Professors Tomás Zarza Núñez and Miguel S.Moñita of the Fine Arts Degree together with Uría Fernández of the Anastasio de Gracia Foundation publishing house have been invited to present the book Refuge, humanity in transit at the XXXIV edition of the Black Week in Gijón, one one of the most important literary meetings of the year at an international level. The director of the Festival, Ángel de la Calle, expressed his interest in this publication and praised the work of the publishing house, with which the URJC maintains a close collaboration, whose work has been recognized by the Ministry of Culture with the National Award for the Promotion of Reading 2021. 

The book Shelter, humanity in transit brings together the work carried out by 10 researchers of the Degree in Fine Arts and concludes the artistic research that began with the exposure of the same name held at the Madrid Railway Museum at the end of 2019. 

Tomás Zarza and Miguel S.Moñita have coordinated the publication in which the artists and researchers Vicente Alemany, Ana Balboa, Diana Fernández, Emma García-Castellano, Marta Linaza, Gema Pastor, Raquel Sardá and Antonio Vigo from the URJC together with Javier Mañero and Maite Molina they reflect through artistic expression on the subject of exiles, starting from the 80th anniversary of the Spanish exile in the framework of the Civil War and its connection with the rest of the exiles that have traveled through the XNUMXth century. and unfortunately continues in the XXI century. The book delves into how the language of art allows us to convey the experience of abandonment, loss and uncertainty of people who suffer the drama of having to leave their homes and their lives behind and allows us to empathize with those who suffered it in the past and suffer in the present.

Also noteworthy in this project is the participation of more than 1200 students from pre-school to university and various groups of women who have created choral artistic pieces that have helped them reflect on the drama of refugees in the past and present.

The format of this activity, which includes the book presented, has drawn the attention of the government of other Autonomous Communities that want to implement this methodology of artistic work and education in their respective regions, since it is a novel way of recovering and disseminating memory. historical.