Fall and Rise. Heritage Reconstruction after War

by marc | Aug 9, 2015

After wars, countries often resort to their cultural heritage to guide the reconstruction process that follows. Two fundamental dynamics motivate this interest: one is the desire to repair, restore and recover what was lost; the other is the necessity to make a...

Memorial Movement, a performative action

by EUROM | Jul 20, 2015

‘Memorial Movement’ is the result of an intervention curated by Stella Flatten to explore the topic of action in the public space a temporary memorial sculpture. It was performed at three memorial places of Barcelona, questioning the need of permanent monumental...

Srebrenica, memory of a genocide

by EUROM | Jun 20, 2015

Through the European Observatory on Memories (EUROM), the UB Solidarity Foundation (FSUB) organises a number of activities around the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide devoted to the memory and remembrance of the facts that took place in 1995 in that town in...

Memory, art, tourism and heritage

by EUROM | May 20, 2015

Memory is a cultural commonplace for the most innovative researches in the field of Arts and Humanities, with an important academic and professional projection. The different ways to deal with it make of memory an interdisciplinary topic of interest not only for for...

Armenia, 100 years after the genocide

by EUROM | Apr 27, 2015

The 24th of April 2015 marked the centenary of the Armenian genocide. With the aim to remember it, the European Observatory on Memories promotes this exhibition with photographs by Andreu Fernández (photojournalist) and text by historian David Devesa, produced by the...