Convit/e Program · Con(ciència): Conversation, Massa Mare, and Magazine Launch.

Convit/e Program · (Con)ciència

Convit/e is a vibrant cultural space run by Mescladís, where words, ideas, and cuisine come together to spark dialogue and raise questions about the world we live in. It stems from the need to create spaces where we can pause, listen to one another, and think collectively in a context marked by information overload, misinformation, and fake news.

We live in an age marked by hyperconnectivity and a growing difficulty in building a shared sense of meaning. Never before have we had such access to knowledge, and yet never before has our relationship with it been so fragile. In light of this scenario, Convit/e proposes creating spaces where we can reclaim the pause, conversation, and listening as collective practices: a place where knowledge is not only transmitted, but also shared, questioned, and constructed in relation to others.

In this edition, focused on science, the Convit/e universe brings together various formats that connect culture, art, and knowledge with everyday life, inviting reflection on scientific challenges in relation to contemporary social issues. The three events presented in this program—Convit/e · Con(ciència)—are three key milestones of this project: spaces for encounter and the construction of meaning, where ideas are transformed into shared experience.

This edition is organized in collaboration with the Barcelona Museum of Natural Sciences and revolves around the concept of Con(science), an invitation to reconnect with science as a cultural, social, and political practice. Because understanding the world is not a luxury—it is a right. And it is also a collective responsibility.

CONVERSE

Convit/e · (Con)ciència: Make Science Great Again

Photo: Santi Palacios / Sonda Internacional (Report: No One Arrived in Time. Fragments of Paiporta)

April 15 – 7:00 p.m.
, Lobby · Barcelona Museum of Natural Sciences (Fòrum)
Advance registration required;limited seating

La Conversa is organizing a gathering to discuss the challenges facing science in relation to the major social challenges we will face over the next 25 years.

The participants include Judith Juanhuix, a PhD in Physics, scientist at the ALBA synchrotron, and trans rights activist; and Núria Jar, a journalist specializing in science and health and in science communication. Through their perspectives, a space will be created to reflect on the role of science today, its limits, its tensions, and its relationship with contemporary society.

Pre-registration: https://bit.ly/conversa_amb_con_ciencia

(Event open to the public, recorded and distributed as a video podcast).

MASSA MARE – HUMAN WINTER QUARTER

Co-produced with La Otra Orilla

Museum Night · May 16 · 7:00 PM – 1:00 AM
Hivernacle · Barcelona Museum of Natural Sciences
Free admission

Massa Mare is a deconstructed theatrical gathering that takes the form of an encounter between the performing arts and thought, where artistic emotion becomes open to social and political reflection.

As part of Museum Night, *Massa Mare*—co-produced with *La Otra Orilla*—comes to the Hivernacle with an edition linked to the latest issue of *Convit/e* magazine, which focuses on science and was developed in collaboration with the Barcelona Museum of Natural Sciences.

Under the concept of a “human greenhouse,” this project places the viewer within an artificial space where life is sustained, observed, and brought into relation: an environment where reality and fiction blur, and where bodies, sounds, and materials coexist within a single, expanded moment. The piece unfolds as an immersive experience that combines soundscapes and lightscapes, music, movement, and narrative, generating a collective exploration of forms of coexistence.

Drawing on the relationship between matter and energy, it bridges science and the symbolic realm, challenging the concept of linear time and proposing a cyclical perspective in which past, present, and future manifest simultaneously. From this perspective, fundamental questions arise: What is life? Where does it begin? And what forms might it take beyond what is visible?

The project also incorporates a collective process in which voices and bodies become living matter: overlapping languages, emerging memories, and forms of communication that go beyond words, building a shared space where meaning is created through connection.

A theatrical and collective experience that invites us to reflect through the body, emotion, and our relationships with others.

PRESENTATION OF THE MAGAZINE

Photo: Pablo Tosco / Sonda Internacional ( Report: Lithium: A Land of Promise and Sacrifice. The mining of this key battery mineral is draining the water resources of northern Argentina)

June 6 – 6:00 p.m.
, Old Botanical Garden

Presentation of the magazine Convit/e · Con(ciència), co-produced in collaboration with the Barcelona Museum of Natural Sciences.

In keeping with this issue, the journal serves as an editorial space that gathers and expands upon the questions raised by the project, bringing together content that bridges critical thinking, scientific practice, and everyday experience.

This issue addresses major contemporary challenges from a cross-disciplinary perspective that connects science, culture, and society, positioning knowledge as a shared practice that goes beyond mere dissemination. Within this framework, the journal brings together diverse voices such as Irene Lobato, Hernán Lew, and Marc Campeny, among others, who offer complementary perspectives on issues such as biodiversity, health, and the role of science in today’s world, focusing on the challenges facing science in relation to the major social challenges we will face over the next 25 years.

At the same time, this issue is set against a global backdrop marked by growing mistrust of expert knowledge, the delegitimization of science, and the erosion of democratic foundations. In the face of the spread of simplistic narratives, the relativization of truth, and the consolidation of contemporary forms of authoritarianism, the journal champions the value of critical thinking as an indispensable tool for sustaining democratic societies.

Far from being merely a platform for content, the magazine serves as a tool for delving deeper into the processes initiated by Convit/e, fostering continuity between spaces for gathering and thoughtful reflection. A mechanism that allows ideas to expand, perspectives to connect, and a collective narrative in the making to take shape—one in which science is defended not as a closed or elitist body of knowledge, but as an open, situated practice essential for understanding and transforming the world.

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