Ethel Baraona Pohl

Ethel Baraona Pohl (they/them) is a critic, writer and curator, as well as a co-founder, with César Reyes, of the independent research studio and publishing house dpr-barcelona, which operates in the fields of architecture, political theory, and the social milieu. Their curatorial practice includes, among others, “Twelve Cautionary Urban Tales” (Matadero Madrid, 2020–21); and more recently, “Llibres Model” a curated book collection and open library (Model, Barcelona Architectures Festival 2022, 2023). Ethel is Senior Assistant at the the Chair of Architecture and Care in the Department of Architecture ETH Zürich. Ethel believes that publishing is a political act, and reading, a form of resistance.