Suburbia

Margaret Crawford: “Suburbanization is not the problem. It is the solution”

Margaret Crawford is an urban planner and one of the foremost experts on urban transformations in suburban areas in the United States. She champions the complexity and socio-cultural diversity of American residential neighbourhoods, suggesting that much of the criticism they face arises from ...

RADAR #1 Xesca Salvà

When we think of a scenographer’s work, we typically imagine someone who designs sets for cinema, theatre or television. Xesca Salvà goes beyond this, crafting her own stage pieces. She aims to engage us in play and storytelling, connecting us with meaningful narratives. This is ...

Richard Ford

Traces of Happiness

Richard Ford, one of the most acclaimed authors of his generation and a masterful chronicler of American society and morals., talks with Pere Antoni Pons on the occasion of the publication of his latest book, Be Mine (Bloomsbury, 2023).

Watch Out for the Doorman. Technology and Neighbourhood Surveillance

Ferran Esteve

The trends in new digital surveillance tools in the current culture of security and control.

A.M. Homes

Alienation in America

The author A.M. Homes, one of the great voices in US fiction, reflects on power, freedom and American identity following the publication of her latest novel, The Unfolding (Viking, 2022).

A morning with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Racism, resistance and reparation

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, renowned historian and activist, lecturer in Afro-American Studies at Princeton University, talks about the origins and effects of racial discrimination and the power of anti-racist movements. The session has a pedagogical dossier (in Catalan) to prepare and to ...

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Who Has the Right to a House?

A fundamental voice in the struggle for the rights of the Black community, African American sociologist and historian Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor reveals the origins and evolution of urban racial segregation in her country, Looking at the fight for the right to housing as an example of the inequalities in American society.

Margaret Crawford

Rethinking Suburbia

Margaret Crawford, one of the foremost international specialists on urban planning in the United States, offers keys to understanding the transformations of the American suburbs in recent years and to rethinking some of the stereotypes that have historically defined suburban areas.

Agendas and Strategies for Addressing a Suburban Model

Sarai Samper, Roger Sauquet, Jordi Boixader and Francesc Muñoz

The Tourist Suburb: Second Homes, Labour Nomadism, and Marginal Settlements

Isabelle Anguelovski, Dani Guillem and Albert Arias

Between the Climate Emergency and a Purported Hope

David Saurí, Mònica Carrera, Lidón Martrat and Irene Navarro

Deficits, Challenges and Trends of a Consolidated Urban Planning Model

Joan Lopez Redondo, Lorena Perona and Josep Báguena

Oriol Nel·lo, Helena Cruz, Jorge Dioni and Antoni Ribas

Suburbian Catalonia

A house with a garden and pool are part of a well consolidated social aspiration in Catalonia. But suburban Catalonia is not any idealised version of the safe, comfortable home but a true reflection of social atomisation in the territory. Speakers in this session will discuss the foundational ...

Housing Market, Household Formation, and Reinforcement of the Suburban Movement

Antonio López Gay, Sergio Porcel and Clara Blanchar

Opening

Francesc Muñoz, Josep Báguena and Judit Carrera

Serielizados, Robin Green, Ainhoa Marzol, Enric Albero

The American Dream: a Trip accross TV Series

From family sitcoms set in houses on tree-lined streets to high school series and intimate dramas set in domestic spaces, the suburban landscape is one of the most common settings in television. In this round table, we delve into series in search of the stereotypes and images from American ...