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Paella pans and petrol cans: Noise-making and Charivari in contemporary Spain
Pot-banging has been a common feature of protest in Spain over the last decade. In this paper I will discuss how we can historicise the emergence of political pot-banging through a focus on episodes of carnivalesque noise-making since the 1970s. I argue that while ‘traditional’ charivari disappeared, pot-banging was appropriated from Latin America in the 1980s. I will also discuss how pot-banging can be inserted into a wider history of collective action and the politics of noise-making, with implications for how we think about the evolution of protest, ‘transitions’ in modern Spain, and the nature of the carnivalesque.
Date:
6 February 2024, 17:00
Venue:
70 Woodstock Road, 70 Woodstock Road OX2 6HR
Venue Details:
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre
Speakers:
Matthew Kerry (Jesus College, Oxford),
Tom Buchanan (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
European Studies Centre
Organiser:
Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
julie.adams@sant.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Paul Betts (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Part of:
European Studies Seminar
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Julie Adams
