Barcelona: a city of commons
International seminar
June 22, 2026
10h – 18h
Sala Jane Addams, Facultat de Geografia i Història
Universitat de Barcelona
Program
10:00 – 10:30
Opening presentation
Ida Susser: “Barcelona: a historical ethnography of the Commons”
10:30 –12:00
- Jordi Mir Garcia: “La movilización por la democracia que todavía no existe: el 15M y su impacto (2011-2026)”
- Marina Pera Ros, Victoria Sánchez-Belando: “The community management of municipal assets: Urban Commons as spaces of citizen appropriation in the neighbourhoods”
- Alesandra Tatić: “Reclaiming Reproduction: Sindihogar and the Feminist Commons of Care in Barcelona”
12:00 – 12:30 – Coffee break
12:30 – 14:00
- Ainhara Del Pozo: “‘Existim perquè resistim’: From Struggles over the Raval Nord Healthcare Center to Urban Commoning”
- Juan Manuel Pericàs, Ornella Moreno-Mattar, Stella Christou, Joan Benach: “Grassroots Health Movements and Institutional Engagement in the Struggle for the Right to Health: the case of viral hepatitis in vulnerable migrant populations”
- Arnau Monterde: “Digital commons against force: democratic futures beyond technocapitalism”
14:00 – 15:30 – Lunch
A light lunch will be served, courtesy of the Faculty of Geography and History
15:30 – 17:00
- João França: “Squatters and neighbors in multiple flavors: thresholding experiences in the building of a housing movement”
- Julieta Lechini, Gabriele d’Adda, Santi Mas de Xaxàs Faus: “From the streets to the institutions: The negotiations and aftermath of the 30% public housing measure in Barcelona”
- Irene Sabaté: “Beyond the four walls: Social infrastructures and feminist care provisioning around an unconventional housing cooperative”
17:00 – 18:00
Concluding comments
Manuel Castells
Convenors: Ida Susser, Ainhara Del Pozo Nogales, João França
