🗓️ Saturday November 15 
🕒 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm 
 📍Casa Regional de Soria, Barcelona (map)

The talk, given by Anna Crespi (XRD scientific and technical service) and Daniel Martín (Surfaces group) will address the physical concept of color, the minerals, and the crystallography that explain the chromatic richness of medieval art. 

The activity will also offer a journey through the historical and human connections between Soria and Catalonia — from the medieval craftsmen who passed on their knowledge of pigments to the rural exodus of the 1950s and 1960s, when many families from Soria settled in Barcelona and indirectly contributed to the scientific and institutional development of centers such as ICMAB-CSIC.

Overall, this outreach talk aims to reflect on how science, history, and society intertwine within a single narrative and is part of the LAB TOUR project.

LAB TOUR is the name of ICMAB’s new outreach initiative, designed to bring science and technology to rural and depopulated areas. This first edition will take place in Soria, a region in the so-called “Empty Spain”. The location was chosen due to the Sorian roots of Daniel Martín Jiménez, ICMAB researcher and project leader.

Free admission until full capacity is reached.