On the banks of the mouth of the Xúquer River, researchers discover archaeological finds that prove the existence of an important commercial centre connected to other Mediterranean ports. The documentary, a fluvial road movie, travels through the natural and human landscapes that surround the Xúquer, one of the most polluted rivers in Spain, linked to our identity, with which we have lived and which we have feared and esteemed.

In the 1948 war, hundreds of Palestinian villages were depopulated. Israel calls it "The War of Independence". Palestinians refer to it as the "Nakba". The documentary examines the history of the village of Tantura and why the Nakba is a taboo in Israeli society. 

Full premiere of the film in Spain

Lina, Angry and Edith are relatives of missing persons. They train as forensic experts in order to participate in the exhumation of more than 200 bodies that the Morelos Prosecutor's Office buried in secret, without investigating what happened to them or who they were. The documentary accompanies the work of these women in the process of disinterment, the supervision of which reveals a harsh reality: what is a government that, without investigating, buries more than two hundred people in hidden graves covering up?

Discussion after the screening of the film.

"L'Incontrolat" is a cycle that explores the relationship between documentary film and ethnography. The programme aims to promote the capacity of documentaries as a tool for analysing contemporary societies and cultures. It does so through a series of documentaries that range from works directed by anthropologists to audiovisual pieces with a marked ethnographic inspiration.
The approach of the cycle is based on a contemporary ethnographic perspective that does not focus exclusively on native peoples or isolated rural communities, but rather investigates the cultural practices and social conflicts of contemporary societies. Along these lines, this year's cycle addresses the phenomenon of mass graves in different countries and contexts, within the framework of the programme THE GRAVES OF FRANCOISM. Archaeology, Anthropology and Memory of L'ETNO, Prehistory Museum of Valencia and the Delegation of Historical Memory of the Provincial Council of Valencia.
The works screened in "L'Incontrolat" are recent productions that are premiering for the first time in the Valencian Community, and are not easily accessible on digital platforms. Therefore, it is a unique opportunity to enjoy them when the summer sun goes down.

Every Sunday of the months of the exhibition (July 2023 - April 2024) our guides will conduct free guided tours for all audiences to the temporary exhibition 2238 Paterna. Place of perpetration and memory, as part of the activities that will be carried out as part of the programme Las Fosas del Franquismo. Archaeology, Anthropology and Memory.

This programme, carried out jointly with the Museum of Prehistory of Valencia and the Delegation of Historical Memory of the Provincial Council of Valencia, includes another temporary exhibition organised by the Museum of Prehistory and which can also be visited at the La Beneficencia Museum Centre. It is called Archaeology of Memory. The graves of Paterna. The timetable can be chosen, i.e. you can see the Prehistory exhibition first (for example at 11 a.m.) and then the Ethnology exhibition (at 12:30 p.m.) or the other way round. They do not have a specific order, you can visit them as you see fit. 

Those who wish to visit the aforementioned exhibition should inform the information point at the Centro Museístico La Beneficencia, where groups of visitors will be formed.

The Turia Gardens are a space of indisputable urban, social and heritage value that has evolved with the city since its very foundation. In spite of everything, the awareness that allows us to perceive it in this way is still, to a large extent, yet to be built. The narratives, often focused on the catastrophic floods, have overlooked other types of economic, social and emotional relationships between the city and its river.

The conversion of the river into a garden from 1982 onwards expanded the idea that, before the transformation of the old river into a large green belt, it was a wasteland that was alien to the city. A place where nothing happened.

The result of photographic and documentary archive research, this exhibition tells the story of a reality that was more diverse and complex. The exhibition is divided into three sections: Living on the river, which focuses on the riverbed as a living space; Living from the river, which points out the different uses of resources often related to water; Living the river, which reveals the development of its social and popular use until it became a garden thanks to citizen mobilisation.

Looking at the past shows us how our everyday environment is constantly changing, the result of the evolution of the relationships between people and the environment they inhabit. Observing these processes helps to strengthen the emotional roots that link us to the spaces we inhabit, enjoy and are used to perceiving as natural and familiar.

València was not born with its back to the sea, as is often said, but deliberately facing its river.

Sense porc : l’alimentació en les identitats culturals de jueus i moriscos i en la seua persecució per la Inquisició de València d’Albert Toldrà i Vilardell és l’obra guanyadora del 23é Premi Bernat Capó de Difusió de la Cultura Popular que concedeix L’ETNO, Museu Valencià d’Etnologia i que publica Edicions del Bullent. 

El jurat que va escollir este treball va estar format per Xavier Rius, Diputat de l’Àrea de Cultura de la Diputació de València; Raquel Ferrero, conservadora de L’ETNO; Pau Monteagudo, responsable de l’Arxiu Fotogràfic de L’ETNO; Sara Sierra, doctora en Ciències Socials i Núria Sendra, editora d’Edicions del Bullent.

L’alimentació, com a fet cultural, pot provocar conflictes, ja ho sabem. I històricament, amb la coexistència entre cristians, jueus i musulmans, per aquest motiu hi havia problemes. La majoria d’acusacions en la Inquisició de València contra jueus i moriscos provenen, molt més que de fets estrictament religiosos, del menjar i el beure: què mengen, què no mengen uns i altres, com ho fan, quins rituals observen o ignoren, quan dejunen i quan no…

En Sense Porc es descriu aquest tipus de conflictes, amb algunes idees centrals: la culpabilització de la víctima, el paper de la dona com a transmissora generacional de les tradicions culturals, i sobretot, la tesi que un hàbit cultural com és el menjar té més d’identitari, propi d’un grup social, que no religiós. 

Albert Toldrà i Vilardell, (Barcelona, 1964) és un historiador català. En les seues paraules "vaig llicenciar-me (1992) en Història i Geografia a la Universitat de València, especialitat d’Història Medieval, i després hi vaig fer el doctorat (2007) amb la tesi “Mestre Vicent ho diu per espantar. El més enllà medieval”, dirigida pels professors Francisco Gimeno i Albert Hauf.

Les meues investigacions s’han orientat cap a la història cultural medieval i moderna, la història de la religiositat i l’imaginari del més enllà, així com la història de la dona, de la sexualitat i la Inquisició, com es pot veure pels títols dels meus darrers tres llibres: El plaer de la carn. Sexe i temperament en la cultura medieval (2017, premi València d’assaig), Il·luses, santes, falsàries. Relats d’espiritualitat femenina heterodoxa perseguida per la Inquisició de València (2018, premi Ciutat de València d’assaig) i El monstre. Les presons de la Inquisició de València (2021)".

Us recordem que continua obert el termini per a presentar treballs del 24é Premi Bernat Capó fins al 9 de juliol. Consulta les bases.
 

The Turia Gardens are a space of indisputable urban, social and heritage value that has evolved with the city since its very foundation. In spite of everything, the awareness that allows us to perceive it in this way is still, to a large extent, yet to be built. The narratives, often focused on the catastrophic floods, have overlooked other types of economic, social and emotional relationships between the city and its river.

The conversion of the river into a garden from 1982 onwards expanded the idea that, before the transformation of the old river into a large green belt, it was a wasteland that was alien to the city. A place where nothing happened.

The result of photographic and documentary archive research, this exhibition tells the story of a reality that was more diverse and complex. The exhibition is divided into three sections: Living on the river, which focuses on the riverbed as a living space; Living from the river, which points out the different uses of resources often related to water; Living the river, which reveals the development of its social and popular use until it became a garden thanks to citizen mobilisation.

Looking at the past shows us how our everyday environment is constantly changing, the result of the evolution of the relationships between people and the environment they inhabit. Observing these processes helps to strengthen the emotional roots that link us to the spaces we inhabit, enjoy and are used to perceiving as natural and familiar.

València was not born with its back to the sea, as is often said, but deliberately facing its river.

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In a human library, books are the people who transmit life stories and diverse tales that are never repeated. At L'ETNO Library we exchange paper books for human books that speak in the first person. In a human library you come to listen, to feel and to learn in a supportive and intercultural space because the books will be migrants from different countries who are willing to share their experiences with those who want to listen to them. All the human books are part of the València Acoge collective. 

L'ETNO Library is looking for readers interested in listening and living this experience. The recommended age is for people over 12 years old because the books are not fiction but contain very real stories and, as we all know, reality always surpasses fiction. However, if you have children over 12 at home, don't hesitate to take them with you because it is an enriching experience to activate and open the heart and mind. 
 
The books will change in each session, so you can attend both sessions without repeating readings. And a recommendation: plan your Saturday well and come without rushing, without thinking about shopping before lunch, without thinking about anything other than enjoying a good read.

Naiet Cirerer is a blind romancero who pays homage to those blind people who used to go around villages telling and singing about what was going on, in a festive way, sometimes in the style of Bernat i Baldoví, and even speaking in broken Valencian or Spanish, provoking laughter and amusement among the people who listened to his romances, habaneras, peteneras, valencianas, malagueñas, etc. It was a way of reliving with good music and good lyrics those cool evenings that our ancestors were so grateful for. A show that leaves no one indifferent.  

Naiet Cirerer (vocals, turuta, flabiol and dulzaina), Pep Juste Mama (vocals and guitar), Eduard Navarro (bandurria, lute and dulzaina).