XV Spanish Congress of Sociology: Sociology for the Digital Society

From June 26 to 29, 2024 the XV Spanish Congress of Sociology took place in Seville under the slogan: #SociologíaParaLaSociedadDigital (#SociologyForTheDigitalSociety). The XV Spanish Congress of Sociology has reached the attendance figure of almost 1,600 people analyzing the necessary tools so that the digital society is not thrown into a world that is not real. … Read more

LASA 2024: Reaction and Resistance: Imagining possible futures in the Americas

Last Wednesday, June 12, Màrius Domínguez i Amorós, Director of the Copolis Research Group “Well-being, Community and Social Control”, presented on the panel “Challenges and policies towards the care society” at the LASA 2024 Congress “Reaction and Resistance: Imagining possible futures in the Americas” (June 12 – 15, 2024, Bogota – Colombia). You can consult … Read more

III Workshop RESCUPAN – The social reorganization of care in Pandemic: Welfare, Community and Gender

The III Workshop RESCUPAN – The social reorganization of care in Pandemic: Welfare, Community and Gender, was held on May 30-31, 2024 at the University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Donostia, Euskal Herria. Project members from the teams of the Universitat de Barcelona, the Universitat de les Illes Balears, the Universitat de València and … Read more

Book Archivas FF: genealogical dialogues on memory, history and feminist archives

On Monday 04/03/24, at Deskomunal, was presented “Archivas FF: genealogical dialogues on memory, history and feminist archives”, a book that collects part of the research Feminist Threads on the history of contemporary Catalan feminisms. The event aimed to bring together informants and interviewees who contributed to the research to discuss memory, actions and feminist transformations … Read more

Cine Violeta – Sants, Barcelona

Cine Violeta, held at La Lleialtat Santsenca, Barcelona, is a cycle to discover unknown or invisible women filmmakers and documentary filmmakers who have dealt with women’s issues and feminist perspective. After the screenings, there is a space for open discussion with the public. The quarterly program emphasizes 8M, International Women’s Day. On March 21, at … Read more

Las Kellys Barcelona

Las Kellys is a Spanish association of chambermaids. The name “Las Kellys” comes from a popular play on words: “la Kelly, la que limpia” (the Kelly, the one who cleans); in this case, those who clean hotels. The Association is present in eight territories, these are the territorial groups of Las Kellys. In Catalonia the … Read more

“Essencials”, a documentary about the importance of public health.

“Essencials” is a documentary that is woven from the experiences and visions of professionals, as well as activists for the right to health and the struggles that push social movements against privatization, precariousness and the dismantling of the public health system. You can watch it in this link   “Essencials” is a production of the … Read more

The gender impact of COVID-19 in data

We present the dossier “The gender impact of the COVID-19 in data” by the Observatory for Gender Equality, a body attached to the Catalan Institute of Women. This dossier consists of a compilation of statistical data that allow us to draw up an outline of the impact that this pandemic has had on women, in … Read more