João França

Journalist.

Graduate in Humanities from the UPF. Until 2017, he coordinated publishing for the Plural Journalism Foundation. Since then he has worked in a freelance capacity on written and audiovisual projects. He is the author of the books Habitar la trinxera. Històries del moviment pel dret a l’habitatge a Barcelona (Octaedro, 2018) and Retrats de la Barcelona comunitària (Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2019) and also of the documentary El Fil Rosa. Memòria dels moviments LGTBI (2018). He has also co-directed the 30 Minuts documentary programmes “Plegar la manta” and “Aïllament la presó dins la presó”.

Storytelling

Wolf, Wolf! Alarm Over Disinformation and The Liar’s Dividend

João França

A reflection on the consequences of losing our trust in everything we read and watch in the media.

Commons

Nkosikhona Swartbooi: “The city is worried about getting people to work early, but not about when they get home”

João França

We talk to Nkosikhona Swartbooi, founder member of Reclaim the City, a collective that fights housing segregation in Cape Town.

Culture

Tonatiuh López: “The mistake that museums make is wanting to create an audience; life is already created, so just deal with it”

João França

We talk with Tonatiuh López about the Museo Arte Contemporáneo Ecatepec, a Project that occupies the public space to generate interaction with the community.

Planet

Ideas to resist

Víctor Recort | Berta Gómez Santo Tomás | Albert Lloreta | João França | Joana Moll | Tania Adam | Lucas Ramada Prieto | Toni Navarro | Míriam Hatibi

Some inspiration to lift our mood during the days of confinement we’re experiencing in certain parts of the world.

Education

Henry Giroux: “Those arguing that education should be neutral are really arguing for a version of education in which nobody is accountable”

João França

An interview with founder of critical pedagogy Henry Giroux on the meaning of education, suspicions regarding neutrality and on how current uncertainties could be a driving force to rethink and generate new possibilities.