In this debate will participate Antonio J. González, director of the office of the secretary of Planning of SEA-EU (Universidad Europe de los Mares); and Salvador Catalán, director of the Cultural Activities Service at the University of Cádiz. The seminar will take place at 6pm at will be presented and moderated by Raúl Abeledo, academic director of the UV Cultural Observatory. The admission is free prior registration.

Cultural observatories have a key role in generating cultural knowledge as well as in systematization and critical analysis. When cultural observatories are attached to a public university they also fulfil a fundamental service in the field of cultural public policies. Hence, they collaborate in the understanding of cultural phenomena and contribute to public debate from an academic context.

The speakers

Antonio J. González (Cádiz, 1969) graduated in History and has a diploma in Library and Information Science from the University of Granada. He is a university expert in cultural management programmes and has a PhD in Arts and Humanities from the University of Cádiz. Besides having experience as a teacher, columnist and speaker, he has also been scientific director of the institutional evaluation process of the cultural policy of Puerto Real, Algeciras and Sanlúcar. He has been the director of the Cultural Activities Service of the University of Cádiz; commissioner of the University of Cádiz on the bicentenary of the 1812 Constitution; commissioner of the II Strategic Plan of the University of Cádiz and, since 2020, he has been the director of the office of the secretary of Planning of SEA-EU (Universidad Europea de los Mares).

Salvador Catalán (Cádiz, 1961) graduated in Philosophy and Arts (History) at the University of Cádiz and is a university expert in Cultural Promotion programmes in the same university. He has worked as a teacher, critic, columnist in generalist as well as specialised media. He is also an editor and member of the editorial board of the ‘Periférica Internacional. Revista para el análisis de la cultura y el territorio’ magazine. He is currently the director of the Cultural Activities Service from the university extension service of the vice-principal for Culture at the University of Cádiz.