Author Biography

Marc Augé (Poitiers, 1935) is a renowned French anthropologist.
He coined the term «non-place» to refer to places of transcience,
interchangeable spaces where the human being is anonymous,
such as means of transport, large hotel chains, supermarkets, and
even refugee camps. He was Professor and director of studies at
the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris,
and he chaired it from 1985 to 1995. Gedisa has published most of
his books, among them: Los no lugares (2001), El tiempo en ruinas
(2003), ¿Por qué vivimos? Por una antropología de los nes (2004),
El ocio de antropólogo: Sentido y libertad (2007), La guerra de los
sueños (2017), El porvenir de los terrícolas (2018).

Josep María Montaner is a prestigious Spanish architect and university
professor of Theory at the Superior Technical School of Architecture
of Barcelona. Former co-director of the Housing Laboratory
of the 21st Century master’s degree, he has taught at several
universities and institutions in Europe, America and Asia. He writes
for the media, including the dailies El País and La Vanguardia
and has published several books. Between 2015 and 2019 he was
councillor of the Barcelona City Council.