Joana Pares, of French origin, was expelled from Terrassa because she was convicted of witchAt the trial, which took place in 1602, he declared an inventory of his possessions. He was "destitute." He owned only a used box with several pieces of linen and wool cloth, a pepper-colored garment (a dark green garment), a used bodysuit, and several small pots of concoctions and sauces. In 1562, Guillem Parllebí was sentenced to the galleys (there is a rather explicit drawing) for sodomy with a cow. The accused, according to the sentence, had his underpants soaked. He defended himself by saying that he was embracing the cow to masturbate her. In 1618, there was a trial against Guillem Pujol, of French origin, Joana Casteta, a widow and exile, and Joana Teixidora. The two women were accused of conspiring and paying Pujol to kill Teixidora's husband. As in most trials, the women came out looking bad. Casteta was accused of being a widow, a woman of ill repute, and of living dishonestly. The truth is that Teixidora's husband abused her.

Ramon Alberch (Girona, 1951) is a historian and archivist. He has been director of the Girona Municipal Archive, archivist in Barcelona, ​​director of the Barcelona Municipal Institute of History, and deputy director general of Archives for the Generalitat of Catalonia, where he negotiated the return of the Salamanca papersHe is also one of the co-founders and the first president of the Association of Archivists of Catalonia. Internationally, he chaired the Municipal Archives Section of the International Council on Archives (2000-2004) and was the driving force and first president of the NGO Archivists Without Borders. He has now published We create archives, we build citiesA history of the Barcelona Municipal Archive from 1249 to the present day. We talk about cats and rats, papers and power, Barcelona and Catalonia.

It was a well-deserved farewell upon retirement for Pepe Font de Mora, who for more than twenty-three years was the director of the Foto Colectania Foundation, one of the most prestigious private photographic institutions in the country—with a public mission—founded and chaired, since 2002, by Mario Rotllant. In addition to the exhibitions on display at its headquarters on Passeig Picasso in Barcelona, ​​Foto Colectania boasts a remarkable collection: some 3,500 images by more than 80 Spanish and Portuguese photographers.

"We can finally sleep soundly!" exclaimed Jaume Bernadet, a member of Comediants, on Wednesday, after recounting the recent adventures of the company's archives. For the past ten years, Comediants had been searching for a home for more than 20,000 documents and materials from the over 250 shows they produced over five decades. Between 2021 and 2022, a significant portion of the archive was transferred to the Documentation Center of the Museum of Performing Arts (MAE) at the Institut del Teatre, which has since inventoried, cataloged, digitized, and published it. on the Escena Digital website to make it accessible to everyone. Now, with 80% of the work completed, the MAE has presented it to the public. "We haven't managed to create a house-museum or a foundation, but our holistic way of working can be seen here, through the collection," Bernadet emphasized. "It's a very special legacy because it has so many different types. This doesn't always happen when we receive collections from companies," explained the MAE's director, Anna Valls. Specifically, the museum has received giant papier-mâché figures, costumes, press clippings (more than 14,000 news items), figurines, masks, models, stickers, photographs, videos, awards, and programs. "We asked them to make a very large selection of the costumes and the tadpole figures. It was complicated because it involved the effort of choosing what is significant and what will still be significant in thirty years when we want to put on an exhibition," Valls pointed out.

In the future, will we let AI decide what we remember? How do Palestine, Ukraine, or the Sahrawi people protect their archives and their history? How can archives represent everyone and not just the elites? Which archives have been created to confront oppression? What are the dangers of digital memory being in private hands? Can AI change the consumption of historical information?

The investigation of cases of babies stolen from their mothers to be offered for adoption in exchange for money, such as those that took place in the La Alianza Clinic in Girona between the 1960s and 1970s, clashes with the caution of the archives, which must preserve the identity of personal data, but also with Law 16/2020 on the forced disappearance of minors in Catalonia, which has not yet been budgeted or implemented. The regulatory framework provides for a Victim's Office that should help clarify the truth, identify the biological parents and siblings of the abducted children, and provide legitimate reparation to the victims. Everything has been on hold for the past five years.