Collective Memory, Migrations and Catalonia
21 November 2024. From 18:30 | Conference | Catalan | English | IEMed
Speakers
Jordi Font Agulló, director of the Memorial Democràtic, Government of Catalonia.
Imma Boj is Director of the Museum of the History of Immigration of Catalonia (MhiC) in Sant Adrià de Besòs. She obtained a Degree in Geography and History with the specialization in History of Art at the University of Barcelona (UB). She obtained a Master’s in Immigration and Intercultural Education (UB) and a Master’s in Cultural Heritage Management (UOC). Boj has collaborated as a guest professor at the Master’s in Cultural Heritage Management and Museology (UB) and has also taught the Master’s in Immigration and Intercultural Education (UB). She has directed and curated several exhibition productions and published several articles on Immigration in the Francoist period.
Andreu Domingo i Valls is Doctor in Sociology, researcher and deputy director of the Centre of Demographic Studies (CED) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Domingo is a full member of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC), and he has been senior researcher of funded projects from entities such as the Ministry of Economy, the European Commission and “la Caixa” Foundation. His research interests include international migrations, foreign population, family formation and population theory.
ABSTRACT
Catalonia has a population of approximately 8 million inhabitants. This number has been reached recently and is expected to continue to increase at the current rate of arriving migrants. The demographic increase in European societies is no longer based on natural factors such as births, but rather on the incorporation of inmigrant populations, especially non-Europeans. The objective of this roundtable is to examine how Catalonia is integrating migrations into its collective memory, and to identify specific actions that could inform a policy of memory regarding migrations. To address this issue, we must examine the evolution of collective memory of migrations in Catalonia, as well as its diversity among the various populations of the region, in order to understand how these factors have shaped Catalonia.
Language: Catalan (with translation into English)
Speakers
Imma Boj
Director History of Immigration in Catalonia Museum
Jordi Font
Director of the Memorial Democràtic Generalitat de Catalunya
Ricard Zapata
Professor, Director Department of Political and Social Sciences, UPF, GRITIM-UPFOrganised by
