The book seeks to bear witness to the cultural changes that Barcelona has undergone in these last years. In 1996 Barcelona City Council took a structural decision of far-reaching significance for the future running of municipal competencies in the realm of culture: the creation of the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona. This new organization was to be a new instrument that would serve to adapt cultural policies to a new urban context. , An exploration of the he cultural changes that Barcelona has undergone in the last decade. , In 1996, the Barcelona City Council made a structural decision with far-reaching significance for the future scope of municipal policy-making in the cultural realm with the creation of the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona. This organization was to be a new civic instrument that would serve to adapt cultural policies to a new urban context.