Julio Domínguez has been a cooper for 50 years, an ancient profession in Jerez which has boosted the popularity of the wine produced in this city and renowned throughout the world. He has spent 5 decades repairing wineskins of the largest wineries in Jerez by hand, an essential work that allows the wood to accumulate […]
Month: March 2015
Interguardias: the first shift exchange network for health workers to reconcile work and family
Ignacio López, a family doctor from Andalusia who works in Seville has just created Interguardias, a platform that allows medical professionals, nurses and vets to swap their shifts. The web puts health workers in contact with others who work in the same health area, so that in the event of an emergency or family commitment, […]
La Palabrería, books sold by weight in a market hall to promote reading
How much for this kilo of books? This is the most common question people ask Miguel Marzo, manager of La Palabrería. It’s a bookshop that sells by weight, located in La Corredera Market in Cordova. The initiative came from a young man in Cordova who decided to set up his own business. He was pretty […]
José Francisco Ruiz, cultural investigation into the historic role of irrigation in agriculture
From Pinos Puente in Granada, the social anthropologist José Francisco Ruiz decided to focus his research on his hometown. His work on the irrigation systems of La Vega de Granada has achieved recognition in Spain having won a third place Marqués de Lozoya Award for cultural research given out by the Ministry for Education, Culture […]