Argumenta Lecture and Talk Series

From 14 October 2026 to 25 February 2027, the eighth edition of the series, titled Presente continuo. Ideas que nos atraviesan, will bring together ten conversations across 25 sessions open to the public in six civic centres.

The programme will address issues running through today's society: the rise of authoritarianism, geopolitical changes, ageism, the transformation of cities, neighbourhood memory, and hate speech. There will also be space to reflect on the far right among young people and on how art and literature help us face difficult situations.

Participants include Sol Picó, Blanca Garcés, Pau Llonch, Xavier Matilla, Estel Solé, Maria Rovira, Xavier Mas Craviotto, the Colectivo Punt 6, and Jordi Vaquer.

Argumenta sees debate as a collective practice: fewer closed answers and more opportunities to understand a present that keeps changing as we try to explain it.

 6 centres of the Xarxa de Centres Cívics de Barcelona (CC Can Felipa, CC Casa Golferichs, CC Casa Orlandai, CC El Sortidor, CC Navas i CC Torre Llobeta)