Collective residencies / Olot
DIVERSITY POLICIES
From Monday, 21 October 2019 to Friday, 22 November 2019
Migration policies
In the globalized and globalizing world, questions we ask ourselves about the policies that should describe or manage the flows of people are increasingly numerous. Political conflicts, social and economic changes, trade and diplomatic agreements result in migrations, sometimes voluntary, sometimes forced. Situations, such as Brexit, the Trump Wall or the North African migration routes are just three examples of the diversity of situations we regularly face.
Countries have to deal with situations that challenge them, that undermine their status quo. There are demographic changes, new religions, age pyramids that modify their form, new beliefs and economic and work opportunities. Problems and opportunities that are not new, not in vain have new lands and new peoples been sought for centuries. Today the information we have is enormous.
Knowledge, too, but it must be ordered. That is why we call sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians, social educators, economists, lawyers and researchers and professionals in the subject to the residency program that we offer. We would like to have discussions among all the challenges faced by governments, institutions and citizens who have to live with these changes.
Residents
ALMA KARLA SANDOVAL
PhD Researcher, Writer and Journalist
KASIMMA CHINELO OKANI
Writer
ISABELA COSTA
PhD Researcher at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) and Records Manager at Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO)
MADDIE KURCHIK
PhD Candidate
JOSÉ R. DELANNOY
Curator for the Pau Casals Foundation of New York in Puerto Rico
AHMAD ALHAJ
Filmmaker and curator
MACARENA DEHNHARDT
PhD Student
IRENE GARCÍA LOSQUIÑO
Assistant Professor and writer, University of Alicante
SWAGATA BASU
PhD Researcher and Assistant Professor
HUEY-MIN CHUANG
Senior Director of Business and Economic Development
SOPHIE GONICK
Assistant Professor, Metropolitan Studies Program, Department of Social & Cultural Analysis, New York University
MEERA KACHROO
Ethnographer, researcher and lecturer
JOSEF HORŇÁČEK
Assistant Professor at Masaryk University
ANDRÉS MUÑOZ CÁRCAMO
Researcher and lawyer
NINA CARLSSON
PhD Candidate in Political Science
CHARO REYES
Doctor in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Member of the research group EMIGRA/Cer-Migracions of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
YAMAM AL-ZUBAIDI
Equality and Diversity Manager, National Touring Theater (Sweden)
BELÉN FERNÁNDEZ SUÁREZ
Lecturer in Sociology
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What residents are saying about us
Assistant Professor and writer, University of Alicante
IRENE GARCÍA LOSQUIÑO
My first residency. When I arrived at Olot to spend eight days at Faber Residency, I was not quite sure what I was about to experience. This was my first residency and I was not quite sure how it would work. I came to Faber as an academic, specialised ...
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PhD Student
MACARENA DEHNHARDT
The experience of diversity in Faber. I have always thought that researching about diversity policies and, specifically, about migration and language requires a real involvement with these kinds of experiences. For example, being an immigrant ...
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Assistant Professor, Metropolitan Studies Program, Department of Social & Cultural Analysis, New York University
SOPHIE GONICK
Displacement and Community in Olot. I have been thinking recently about the question of displacement. My field, urban studies and geography, has been particularly taken with the issue in recent years. Indeed, displacement is a pressing issue ...
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Researcher and lawyer
ANDRÉS MUÑOZ CÁRCAMO
A wonderful experience for reflection, walking and exploring Olot and La Garrotxa. For more than two weeks I have had the fortune to reside in the magnificent city of Olot. Here I have had quality time to work (on my book project on cultural ...
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Filmmaker and curator
AHMAD ALHAJ
Appreciated Recognition!. Not just the time can build a friendship, also these kind of experiences where we touching the stars. Coming to Olot – Catalonia, everyone of us to work on his personal project for couple of days or weeks, ...
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PhD Researcher at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) and Records Manager at Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO)
ISABELA COSTA
Experience and diversity When I submitted my PHD research project to Faber for Diversity Policies, I imagined it could be an opportunity to grow professionally, practice other languages, and meet people interested in sharing experiences. But all my ...
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