Students who wanted to see the sea. Francoist repression against education freedom

by sergi | Oct 21, 2015

Debate and projection of the documentary “El Retratista” (The portrait maker) The film tells the story of the young teacher Antoni Benaiges, who was assigned to a rural school in Buñuelos de Brueba (Burgos) in the year 1934-35. During that year he applied...

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...

Street Chroniclers: Passerby stories of dictatorship

by sergi | Sep 21, 2015

A series of four performances and an interactive audiovisual production including spontaneous interviews and invited guests to approach some of the episodes related to the the years of francoism in Barcelona. Organized in collaboration with Eduxarxa, the activity was...

Franco 4040: Francoism under quarantine. 40 years of dictatorship after 40 years of democracy

by EUROM | Sep 20, 2015

On November 20, Spain commemorates the 40th anniversary of the end of the last dictatorship in Western Europe. Francisco Franco died on such a day in 1975 leaving behind almost 40 years of repression. 40 years later Spain still deals with its consequences. Franco...