This panel proposes a rethink of cultural rights and the meaning and scope of cultural policies, taking as the central challenge the processes and dynamics of minoritisation in Catalonia and Spain for the construction of a non-exclusive national identity and for the democratisation of society.

Speakers:

Mariona Lladonosa (University of Lleida), Özgür Güneş Öztürk (University of Lleida): From Cultural Rights to Cultural Collectives. Demands and recognition of peoples minoritised by origin in Catalonia.

Mariano Martín Zamorano (University of Barcelona), Lluis Bonet (University of Barcelona): Illiberal Cultural Policies in the Spanish State? An analysis of Vox’s cultural policy in light of other European experiences.

Alba Colombo, Xavier Villanueva (Open University of Catalonia – UOC): Cartography of Cultural Events in the city of Barcelona.

Laia Manonelles Moner (University of Barcelona): Affective and Relational Networks. Artistic practices of young people of Asian descent deconstructing systemic racism in Spain.