Anthropologist, film maker and programmer. His field of research is the study of the media as cultural representation systems using the action research method, and the development of computer tools to organise and produce audiovisual contents. In 2005, he founded the Visual and Media Anthropology Archive, a dissemination and distribution network of ethnographic film from various universities in Europe, the Americas and Africa. Since 2008, he has been the project director of the Citilab-Cornellà Social Media Laboratory, where he develops research systems into the management of audiovisual knowledge with citizen participation.
Areas of interest
Anthropology. Visual Anthropology and new media. Research internet society support. Community Networking. Digital culture and new media.
Projects
- Antropofilia
- Visual and Media Anthropology Archive
- XAC – Audiovisual IP Net Catalonia
- Bcnet. Barcelona Community Networking
- Xarxa 3. Sants-Montjuïc Community Networking
- Réseau Jeunes-TIC en Europe et en Méditerranée
ArtVisual Work
- 2008 Exteriors
- 2007 Afrique bon chanc
- 2006 Polaroid Home
- 2004 Sculpture
- 2002-03 Digital Art
- Portfolio Photo
Teach
- 2009 Visual Anthropology. Master's in Research for Design and Innovation. Elisava – UPF
- 2009 Communication practices, the Internet and social networks. The citizen as a builder of information. Workshop SURT TV
- 2008 Community Networking & Internet Social Television. Potsgraduate Diploma in Local Comunication. UAB
- 2003 Professor Computer. User for teachers. Lycee Cherif Sam Sidine. Velingara. (Senegal)
- 2002 Internet Introduction for Associations. Centre Cívic la Farinera
- 2001 Professor Computer User for old people. Nou Barris Net
- 1997-01 Professor Computer User. Cotxeres de Sants
- 1998-99 Professor Computer Design. School Arts & Crafts Llotja. Barcelona
- 1993-95 Professor Audio-visual Language. School Arts & Crafts Llotja. Barcelona
Articles
- BELDOCS 2009. Festival Internacional de Cinema Documental de Belgrad,2009
- Los viajes de Ibrahim, Tribaalitats, nº 0, 2005
- Una reflexió sobre la Societat de la Informació a Catalunya, BCNET, Jul. 2003
- La columna vertebral d’una Catalunya en Xarxa, La Malla.Net, Mar. 2003
- Associacionisme i Noves Tecnologies, BCNET, Nov. 2002
Conferences
- 2011 Open Think Thank. L'Estruch. Sababell (Barcelona)
- 2010 Jornades Nacionals de Patrimoni Etnològic. CaixaForum. Barcelona
- 2010 Mostra de Cinema Marroquí de Barcelona
- 2009 Tecnologies al servei de l’esperit crític. Surt TV – La Capella
- 2009 Jornades Blocs & Docs, La Capella. Barcelona.
- 2009 EDEN Annual Conference. Innovation in Learning Communities. Gdansk, Poland.
- 2008 Society of Knowledge Networking. Catedra UNESCO – Institut d'Estudis Catalans
- 2008 Dialegs visuals pel desenvolupament i la transmissió cultural. Citilab Cornellà.
- 2008 Horitzo TV'08. Barcelona
- 2007 VII Jornades Artibarri
- 2006 Management knowledge and citizen participation – Banco Común de Conocimiento. CCCB. Barcelona
- 2006 Support Committee – 3rd OCS ONLINE Conference – November'06
- 2006 III Congrés català de joves sociòlegs i sociòlogues. Universitat de Barcelona
- 2006 Dialegs Antiracisme. Noves tecnologies, antiracisme i transformació social. Col•legi de Periodistes de Catalunya
- 2005 XIII Congreso de Estudiantes de Antropología. Granada
- 2005 IV Congreso de Telecentros y Redes de Telecentros. Zaragoza
- 2004 Jornades de Comunicació Local. Col•legi de Periodistes de Catalunya
- 2003 Tejer la red. Primeras Jornadas de Trabajo Internet y Vida Cotidiana. UOC
- 2003 Premier séminaire Internet et Insertion des jeunes en Euroméditerranée. Marseille
- 2003 Primer Congrés Europeu d’Entitats Argentines. Barcelona
- 2003 Primer Congrés de Xarxes Ciutadanes de Catalunya. Cornellà de Llobregat
- 2002 Jornades de divulgació de GràciaNet
- 2002 Xarxes Ciutadanes. Col•legi Major Pedralbes. Barcelona
- 2002 Primer Congrés de les Associacions de Barcelona
- 2002 Global CN2002. Third Global Community Networking Congress. Montreal
- 2002 Jornades “Associacions i noves tecnologies”. Ajuntament de Vilanova del Camí
- 2001 Global CN2001. Second Global Community Networking Congress. Buenos Aires
- 2000 Global CN2000. Firsts Global Community Networking Congress. Barcelona
- 1994 Cicle Videomix C.E.R.C. Diputació de Barcelona
Prizes & Exhibitions
- 2008 Post-it City. Ciutats ocasionals (Situacions Barcelona). CCCB. Barcelona
- 2007 8ª Bienal de Video y Nuevos Medios de Santiago. Chile
- 2007 Dia del Arte Solidario. Barcelona.
- 2004 8th Prize of Sculpture "Manuel Martínez Bragagnolo". Selection exposition
- 2003 Olla de Grills. La Paloma
- 2002 Olla de Grills. Can Altimira
- 2002 Olla de Grills. Cúpula de Venus
- 2002 1ª Muestra Internacional de Video Arte. Colombia
- 2001 Exposició de pintura. Cotxeres de Sants
- 1999 Aigua, origen i creació. Mostra d'Art Centre Cívic Barceloneta
- 1994 International Film Festival Cinema Jove. Oficial Video Section. Valencia
- 1994 2na. Mostra de Vídeo Independent La 12 Visual. CCCB. Barcelona
- 1994 XI Marató de l'espectacle. Secció Vídeo. Mercat de les Flors de Barcelona
- 1993 I Mostra de vídeo Cine-Club Enginyers. Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona
- 1993 1º Mostra de Vídeo Independent La 12 Visual. Sala Metrònom. Barcelona
- 1992 Accèssit 1ª Mostra de Fotografia de Jove a Jove de Catalunya. COOB'92
- 1992 Accèssit 9ª Mostra de Fotografia de Catalunya
Ethnographic film
- 2007 Agdal. Voces del Atlas (Editting)
- 2007 19 de juliol de 1936
- 2006 Quina república? Quina independència? Quina casa?
- 2005 Una nit a l'òpera
- 2005 Genocidio. Preguntas sin respuestas
Video Art & Film
- 2007 La poca casa
- 2007 Bestia Urbana en Ficción social
- 1994 Apocalipsy family
- 1994 Cosmología e historia
- 1993 Un dia a Cal Masover
- 1993 Avuelo 70''
- 1993 Mala abeja
Organizations
- 2005 Moving Anthropology Student Network – MASN
- 2005 Contraplano – LAD
- 2005 Founding member of Magazine Tribaalitats. Faculty of Antrophology of Barcelona
- 2004 Antropologuies. Student's association. Faculty of Antrophology of Barcelona
- 2003 ISOC Catalan Chapter 2002 Partner World Forum on Community Networking
- 2001 Founding member of BASE. Barcelona Arts Studens Exchange
- 2001 Founding member of artists "Olla de Grills"
- 2000 GCNP. Global Community Networking Partnership
- 1999 BCNET. Barcelona Community Networking
- 1993 Member of "La 12 Visual" Video Artists Association
ESPIELLO: THE ONLY ETHNOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL IN SPAIN CLOSES THE NINTH EDITION WITH A FEMINIST POINT OF VIEW
The Espiello Prize this year goes to a woman who dedicated the award to the brave women who fight for human rights in her country, Iran. Sudabeh Morzai has filmed a deep, difficult and sometimes funny documentary on temporary marriages. The Special Prize of the festival has been given to a Sahara a feminist and pro independency activist: Mariem Hassan, and many awards were to gender orientated topics (the Best Research was for Tommy Mendel for “Bunong birth practices” and the one of the Young Prizes for a documentary on women on the border of Galicia and Portugal, by Diana Gonçalvez).
Espiello has celebrated its ninth edition, being the only ethnographic film festival in Spain. Since its first edition Espiello is a great window to South American documentaries but in Espiello competition have been projected films from all over the world.
Espiello takes place every spring and a big part of Sobrarbe´s small community gets involved to make this festival a very special event for all the participants. We are also proud of the collaboration established with world top authorities in Visual Anthropology (Dr. Paul Henley from Manchester University, Dr. Bernt Schnettler from Bayreuth University or Dr. José Carmelo Lisón from Universidad Complutense have presided last editions juries) and with one of the most relevant broadcasters in our country: Eugenio Monesma.
For many years anthropologists came to Sobrarbe´s villages, set in beautiful and isolated mountains, to study Pyrenean culture. They wrote, draw, took pictures and filmed us. Now we are aware that being able to tell our own history is important and that being able to listen to others, too. Espiello (that is mirror in Aragonese) has become a place for reflection and communication in these Pyrenees that we understand not as a border but as a cultural causeway.
HONOUR PRIZE 2011: MARIEM HASSAN
Besides the contest awards, Espiello gives an Honour Prize to artists with an outstanding career related with the defence of cultures: well known photographers, ethnographers, filmmakers… have been distinguished with a special mirror sculpture. This year this Honour Prize is for Mariem Hassan, the voice of the desert, a Sahara singer that has strengthened her culture in the hardest conditions: living in a refugee’s camp. Mariem sung in Boltaña and received her prize from the Culture and Education authority in the government of Aragon: MªVictoria Broto. Mariem Hassan has ever sung to freedom her people and she received the prize with the cry: “Sahara libre”.
2011 ESPIELLO AWARDS
-Best Documentary (Espiello Prize, 1500 euros and trophy): “In the Bazar of Sexes”, Sudabeh Mortezai (Austria)
-Best Documentary by a young under 30 (Espiello Choben, 800 euros and trophy): “Baltazar Ushka, el tiempo congelado” by José Antonio and Igor Guayasamín (Ecuador). Accesits (worth 400 euros and trophy) for “Boteros” by Martin Turnes (Argentina) y “Mulleres Da Raia” by Diana Gonçalvez (Galicia, España)
-Best Documentary on the Pyrenees (Espiello Pirineos): not given.
-AESIC “Guillermo Zúñiga” Prize: “Pueblos Originarios III: Pilagá Bañado la estrella” by Ulises Rosell (Argentina)
-Best Research Work (Espiello Rechira, 800 euros and trophy): “Bunong Guu Oh- Bunong’s birth Practices”, by Tommi Mendel (Suiza-Camboya)
Best documentary chosen by the public (500 euros and trophy: "Contact", by Bentley Dean and Martin Butler.
-Best School Project for making an ethnographic documentary for “Rastros” (600 euros in audiovisual equipment): CEIP Santa María (Madrid).
ABOUT THE BAZAR OF SEXES
A lonesome middle-aged bachelor, a divorced single mother, and a jovial young mullah (a priest) are the protagonists of this intimate account of gender relations in Iran. Their stories revolve around the institution of temporary marriage, also called lust-marriage, a Shia practice that allows a man and a woman to legally marry for a fixed period of time ranging from one hour to 99 years. Religiously sanctified prostitution or a loophole for couples to have a relationship within the rigid Islamic laws? Religious dogma meets macho sentimentality meets female realities. A relentlessly honest, eye-opening, and sometimes funny account of Islamic sexual and gender politics.
ESPIELLO: THE ONLY ETHNOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL IN SPAIN CLOSES THE NINTH EDITION WITH A FEMINIST POINT OF VIEW
The Espiello Prize this year goes to a woman who dedicated the award to the brave women who fight for human rights in her country, Iran. Sudabeh Morzai has filmed a deep, difficult and sometimes funny documentary on temporary marriages. The Special Prize of the festival has been given to a Sahara a feminist and pro independency activist: Mariem Hassan, and many awards were to gender orientated topics (the Best Research was for Tommy Mendel for “Bunong birth practices” and the one of the Young Prizes for a documentary on women on the border of Galicia and Portugal, by Diana Gonçalvez).
Espiello has celebrated its ninth edition, being the only ethnographic film festival in Spain. Since its first edition Espiello is a great window to South American documentaries but in Espiello competition have been projected films from all over the world.
Espiello takes place every spring and a big part of Sobrarbe´s small community gets involved to make this festival a very special event for all the participants. We are also proud of the collaboration established with world top authorities in Visual Anthropology (Dr. Paul Henley from Manchester University, Dr. Bernt Schnettler from Bayreuth University or Dr. José Carmelo Lisón from Universidad Complutense have presided last editions juries) and with one of the most relevant broadcasters in our country: Eugenio Monesma.
For many years anthropologists came to Sobrarbe´s villages, set in beautiful and isolated mountains, to study Pyrenean culture. They wrote, draw, took pictures and filmed us. Now we are aware that being able to tell our own history is important and that being able to listen to others, too. Espiello (that is mirror in Aragonese) has become a place for reflection and communication in these Pyrenees that we understand not as a border but as a cultural causeway.
HONOUR PRIZE 2011: MARIEM HASSAN
Besides the contest awards, Espiello gives an Honour Prize to artists with an outstanding career related with the defence of cultures: well known photographers, ethnographers, filmmakers… have been distinguished with a special mirror sculpture. This year this Honour Prize is for Mariem Hassan, the voice of the desert, a Sahara singer that has strengthened her culture in the hardest conditions: living in a refugee’s camp. Mariem sung in Boltaña and received her prize from the Culture and Education authority in the government of Aragon: MªVictoria Broto. Mariem Hassan has ever sung to freedom her people and she received the prize with the cry: “Sahara libre”.
2011 ESPIELLO AWARDS
-Best Documentary (Espiello Prize, 1500 euros and trophy): “In the Bazar of Sexes”, Sudabeh Mortezai (Austria)
-Best Documentary by a young under 30 (Espiello Choben, 800 euros and trophy): “Baltazar Ushka, el tiempo congelado” by José Antonio and Igor Guayasamín (Ecuador). Accesits (worth 400 euros and trophy) for “Boteros” by Martin Turnes (Argentina) y “Mulleres Da Raia” by Diana Gonçalvez (Galicia, España)
-Best Documentary on the Pyrenees (Espiello Pirineos): not given.
-AESIC “Guillermo Zúñiga” Prize: “Pueblos Originarios III: Pilagá Bañado la estrella” by Ulises Rosell (Argentina)
-Best Research Work (Espiello Rechira, 800 euros and trophy): “Bunong Guu Oh- Bunong’s birth Practices”, by Tommi Mendel (Suiza-Camboya)
Best documentary chosen by the public (500 euros and trophy: "Contact", by Bentley Dean and Martin Butler.
-Best School Project for making an ethnographic documentary for “Rastros” (600 euros in audiovisual equipment): CEIP Santa María (Madrid).
ABOUT THE BAZAR OF SEXES
A lonesome middle-aged bachelor, a divorced single mother, and a jovial young mullah (a priest) are the protagonists of this intimate account of gender relations in Iran. Their stories revolve around the institution of temporary marriage, also called lust-marriage, a Shia practice that allows a man and a woman to legally marry for a fixed period of time ranging from one hour to 99 years. Religiously sanctified prostitution or a loophole for couples to have a relationship within the rigid Islamic laws? Religious dogma meets macho sentimentality meets female realities. A relentlessly honest, eye-opening, and sometimes funny account of Islamic sexual and gender politics.
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