nightlife – Manuel Garcia-Ruiz

ICNS.LX 2026

Call for papers for ICNS.LX7: Horizons, Dimensions and Atmospheres. Explore nightlife, urban night, and global night studies. Submit by May 30, 2026.

Live music, urban transformation and cultural resistance in Lisbon

How live music in Lisbon reflects tensions between touristification, gentrification, and cultural resistance in the contemporary city.

Light festivals in Portugal: from urban experimentation to cultural strategy

How light festivals in Portugal evolved into tools of urban policy, tourism, and nightlife transformation. A sociological analysis.

15-Minute City and Nightlife Decline in Barcelona

How the 15-minute city model is linked to the decline of nightlife in Barcelona. New research on urban planning, policy, and night studies.

Tourist nightlife and the colonization of the urban night in Lisbon

A critical analysis of tourist nightlife in Lisbon and how tourism is reshaping the urban night through power, gender, and governance dynamics.

Global Night: Past, Present, and Future The 6th International Conference on Night Studies (ICNSLX) invites scholars, practitioners, and enthusiasts to explore the multifaceted dynamics of the global night. This year’s theme, Global Night: Past, Present, and Future, seeks to foster interdisciplinary dialogues on nighttime as a social, cultural, and economic phenomenon that shapes our world acrossContinueContinue reading “ICNS.LX 2025”