{"id":2701,"date":"2026-07-13T07:17:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2026-07-13T07:34:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:34:59","slug":"un-altre-referent-que-sens-en-va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/un-altre-referent-que-sens-en-va\/","title":{"rendered":"Un altre referent que se\u2019ns en va…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Quan tot just encara mir\u00e0vem de pair la marxa d’un col\u00f3s com Tito Benady<\/a> i feia poc m\u00e9s d’un any de la mort del professor Lawrence Sawchuk<\/a>, arriba la not\u00edcia d\u2019una altra desaparici\u00f3 trista per a la comunitat d\u2019historiadors i d’investigadors enamorats de Gibraltar: el 5 de juliol de 2026<\/a> ens ha deixat Neville Chipulina<\/a> (1938-2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A en Neville, val a dir, no el coneixia directament, per\u00f2 els seus blocs<\/a> dedicats \u00edntegrament al penyal i a la seva gent s\u2019havien convertit, de fa molts anys, en una font inexhaurible d\u2019informacions i de detalls preciosos del passat de Gibraltar i, sobretot, del per\u00edode brit\u00e0nic fins ara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El principal bloc seu, amb un nom tan expl\u00edcit i program\u00e0tic com The People of Gibraltar<\/a>, \u00e9s una veritable enciclop\u00e8dia de noms que han forjat aquest petit i peculiar territori del sud de la pen\u00ednsula Ib\u00e8rica, a tocar del continent afric\u00e0. Repassant-ne l’\u00edndex<\/a> ja ens podem fer una idea prou bona de la dimensi\u00f3 de l’empresa d’en Neville: s\u00f3n centenars, les entrades complet\u00edssimes i interessant\u00edssimes que va escriure, que van cronol\u00f2gicament de l’Homo gibraltarensis<\/em><\/a> de la prehist\u00f2ria a la il\u00b7lustradora Brenda Smith<\/a> (2023). Pel mig, hi ha desenes i desenes d’apunts dedicats, com explicava ell mateix a la introducci\u00f3<\/a> del bloc, a la gent que va viure i fer Gibraltar, del passat m\u00e9s remot fins al nostre present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hi deia<\/a>: “The majority of books about Gibraltar have mostly been written by Englishmen who also happened to be military men. There is much interest in matters of war, on imperial struggles for power and very little about anything else. The emphasis is on triumphalism with the Rock as an icon of military power and – after the Great Siege – of national pride. When the place was linked with Nelson and Trafalgar, it became a double symbol of the indomitable and tenacious character of the English both on land and at sea. All these histories invariably fail to comment in any depth on how the civilian population of the Rock coped with the upheavals brought about by an overwhelming military presence or how they dealt with life in an atmosphere permeated by war.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A aquests civils, a aquesta gent menuda que va aixecar Gibraltar entre per\u00edodes i fets b\u00e8l\u00b7lics, va donar veu, dedicant-hi bona part de la vida, Neville Chipulina. I, nom\u00e9s per aix\u00f2, ja li ho hem d’agrair enormement. Ara, en el terreny m\u00e9s personal, l’agra\u00efment tamb\u00e9 \u00e9s profund, per la informaci\u00f3 que ens ha llegat (abundant\u00edssima, inacabable) i per la inspiraci\u00f3 que m’ha aportat: el seu enfocament en la hist\u00f2ria dels gibraltarencs, m\u00e9s enll\u00e0 de l’inter\u00e8s militar de la pla\u00e7a, i l’\u00fas extensiu dels blocs, com a eina de publicaci\u00f3 i difusi\u00f3 de la seva recerca, van ser per a mi centrals a l’hora de llan\u00e7ar-me a activar Gibaltar.cat<\/strong>, l’agost del 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moltes gr\u00e0cies, Neville, per haver ajudat a desenterrar la hist\u00f2ria de la gent de Gibraltar. I moltes gr\u00e0cies, tamb\u00e9, per haver estat una gran font d’inspiraci\u00f3. No tinguis cap dubte que et continuarem llegint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Article publicat el 13 de juliol de 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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