These guidelines have been casting and strengthening the critical content of our bookshop, they have contributed to the production and development of a new imaginary through the medium of graphic communication; and they have taken shape in social projects that combine social research, development of communication strategies and community intervention.
La Ciutat Invisible is a local-based bookshop found in the borough of Sants, in Barcelona, where we combine the desire to recover the old trade of book-selling with offering our specialized personal advice that is tailored to each reader; seen from the perspectives of an alternative approach towards building and empowering local communities.
In our bookshop you can find a wide range of subjects: social narrative, literature and poetry, critical theory studies, gender studies, political essays, working memory, neo-imperialism, anti-globalization, ecology, Latin America, Arab world, land and liberty (Catalan countries, Basque Country, Ireland ...), social movements, philosophy, popular pedagogy, social economy, prisons, sexuality (gay, lesbian, transgender, queer theory), cities, health, communication, parenting, comics and illustration, photography, art, animal rights, biodynamic gardening ... We also have a children's corner with a rising number of titles and a proper and thoughtful selection for all ages and stages of growth.
You can check our stock and its availability, as well as making reservations at our online bookstore. (Spanish or Catalan)
The team behind La Ciutat Invisible has background in cooperative economics, social sciences and communication. We view training as an integral process that focuses on shared learning, self-management and political view of knowledge as a base to act on reality from a critical perspective. For this we have:
Cooperatives are associative, socially diverse and locally oriented enterprises that, while committed to sustainable forms of production, are also seeking an alternative and economic relationship to with the capitalist business model. People is put at the centre of their economic activity and social needs, through participatory processes and collective ownership. La Ciutat Invisible offers support to subjects interested in cooperative economy and forming groups.