Lecture of the doctoral thesis “The load of water: How women negotiate water scarcity in the Fúquene river basin, Cundinamarca, Colombia” by Mariana Valderrama

On October 18, 2023, Mariana Valderrama Leongómez presented at the UAB the doctoral thesis “The load of water: How women negotiate water scarcity in the Fúquene river basin, Cundinamarca, Colombia”. Interuniversity programme in Gender Studies: Cultures, Societies and Policies, Interuniversity Gender Institute. Thesis directed by Mireia Baylina (UAB) and Isabel Salamaña (UdG). The thesis examines […]

1st Seminar of the Research Group in Geography and Gender of the academic year 22/23

Last Friday 13 October, Asun Blanco, Inmaculada Díaz and Mariana Martínez participated in the 1st session of the 23-24 course of the seminar of the Research Group in Geography and Gender. Asun Blanco and Inmaculada Díaz, professors of the Geography department and members of the TUDISTAR Research Group, gave a conference called “Tourism and gender in […]

9th Congress EUGEO, Barcelona

Between September 4 and 7, the 9th EUGEO Congress was held, organized by the Catalan Geography Society and the University of Barcelona. This year, the conference was titled “Geography for our common future” and covered a wide range of topics that contribute to understanding our current conditions, the challenges we face and the necessary directions […]

Lecture of the doctoral thesis “Uprooted lives: Afro-descendant women, identities, territory and armed conflict in Colombia” by Nubia Frasser

On June 30, 2023, Nubia Esperanza Frasser-Thompson presented her doctoral thesis “Uprooted lives: Afro-descendant women, identities, territory and armed conflict in Colombia” at the UB. Interuniversity Doctorate Program in Gender Studies: Cultures, Society and Politics, Interuniversity Gender Institute. Thesis directed by Núria Benach Rovira (UB) and Anna Ortiz Guitart (UAB). This doctoral thesis aims to […]

Lecture of the doctoral thesis “Narratives of Afro-descendant women in Catalonia: A study on mixticity and identity configurations from an intersectional perspective” by Teresa Habimana

On 27 January 2023 Teresa Habimana Jordana presented her doctoral thesis “Narratives of Afro-descendant women in Catalonia: A study on mixticity and identity configurations from an intersectional perspective” at the UAB. Doctoral Program in Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Autonomous University of Barcelona. Thesis directed by Dan Rodríguez and Anna Ortiz Guitart. This doctoral research gathers […]

Lecture of the doctoral tesis “Network of Rural Libraries of Cajamarca in Peru: Paths and Andean geographies” by Nathalia Quintero

On 7 February 2022 Nathalia Quintero Castro presented her doctoral thesis “Red de Bibliotecas Rurales de Cajamarca en el Perú: Trayectos y geografías andinas”. Doctoral Program in Geography, Department of Geography, Autonomous University of Barcelona. Thesis directed by Enric Mendizábal Riera and Anna Ortiz Guitart. The Cajamarca Rural Library Network (RBRC), in Peru, is the environmental […]

Conference by Núria Font-Casaseca: How to incorporate the gender perspective into GIS and data visualization?

This Wednesday, September 27, within the framework of the Geography and Gender subject (teachers Mireia Baylina and Maria Prats), of the Degree in Geography, Environment and Territorial Planning, Dr. Núria Font-Casaseca, gave a conference called: “How to incorporate the gender perspective into GIS and data visualization?”. The architect and doctor in geography is currently a postdoctoral […]

Participation in the 3rd European Rural Geographies Conference 2023

The Geography and Gender Research Group of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) participated in the 3rd European Conference Rural Geographies in Transition at the University of Groningen from 26-29 June 2023. Three papers were presented in two different sessions: “Exploring new masculinities in rural Spain” and “From the city to the countryside: sexual and […]