Next Dicember 10 at 12 o’clock, the Fundación Alternativas presents the Report on the State of Culture in Spain 2025, prepared by the entity’s Observatory of Culture and Communication.
In this twelfth edition, the report analyses the major challenges facing culture today: the crisis of multilateralism, digital acceleration and new geopolitical and cultural tensions.
The presentation will be attended by Ernest Urtasun, Minister of Culture, who emphasizes that culture is a powerful channel for dialogue, reconciliation and understanding.
In line with the spirit of MONDIACULT 2025 (Barcelona), the document stresses the need to rearm citizens against hate speech and exclusion, positioning culture as a global public good and a pillar of social welfare, sustainable development and peace.
The Report also proposes that Culture be recognised as an independent Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in the post-2015 agenda, highlighting its essential role against polarization and disinformation.
After a welcoming speech by Manuel Gutiérrez-Aragón, film director and president of the Fundación Alternativas and Diego López Garrido, executive vice president of the Fundación Alternativas, special intervention by Minister Ernest Urtasun and presentation of the survey results by Patricia Corredor, URJC professor and author of the report; Juana Escudero, jurist specializing in European Community Law and author of the report; Javier Iturralde de Bracamonte, director of Metric Salad Arts & Culture, researcher and lecturer and author of the Report; Elena Rosillo, cultural journalist, professor at the European University and author of the Report; and Ignacio Peña, coordinator of Health Between Cultures and author of the Report. Compulsory registration at this link.