014, Zosen and Mina Hamada, in collaboration with GR170, performed a mural at the Polidor Center of Sant Adrià de Besòs (hop Festival) , which explains the origin of this “tourism phobia”- As they explain
“We used typical Barcelona icons revisited with our vision of the city. As a big patchwork or publicity banners we talk about tourism industry, gentrification, police brutality, government hipocresy, political corruption, national pride, mass media…
As the slogan from the city says: “Barcelona la millor botiga del món”
(Barcelona the best shop of the world) wow!“
As the slogan from the city says: “Barcelona la millor botiga del món”
(Barcelona the best shop of the world) wow!“
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