Anti-racist route against (dis)memory

The route, through several stops in the city centre (Raval and Gòtic), addresses the construction of the city's heritage and the way in which citizens have projected on these spaces their anti-racist struggles, disputing them as sites of memory and resistance. The objective is to observe and question the history of the city from the perspective of communities that have been marginalised and of movements of resistance and struggle, as evidenced by events such as the leading role of the gypsy community in the Jamancia revolt, the toppling of statues as a symbolic act during events such as the Spanish Civil War, their withdrawal from public space under pressure from anti-racist movements, or the choice of these spaces as a place of protest and resistance.

Led by Mabel Llevat


Mabel Llevat

For more than two decades she has developed her work as an artist, researcher of colonial heritage memory and cultural manager. Through her work with different institutions, Mabel unveils hegemonic memory practices that are romanticised but hide a past and present of oppression. She currently integrates her work with anti-colonial routes within the programming of Barcelona's cultural and civic facilities networks and is a resident artist at Fabra i Coats, Barcelona's creation factory.