Lindmäe, Maria2025-09-232025-09-232025Lindmäe M. Street cries and public space noise abatement in 19th-20th Century Barcelona. Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie. 2025. 11 p. DOI: 10.1111/tesg.700320040-747Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/71262Data de publicació electrònica: 15 de setembre de 2025Focusing on Barcelona, this paper explores the historical and contemporary dynamics of streetbcries that allow traders to attract customers and make themselves heard in public spaces. While still common in marketplaces in southern Europe, there is a growing trend towards silencing these street cries in the name of reducing urban noise levels. By analysing archival records and municipal regulations, the study investigates the socio-spatial dynamics that have been employed since the 19th century to suppress this form of ‘noise’ associated with the working-class profession. The paper demonstrates that the expulsion of traders’ sounds from Barcelona’s central streets was achieved through their stigmatisation, illegalisation and peripheralisation – a pattern that could similarly affect other social groups that are increasingly displaced from the city. The persistence of street cries in the peripheries, despite regulatory efforts, illuminates broader issues regarding the management of public space and the contested nature of the governance of urban diversity through sensory ordaining.application/pdfeng© 2025 The Author(s). Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Dutch Geographical Society / Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.info:eu-repo/semantics/article2025-09-23https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tesg.70032BarcelonaNoise regulationArchivesUrban historyPublic spaceTradinginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess