By 9:30 a.m. on October 1, voting had only just begun at the Sanllehy medical center in the La Salut neighborhood of Barcelona. A large crowd had gathered outside the polling station...

Reuben Ross
Reuben Ross is currently a doctoral candidate in Culture Studies at the Lisbon Consortium, part of Universidade Católica Portuguesa, where his interdisciplinary research explores issues of identity and representation in migrant communities with a focus on urban visual cultures. Beyond academia, Reuben is also an active photographer and filmmaker. (Author photograph by Atena Abrahimia)
The Street and the World: Rua do Benformoso, Lisbon
By Reuben Ross
A short walk from Lisbon’s central Baixa district—where tourists flock …