Claudio Esteva Fabregat, novator de la ciencia de la cultura en España

Abstract

This text, of a testimonial and biographical nature, is intended to be a shared tribute to the memory of the man who was teacher of anthropologists and, at the same time, the creator of most of the institutional structures that allowed the consolidation of our discipline in Catalonia. The extent of his groundbreaking work is essential to understand the way in which social anthropology found its place in the university and research institutions of Spain. Claudi Esteva Fabregat's life trajectory was marked, above all, by the Spanish Civil War, which led to his exile to Mexico (1939-1956). His life journey entailed more residence changes: Madrid (1956-1968), Barcelona (1968-2002), Mexico again (2002-2016). In September 2017 he died in his native Barcelona, just as he was about to turn 99.