The academic curse has begun again. Corridors are full of students, copying machines are at full power and, like any other year, in MIRCo we have a schedule full of activities and meetings that will shape this fall.
However, we want to share with you first that the app Voces-Territorios is now available to download free in App Store and Google Play. This app, developed by MIRCo under the Contested Territories project (funded by the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant, ref. no. 873082) allows the users to share testimonies (pictures, videos, audios and texts) that grasp the struggles and processes of the public space to be shared into a collaborative map made by all the community. Not only it is a good chance to discover and connect with the space that surrounds us, but it is a fine, cutting-edge methodological tool to develop ethnographic, participative research.
Our programmed activities will begin this October. Besides the caló course (which we encourage you to discover), on October 21st we will have our own FUAM Café, a platform that MIRCo will use to dialogue with public servants and education professionals. The goal is to share our insights on policy and linguistic practices and their impact on social inequalities, as well as collectively reflecting on how to integrate the contents on linguistic diversity and inequality on educational setups. Keep the date!
Moreover, in late November you can join the international seminar Dictatorships/Democracy in Southern Europe, hosted by MIRCo. It will be an activity sponsored by the Rose Luxembourg Foundation, in which we will have scholars from Greece, Span and Portugal. These sessions will try to compare the dictatorships and democratic transitions in Southern Europe.
This seminar will take place on November 26th in La Corrala, and on Novermer 27th in our faculty, at UAM, where we will be presenting democratic memory initiatives, such as the Online Museum of the Civil War.
Also, during these days we will be engaging in a citizen’s initiative that organizes different events in theater halls around Madrid, under the title Atado y bien atado.
Not only do we have events and learning activities, but we will also have the visit of the researchers from FARO Project during October, where they’ll meet, along with MIRCo, how linguistic diversity shapes the urban landscape and patrimony of Madrid. We will also have our colleagues from the RedesLing project, with whom we will explore the linguistic inequalities within the Spanish state.
Despite our activities, the most important one is, undoubtedly, the MIRCo General Assembly, taking place on November 11th on a hybrid format. This year we decided to test a new format, in which we will open several tables and debates between the attendees to renew the hard political compromise that characterize us, as well as making ours the latest advancements in our research field to move forward with our goals.
Not only do we ask to keep the date, but also to actively engage in the preparation of the assembly. Although we will be releasing more details the closer the date comes, it is important that we all join the debate, so our conclusions are as advanced and collective as possible.
Alsom this year we will be having several international researchers. In the first semester we will be joined by Janaina Tavares, from the Federal University of Río de Janeiro, and Alberto Bruzos, from Princeton. In the second semester, we will welcome Jacqueline Urla, from UMass. Amherst. They will host seminars and will be part of teaching and research activities of MIRCo. Their trajectories and activities are available in MIRCo’s page, where you’ll be able to get to know them.
Do not miss our web and socials! We will be updating you all on these matters. Stay tuned and have a happy comeback to work!
