La antropología catalana y el exilio republicano español en México

TL;DR: In this article, a preliminary exploration of the impact of Mexican anthropology in Catalonia in the last third of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first century, with special attention to the work of professionals in the Mexican anthropological sciences, derived from the Spanish republican exile, is presented.

Abstract: This article constitutes a preliminary exploration, of an eminently biographical nature, of a longer project that seeks to analyse the impact of Mexican anthropology in Catalonia in the last third of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first century, with special attention to the work of professionals in the Mexican anthropological sciences, derived from the Spanish republican exile. After a first section dedicated to the presentation of the process of introducing anthropology at the University of Barcelona, around the figure of Claudi Esteva Fabregat, a second section is dedicated to the characterisation of the social and institutional environment in which the arrival of the exiles to Mexico is framed. This is followed by a presentation of the foundational role played by Pere Bosch i Gimpera and Joan Comas i Camps, exiled at the zenith of their academic careers. The following sections address the biography and major contributions of young exiles educated in Mexico (ENAH and UNAM), who had come from Barcelona (Angel Palerm, Claudi Esteva and Pedro Armillas), Valencia (Santiago Genoves), Madrid (Pedro Carrasco, Jose L. Lorenzo and Carmen Viqueira) and Logrono (Enrique Nalda). They all become essential figures in anthropology in the second half of the twentieth century. We also report on the work of eight members of the second generation who were children of exiles: Gloria Artis Espriu, Gloria Artis Mercadet, Armando Bartra, Roger Bartra, Andres Fabregas, Jordi Gussinyer and finally Jacinta and Juan Vicente Palerm. The text concludes with examples of existing bilateral connections.