Dr. Janice Monk has left us. Teacher, friend, companion and unconditional support of the Geography and Gender Research Group of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona since its beginnings.She has been a driving force for Geography and Gender in the world and mentor to several generations of Catalan and international women geographers. She was awarded Honoris […]
On 19 June, Júlia Pascual Bordas successfully defended her doctoral thesis entitled “Opening the doors of the house: Experiences and resistance of young LGBT+ people from Bages in the domestic space”, from the Interuniversity Doctoral Programme in Gender Studies: Cultures, Societies and Politics, directed by Mireia Baylina (UAB) and Maria Rodó-Zárate (UPF). The thesis addresses […]
On Friday 31 May, the Geography and Gender Research Group organised a seminar with the participation of two prominent researchers: Beatriz Navarrete Sepúlveda from the Catholic University of Temuco, Chile, presented ‘The Role of Women in Rural Popular Culture. Towards a Critical Gender Cartography of Popular Art (CCGap). Comparative experiences between Chile and Spain’. Her […]
On 6 and 8 May, the renowned postdoctoral researcher at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Nuria Font, gave a workshop focused on data visualisation and cartographic practices applied to geographic research with a gender perspective.The main objective of the workshop was to explore in a practical way the potential of visual and cartographic tools for research […]
On 7 March 2024, Geanina Zagal Ehrenfeld presented at the UAB the doctoral thesis “Feminist geographies of public space: urban safety and gentrification in the municipalities of San Miguel and Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Chile”, from the PhD Programme in Geography, and directed by Maria Prats (UAB). This research analyses the socio-spatial practices of women in […]