Manuel Delgado Ruiz

He graduated from the University of Barcelona with a degree in Art History and later obtained a doctorate in anthropology there.

He continued his graduate studies at the Religious Sciences department of the École Pratique des Hautes Études at the Sorbonne.

He was the editor of the "Biblioteca del Ciudadano" (Citizen's Library) at Ediciones Bellaterra and the "Breus Classics d'Antropologia" series at Editorial Icaria.

He is also involved in political issues, serving as speaker of the "Study Commission on Immigration" in the Parliament of Catalonia.

[2] Religious and ritual violence has been one of his particular areas of interest, as well as the apportioning of public space and the construction of collective identities in an urban context.