El lugar que habito [The Place I Inhabit]
Sindihogar / Sindillar
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- Title
- El lugar que habito [The Place I Inhabit]
- Year
- 2022
- Duration
- 23 min 05 s
- LOOP Edition
- Ed. 2022
El lugar que habito [The place I inhabit] by Sindihogar/Sindillar is an audio-visual essay that explores the controversies experienced by migrant women in Barcelona. It reflects on the invisibilisation of the work of migrants in the creation of cultural heritage, as well as their segregation in the private sphere and in caretaking work.
Sindihogar/Sindillar is the first independent trade union of housekeepers and caring workers in Spain. Ever since it was created in 2011, it has been actively involved in the struggle for the dignity of caretaking work.
Along with El lugar que habito, the MEMEX project (MEMories and EXPeriences for Inclusive Digital Storytelling) is also displayed. Through an application and the voices of the members of Sindihogar/Sindillar, spectators are invited to discover Barcelona’s cultural heritage. Thus, the project seeks to promote social cohesion through collaborative tools.
A LOOP production. Co-finances with funds from the Creative Europe Programm and the project A-PLACE. Linking places through networked artistic practices. With the support of Casa Elizalde, Sindihogar/Sindillar, La Bonne and MEMEX, a project with funds from the European Union’s research and innovation programme Horizon 2020.
- A-PLACE Video Production 2022
Sindihogar/Sindillar is the first independent trade union of housekeepers and caring workers in Spain. Since its creation in 2011, it’s been actively involved with the struggle for the dignity of caring work as well as migrant women’s agency in public policy. Because of their strong commitment to affirm the role of migrant women as cultural producers, they have been engaged in several artistic projects, creating performances that have been publicly displayed, as well as theater works (Rebomboris, Madremanya…) made jointly with La Bonne. During the last 5 years, they have been particularly focused on the critical study and approach of cultural heritage, creating projects such as The Antirracist and Caring Tour (winner of the CMIB prize 2021), a series of Visual Narratives for the project MEMEX, and the creation of pedagogical tools for Higher Education’s decolonization within the project BRIDGES-building inclusive societies.