IDENTICAT

Llengua, cultura i identitat en un món global

Main investigator:
Pujolar Cos, Joan
Area:
Arts and Humanities
Area of specialization:
Languages and cultures
Affiliation center:
Faculties
UNESCO codes:
570510, 570510, 550402, 590202, 590202, 570103, 570107
ODS:
10 - Reduced inequalities
4 - Quality education
5 - Gender equality
8 - Decent work and economic growth
11 - Sustainable cities and communities
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Politics
  • Politics

IdentiCat is an interdisciplinary research group composed of sociolinguists, historians and specialists in cultural policies, literature, art and cultural studies. They share interest in contemporary identity building and subjectivity articulation processes, with a predominant focus on the Catalan identity. They explore how growing mobility, the tertiarization of the economy, consumerism and the creation of digital networks cause profound transformations in the way people and institutions articulate their connectedness with society and their institutions, and also transform how people construct their subjectivities through art, literature and other forms of expression.

The current research lines are:

  1. New speakers, new identities: language practices and ideologies.
  2. Regionalism in Catalonia during the Franco regime.

Sociolinguistics

Study of the social uses of the Catalan language.

10 - Reduced inequalities

Linguistic planning

Analysis of policies for promotion of Catalan and management of multilingualism.

10 - Reduced inequalities 4 - Quality education

Gender and sexuality studies

Study of sexual and gender identities in Catalan literature and culture.

5 - Gender equality

Catalan literature

Literature, culture and society in Twentieth-century Catalonia.

5 - Gender equality

Cultural history

Contemporary cultural history of Catalonia.

8 - Decent work and economic growth 11 - Sustainable cities and communities

Contemporary history

Anàlisi dels conflictes socials i polítics durant el franquisme.

8 - Decent work and economic growth 11 - Sustainable cities and communities 16 - Peace, justice and strong institutions

Cultural management

Culture and heritage management.

8 - Decent work and economic growth 11 - Sustainable cities and communities 16 - Peace, justice and strong institutions