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February 14, 2021Buenos Aires, Barcelona, ​​Naples.

Three cities where the legend Diego Armando Maradona has passed.

His experience in Barcelona first and especially in Naples then tells us a lot about these places, as well as about the distinct role that these football teams play in contemporary society.

A cultural and social phenomenon that goes beyond sport.



The Spanish philosopher Daniel Gamper, in dialogue with Marco Ottaiano - professor of Spanish Literature and Translation at the University of Naples "L'Orientale" - will hold a conference dedicated to Maradona and his cities, live streaming on Monday 15 February at 18 at the Instituto Cervantes in Naples.



Professor of moral and political philosophy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, ​​Anagrama prize for the essay “Las mejores palabras”, as well as visiting professor of Suor Orsola Benincasa of Naples, Gamper is also the great-grandson of the Barcelona founder.

His great-grandfather Hans-Max Gamper Haessig, also known as Joan Gamper, was in fact the founder of Futbol Club Barcelona in 1899, as well as a player of the same team scoring more than 100 goals.



Daniel Gamper and Marco Ottaiano, introduced by Ferran Ferrando Melià, director of the Instituto Cervantes in Naples, will tell Maradona through the cities that have acclaimed him as a footballer and lived as a myth.

Thanks to the ironic and detached lens of philosophy accompanied by the passionate faith of the fan.



The pibe de oro represents the key to understanding what football is as a sport: individual experience, social agglutinator, economic power, art, alienating circus and much more.

From the pelota, passing through the rules of the game and the most exciting matches that mark the passing of the seasons and years, to the players and teams whose photographs hang on the walls of millions of bars and in the children's bedrooms.

Football is everything for many individuals, especially in certain places around the world.

The football phenomenon appears to be a central element of popular culture, opportunistically manipulated and celebrated by the media, in Naples as well as in Barcelona and Buenos Aires.



The meeting / conference “Diego Maradona and his cities” will be held online through the Zoom platform with simultaneous translation. To access it, you must request a link and password from the institute's e-mail address.