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  • Organized by
    Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
  • With the collaboration of
    El País
    Anthropos

15 May 2008


Opening hours

10:00 am


Place

The Mirador


Limited capacity


Free admission

Debate

Barcelona, Metacity

The intense urban transformation that was wrought on the city of Barcelona with the 1992 Olympic Games led to the city's achieving worldwide recognition as a model of urban development and social cohesion. In recent years, however, new realities have been undermining the stability of some elements of this model. On the occasion of the publication of the book La metaciudad: Barcelona. Transformación de una metrópolis (The Metacity: Barcelona. Transformation of a Metropolis - Anthropos, 2008), the CCCB is devoting this debate to analysing some of the main spatial, cultural and social challenges faced by the Barcelona of today.


10 a.m. Opening of the debate: Marisol Garcia and Monica Degen.


10.15 a.m. From Compact City to Disperse City: Strategies and Results. Juli Esteban, Emili García, Moderator: Francesc Muñoz

11.15 a.m. Coffee break


11.30 a.m. Enclaves and Social Fluxes in the Globalised City: The Art of Constructing Urban Social Cohesion. Speakers: Ricard Gomà, Mikel Aramburu, Rosa Mur. Moderator: Carlota Solé,

1 p.m. Break

1.15 p.m. Culture and its Government: Realities and Rhetoric of the City's New Symbolic Economy. Speakers: Guido Martinotti, Jordi Martí, Núria Benach. Moderator: Arturo Rodríguez Morató

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7.30 p.m. 21st Century Urban Transformations: Planning Cities in a Globalized World. Susan Fainstein.


Comments

This Seminar is directed by Marisol Garcia and Monica Degen.

Simultaneous translation into Catalan is offered.
The CCCB reserves the right to make any changes to the programme in case of unforeseen circumstances.