Marginalization and change after the Olympic Games in modern Barcelona in “En Construcción” de José Luis Guerin

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In 1998, a plan of renovation started in Barcelona with the aim to modernize the “Barrio Chino”, which, in the process, shifted its name to “Raval”. The film director José Luis Guerin, who was born in the Catalan city, released in 2001 a movie which lies between fiction and documentary: En Construcción. Indeed, he filmed the demolition and then reconstruction of a block of apartments in the “Barrio Chino” between 1998 and 2000. In that sense, En Construcción is one testimony of the changes experienced by Barcelona after the Olympic Games onwards, which led to the birth of the modern city. Precisely, the goal of the present reflection is to analyse the themes of marginalization and change in modern Barcelona, by taking as a base the film of José Luis Guerin.

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[...] Likewise, the discovery of the Roman cemetery on the construction site reminds all the residents of their own future death, and symbolizes the numerous centuries that separate them from their ancestors. Even the children face the reality of what time leads to, sooner or later, when a mother explains: son, that how we'll be when we die”.[11] At the beginning of En Construcción, some images of the Barrio Chino dating back to the late 1950s contrast with the vision of the area given by the rest of the movie. [...]

[...] Precisely, the goal of the present reflection is to analyse the themes of marginalization and change in modern Barcelona, by taking as a base the film of José Luis Guerin. Firstly, the essay will present the process of marginalization described in En Construcción, while the second part will provide an explanation of the situation. Afterwards, it will be essential to look at the other topics implied by the movie as they represent the mutation of Barcelona. Finally, the essay will focus on the different groups of characters featured in En Construcción, since they symbolize all the themes that José Luis Guerin raises in this sort of documentary. [...]

[...] Merino, ‘From the Xino to the Raval', pp. 132-133. [...]

[...] McNeill, Urban Change and the European Left, p Slavin, M. (2006) Success of Barcelona' (www.gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/224). Paz Balibrea, M. ‘Caso de studio: Barcelona, del modelo a la marca' (www.arteleku .net/desacuerdos /segunda ext.jsp?SECCION=15&ID1=1193 - 20/03/2007). Merino, ‘From the Xino to the Raval', p Merás, construcción'. Hernàndez i Martí, G-M. (2006) Deterritorialization of Cultural Heritage in a Globalized Modernity', Transfer, Journal of Contemporary Culture, p p p Ibid, pp. 95-96. Paz Balibrea, ‘Caso de studio: Barcelona'. [...]