http://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/20/537/Cerdanyola_del_Valle_s.png a698b9767c13820b24450faee7a602c8 http://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/20/537/OR_Cerdanyola-del-Valles-Esglesia_de_Sant_Marti-01.JPG d3f76707d4aee11aa9bcf576ce764650 http://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/20/537/Musgrave_Amy_Cerdanyola_del_Valles.m4a 0e27f3f295df6c9cc738bba11f86870b http://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/20/537/Cerdanyola_del_Valles_-_Amy_Musgrave.pdf 3e78c741225eda545e65ea5bbcb89d96 PDF Text Text Cerdanyola del Vallès In No Word From Gurb, by Eduardo Mendoza the narrator begins by telling the reader that he was able to land his spaceship safely. It becomes very clear that he and his companion, Gurb, are not from Earth. They show clear signs of being extraterrestrials. It is explained that they have landed in an area that the locals call “Sardanyola” (1990: 5). This area is more commonly known now as Cerdanyola del Vallès. It is a town that is located on the north side of the Collserola ridge, a mountain range that is in between the rivers Besòs and Llobregat as a part of the Catalan Coastal Range. Cerdanyola del Vallès is the home to the main campus of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), a public university that is famously known for fostering research. The first human with whom the narrator in No Word From Gurb communicates is a tenured professor from UAB. According to Oliver Hochadel and Agustí Nieto-Galan, Barcelona has always fostered scientific and technological advances (Hochadel and Nieto-Galan 2016: 1). The Autonomous University of Barcelona is a twenty-first-century example of Barcelona’s continuing contributions to the scientific fields. As for relaxing in Cerdanyola del Vallès, there is always Synchtron Park. It is a business park, but it also contains many green spaces. It is a modern attempt at the famous nineteenth-century urban renewal of Barcelona. Oliver Hochadel and Laura Valls describe the urban renewal as an attempt to bring greenery into the modern world and incorporate it into people’s lives (2016: 26). This is exactly what has been done in Synchtron Park; while it is a place where people work, the interweaving of green spaces allows the people to reconnect with nature in their everyday lives. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Digital Barcelona Subject The topic of the resource Sights around Barcelona Description An account of the resource The items (text documents, audio, video) used in the collection were created by the students from Fall 2016 HONS 2011.003: Barcelona: An Urban Cultural history class taught by Dr. Benjamin Fraser. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Benjamin Fraser Irina Swain Camille Kresz Language A language of the resource English, Spanish Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Digital Barcelona Date Created Date of creation of the resource. January 2017 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Irina Swain Camille Kresz Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cerdanyola del Vallès Subject The topic of the resource Cerdanyola del Vallès Description An account of the resource Cerdanyola del Vallès is located near Barcelona, Spain. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Amy Musgrave, BenjaminFraser Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Camille Kresz Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/06/2017 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Language A language of the resource English, Spanish Type The nature or genre of the resource Document, Still Image, Sound Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 02/06/2017 Amy Musgrave Barcelona Cerdanyola del Vallès Spain