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Iden%fying‘culturalscenes’inMadrid:sources,approachesand

preliminaryresults

SimónSánchezMoralRamónyCajalResearchFellow

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OUTLINE:

1. Applyingthe“culturalscene”conceptinthecityofMadrid2. Searchingforkeyneighbourhoodsandtrends3. Lavapiéscasestudy:

- Historicalpath- Spa%almarkets- Culturalagendas- Actorsandnetworks

4.Malasañacasestudy:- Historicalpath- Spa%almarkets- Culturalagendas- Actorsandnetworks

5.Somefinalremarks

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Applyingthe‘culturalscene’conceptinthecityofMadrid

Source:André,Estevens,Gabriel,2016

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Applyingthe‘culturalscene’conceptinthecityofMadrid

AssociatedVisualAr%stsofMadrid(AVAM)

Documentsrevision

SocialSecurityemploymentrecords(workplaceloca%ons/dwellings)

Projects,neighbourhoodini%a%ves

MadridCityCouncil

Fieldwork

Source:André,Estevens,Gabriel,2016

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Searchingforkeyneighbourhoodsandtrends

10,367jobsinar%s%cac%vi%esinthecityofMadrid(96%ofworkerslivealsowithincitylimits)

Madridprovince

CityofMadrid

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Searchingforkeyneighbourhoodsandtrends

Centraldistrict:3,178workersinar%s%cac%vi%es(30,65%)

“Malasaña”(officialneighbourhoodsofUniversidadandJus%cia)

“Lavapiés”(officialneighbourhoodofEmbajadores)

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Sources:www.losmadriles.orgINTERMEDIAE

Neighbourhood initiatives

- Patio Maravillas -  Plan Malasaña

- Traficantes de sueños - Teatro del barrio -  Ecoo -  San Cosme y San Damián - “Esto es una plaza” -  Rehablavapies -  Tabacalera -  Mercado de San Fernando - Eskalera Karakola

hgp://www.viveroinicia%vasciudadanas.net/civics/inicia%vas/

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Historicalpath:

- JewishquarterofMadridmedievalcity

- Socialabandonmentinthe19thcenturyandthefirsthalfofthe20thcentury.Deteriora%onoflivingcondi%ons

- Intenseimmigra%oninthesecondhalfof20thcentury.Na%onalandinterna%onalmigrants

- Agrac%onofyoungpeople,newsocialandcommunityprojectsin1980s

- Manyurbanregenera%onini%a%ves(1990s):Buildingrenewal,squaresrefurbishing,mobilityandsecurityplans.“MadridCentro”strategicplan(2011)

- Mixcurrenttrends:gentrifica%on,tourism,culturalini%a%ves,newurbanac%visms…

“Embajadores”: 44,775 inhab.; 24.5% foreigners

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Ar/s/candculturalproduc/on&culturalassets- ReinaSofia- ValleInclántheater- Artgalleries- Newcrea%vefirms- Alterna%vetheaters (…)

Culturalagendas:- LaCasaEncendidaexhibi,ons- MadridStreetArtProject&“Losmurosdetabacalera”&C.A.L.L.E- “Safaris”Urbanos- LavapiésFilmFes,val(…)

Spa/almarkets&symbolicbuildings:“EscuelasPias”(UniversityCenter)- “LaCasaEncendida”

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Lavapiéscasestudy

- Madrid Street Art Project examples

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Actors,networksofsocialandpoli/calac/visms

- Civicmovements&associa%ons(socialissues,culture,sports,immigrants,theelderly…)

- Squagers'movement&self-managedsocialcenters(i.e.TabaKalera;“Estoesunaplaza”)

- Socialandsolidarityeconomy(i.e.foodself-consump%onnetworks)

- Poli%calac%vistsof“15M”,Podemos,GanemosMadrid

- SanFernandomarketassocia%on

+Broadrangeofactors:tradiJonalresidents(formerimmigrants),arJstsandnewyoung-qualifiedresidents,visitors&tourists

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Historicalpath:

- Historicalneighborhood,withamixofsocialclasses(noblesofthecourt,merchants,popularclasses…);churches,convents,hospitals(ModernAge)

- “PlazaDosdeMayo”formersiteofAr%lleryParkofMonteleón,rebelledagainsttheNapoleonicarmy(1808)

- Strategicloca%onbetween“Chueca”(LGBT)and“Argüelles”(University):mainsceneofculturalmovementsof1970s-80saterFranco’sdeath

- Socialabandonmentandmarginality(1980s)un%ltherehabilita%onsprograms(1990s)

- Today:alterna%veculturalandbohemianscenewithintensenightlife.New,young,qualifiedresidentsandvisitors.Gentrifica%ontrendslinkedtoprivateini%a%ves(“Tribal”)

“Universidad”: 30,699 inhab.; 20,1% foreigners “Justicia”: 16,441 inhab.; 19.2% foreigners

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Ar/s/candculturalproduc/on&culturalassets- CondeDuque(CulturalCenter)- Artgalleries- Newcrea%vefirms- Pubs- Theaters(almost20)(…)

Culturalagendas:- Neighborhoodfes%val- CondeDuqueexhibi%ons- MadridStreetArtProject- ¡PintaMalasaña!- “Safaris”Urbanos- SummerCinema(…)

Spa/almarkets&symbolicbuildings:- 2deMayosquare- Firstpubsof“Movidamadrileña”

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Actors,networksofsocialandpoli/calac/visms

-  Civicmovements&associa%ons(socialissues,culture,sports,immigrants,theelderly…)

-  Squagers’movement&self-managedsocialcenters(i.e.“Pa,oMaravillas”)

-  Urbanlabs(i.e.“Todoporlapráxis”

-  Onlinepublica%on:“SomosMalasaña”

-  Socialandsolidarityeconomy(i.e.foodself-consump%onnetworks

-  Poli%calac%vistsof15M(…)

+ArJstsandnew,young,qualifiedresidents,visitors&tourists

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1.  ThenecessityofcombiningquanJtaJveandqualitaJveapproachestoiden%fyandstudyculturalscenes(fromarangeofsources)

2.  ThereisanoverlapbetweenarJstsworkplaces,culturalassets,actorsandnetworksofurbanacJvism,speciallyinLavapiésorMalasaña.SomeofthemostvibrantareasofMadrid

3.  Casestudiesfollowdifferenthistoricalpathways.Malasañaconnectsmoreclearlywiththeculturallegacyofthe1980-90s.MorerecentinLavapiés(agrac%onofar%stsandac%vists)

4.  BothneighbourhoodshavebeentargetedbyrevitalizaJonstrategiesofMadridCityCouncil.Andmorerecentbytouris%cplans

5.   Futureresearchsteps:understandingthecontribu%onofar%stsintransformingurbansocialrela%onsinMalasañaandLavapiés….andtheinterrelatedeffectsbetweenar%sts&urbanac%vism,tourismandconsumerism

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