Inclusion of Women Architects into the Cultural Field of Spanish Competitions: Struggling for Professional Recognition from the Periphery (1978-2008)

A retrospective look at the architecture competitions held and reported in Spain between the years of transition to democracy and the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008 allows us to verify, from a sociological and historiographical approach, the progressive inclusion of women into the...

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Authors: Díaz García, Asunción, Oliver Ramírez, José Luis
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Publication Date:2024
Country:España
Institution:Consejo General de la Arquitectura Técnica de España (CGATE)
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https://doi.org/10.14198/fem.2024.44.12
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Keyword:Arquitectura
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Historia de la arquitectura
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Discriminación por sexo
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5506.01 Historia de la Arquitectura
5206.09 Sexo
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spelling Inclusion of Women Architects into the Cultural Field of Spanish Competitions: Struggling for Professional Recognition from the Periphery (1978-2008)Díaz García, AsunciónOliver Ramírez, José LuisArquitecturaAnálisis de géneroHistoria de la arquitecturaProyectista -construcción-Discriminación por sexo3305.01 Diseño Arquitectónico5506.01 Historia de la Arquitectura5206.09 SexoA retrospective look at the architecture competitions held and reported in Spain between the years of transition to democracy and the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008 allows us to verify, from a sociological and historiographical approach, the progressive inclusion of women into the complex and traditionally patriarchal cultural field of the architecture competition. The end of Franco’s dictatorship, and the growing vitality of the Autonomous Regions prompted the call of numerous open consultations throughout the country. These calls continued throughout the last third of the 20th century, until eventually experiencing a decline in the new millennium. These open and anonymous competitions provided a framework in which many women architects were able to ascend through merit, even attaining important positions within the process: firstly, as recognised participants and later as jury members. Highlighting the value of these women’s contribution to architecture has always been subject to disinterest, hesitancy or even outspoken reticence, typical of an eminently patriarchal structure, to which were added those inherent to any competitive structure where the struggle for the domination of symbolic power is inescapable. On the basis of architectural journal articles and illustrative case studies, this paper reviews the published media conditions of this difficult ascent in which the subordinate territories peripheral to the centres of production of architectural culture—Madrid and Barcelona—proved to be a space of opportunity and competition in which to build professional legitimacy. A great deal of Spanish women architects who were regular contestants achieved their recognition through silent logic, far removed from flashy celebrity, an issue that has left a deep imprint on their ways of approaching the practice of their profession, in general, and of participating in the cultural field of the competition, in particular. From this common thinking, this article aims to pay them a well-deserved tribute.San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante Universidad de Alicante, Centro de Estudios sobre la Mujer2024info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12251/3692https://doi.org/10.14198/fem.2024.44.12reponame:RIARTEinstname:Consejo General de la Arquitectura Técnica de España (CGATE)Ingléshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:www.riarte.es:20.500.12251/36922026-06-02T12:44:41Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Inclusion of Women Architects into the Cultural Field of Spanish Competitions: Struggling for Professional Recognition from the Periphery (1978-2008)
title Inclusion of Women Architects into the Cultural Field of Spanish Competitions: Struggling for Professional Recognition from the Periphery (1978-2008)
spellingShingle Inclusion of Women Architects into the Cultural Field of Spanish Competitions: Struggling for Professional Recognition from the Periphery (1978-2008)
Díaz García, Asunción
Arquitectura
Análisis de género
Historia de la arquitectura
Proyectista -construcción-
Discriminación por sexo
3305.01 Diseño Arquitectónico
5506.01 Historia de la Arquitectura
5206.09 Sexo
title_short Inclusion of Women Architects into the Cultural Field of Spanish Competitions: Struggling for Professional Recognition from the Periphery (1978-2008)
title_full Inclusion of Women Architects into the Cultural Field of Spanish Competitions: Struggling for Professional Recognition from the Periphery (1978-2008)
title_fullStr Inclusion of Women Architects into the Cultural Field of Spanish Competitions: Struggling for Professional Recognition from the Periphery (1978-2008)
title_full_unstemmed Inclusion of Women Architects into the Cultural Field of Spanish Competitions: Struggling for Professional Recognition from the Periphery (1978-2008)
title_sort Inclusion of Women Architects into the Cultural Field of Spanish Competitions: Struggling for Professional Recognition from the Periphery (1978-2008)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Díaz García, Asunción
Oliver Ramírez, José Luis
author Díaz García, Asunción
author_facet Díaz García, Asunción
Oliver Ramírez, José Luis
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author2 Oliver Ramírez, José Luis
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Arquitectura
Análisis de género
Historia de la arquitectura
Proyectista -construcción-
Discriminación por sexo
3305.01 Diseño Arquitectónico
5506.01 Historia de la Arquitectura
5206.09 Sexo
topic Arquitectura
Análisis de género
Historia de la arquitectura
Proyectista -construcción-
Discriminación por sexo
3305.01 Diseño Arquitectónico
5506.01 Historia de la Arquitectura
5206.09 Sexo
description A retrospective look at the architecture competitions held and reported in Spain between the years of transition to democracy and the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008 allows us to verify, from a sociological and historiographical approach, the progressive inclusion of women into the complex and traditionally patriarchal cultural field of the architecture competition. The end of Franco’s dictatorship, and the growing vitality of the Autonomous Regions prompted the call of numerous open consultations throughout the country. These calls continued throughout the last third of the 20th century, until eventually experiencing a decline in the new millennium. These open and anonymous competitions provided a framework in which many women architects were able to ascend through merit, even attaining important positions within the process: firstly, as recognised participants and later as jury members. Highlighting the value of these women’s contribution to architecture has always been subject to disinterest, hesitancy or even outspoken reticence, typical of an eminently patriarchal structure, to which were added those inherent to any competitive structure where the struggle for the domination of symbolic power is inescapable. On the basis of architectural journal articles and illustrative case studies, this paper reviews the published media conditions of this difficult ascent in which the subordinate territories peripheral to the centres of production of architectural culture—Madrid and Barcelona—proved to be a space of opportunity and competition in which to build professional legitimacy. A great deal of Spanish women architects who were regular contestants achieved their recognition through silent logic, far removed from flashy celebrity, an issue that has left a deep imprint on their ways of approaching the practice of their profession, in general, and of participating in the cultural field of the competition, in particular. From this common thinking, this article aims to pay them a well-deserved tribute.
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