Memory bus, from Les Corts to Camp de la Bota

by sergi | Oct 21, 2015

Presentation of the new signspotting of the former prison of Les Corts. A guided tour follows the path of the 11 convicted women executed at Camp de La Bota between 1939 and 1940  

Roundtable on Memory and Participation

by sergi | Oct 21, 2015

An introduction to citizen participatory processes in the building of collective memory. Presentation of the projects for the future monument of the former Les Corts Women’s Prison and the Model Prison memorial project, promoted by EUROM and the Polis Research...

CCOO: 50 years of history in Catalonia (1964-2014)

by sergi | Oct 20, 2015

November 20, 2015 marks 40 years since the death of Francisco Franco. The dictator disappeared, and democracy won the streets. Four decades later we commemorate it and celebrate at the same time the closing of the events on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the...

Las Ventas: the history of a women’s prison (1933-1969)

by sergi | Oct 20, 2015

Curated by Fernando Hernández Holgado, this exhibition aims to reconstruct the history of the women’s prison of Las ventas (1933-1969), in Madrid. Created as a flagship project of the republican penal reforms, with Victoria Kent named the first woman director of...

“Blood brothers. The search continues”

by EUROM | Oct 9, 2015

“Hijos de Sangre. La búsqueda continúa” (Blood brothers. The search goes on) describes Virginia Orgando’s search for her brother, who was born in 1976 while their parents, Stella Maris Montesana and Jorge Ogando, were kidnapped by military forces...