CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES_________________
JUNE / 24
15
Book Launch "Insurrection! Left and right in the mirror of democracy"
Launch of the book “8/1 A Revolta dos Manés, ou Esquerda e Direita nos Espelhos de Brasília” by Pedro Fiori Arantes, Fernando Frias and Maria Luiza Meneses. Moderated by Juliano Fiori and with the participation of Rodrigo Nunes and Carla Rodrigues. The event will take place on 15 June at 5.30pm at Raízes do Brasil: Rua Áurea, 80, Santa Teresa – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil.
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Workshop "A critical reflection on humanitarian reform past, present and future"
The workshop led by Eleanor Devay and Fernando Espada aims to create a space for critical reflection on current humanitarian reform, by bringing together people currently involved in reform initiatives, leaders of past reform efforts, and scholars of humanitarianism and international affairs. The objectives of the discussions are to: i. contribute to sectoral memory and learning about humanitarian reform; ii. inform approaches to current reform strategies and/or initiatives; and iii. identify potential avenues for research on the past and present of humanitarian reform. Online Event.
PAST EVENTS
MAY / 24
13
Just Transition in the Polycrisis: Latin American Alternatives to Green Colonialism
Sabrina Fernandes lecture at the ICTA-UAB, in Barcelona, talking about eco-social transitions, underscoring the pressing need to address climate change’s impacts, highlighting Brazil’s severe flooding crisis, and challenging mainstream green transition narratives that often ignore the persistent inequalities and dispossessions in the Global South. Sabrina advocates for a nuanced approach to solutions, stressing that they should not worsen issues in other regions, and calling to action emphasizes the importance of internationalist and interconnected strategies to effectively address both ecological and social crises.
21
Council Meeting
Meeting of the Alameda counselling team to discuss research strategies for the coming months. Private event.
APRIL
6
Launch of the book "Brazil catastrophe"
Launch event for the second book by Thiago Canettieri, an affiliate of the Alameda Institute and a professor at UFMG’s School of Urbanism. Held at Espaço Comum de Organizações, as part of Alameda’s presence in Rio de Janeiro, the event features Kássia Pedroda, Mirian Kussumi and Natan Oliveira, with Gabriel Tupinambá mediating. The book offers a critical analysis of Brazilian history from the perspective of the “negative centrality of labour”, exploring how modern Brazilian society has been shaped by informal and diverse forms of labour, culminating in a contemporary society marked by fragmentation and inequality.
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Uberisation of labour in Brazil
Our affiliate researcher, Ludmilia Abilio, talks about the state of regulation of app workers in Brazil. The event will be an open class to understand the new laws that regulate professions and discuss ways to improve working conditions for these people. Event in Portuguese at Espaço COmum de Organização – Rio de Janeiro.
MARCH
13
Politics of Aid: Childhood in crisis
Alameda associate Emily Baughman discusses the various crises surrounding maternity care, early education, children’s mental health, the new feminisms and the birth rate, raising questions about what these interconnected issues could do to children in the current moment of global crisis. Furthermore, how could the reform of childhood itself provide new ways through the crisis and allow us to look beyond to a different future? Online event.
19
Workshop: Maidan Revolutions
Volodymyr Ishchenko and Oleg Zhuravlev promote a workshop for the humanitarian sector at Save the Children UK presenting an update of the political conflicts around the war in Ukraine. Online event.
FEBRUARY / 24
8
Fellow Talks:
The limits of humanitarianism: Politics, crisis, and reform in the era of climate change
Eleanor Davey and Fernando Espada will present the research project funded by Alameda on the practices, limits, history and prospects of reform of the humanitarian system in the era of climate change. During the session, the project co-leads will reflect on the key themes of the project (containing politics and ordering crisis) and the relevance of this research to rethink collective responses to the challenges of our times. Online event.
16
On the Terminal Crisis of Humanitarianism
In the first event of the Alameda Talk Series, Lily Lynch, Olivia Rutazibwa, Juliano Fiori and Paolo Gerbaudo discuss the impacts of the current crisis on humanitarianism. Is this just another moment of temporary decline leading to reinvention? Or is the crisis of humanitarianism now terminal? The event will take place in London at the Frontline Club (13 Norfolk Place, London, W2 1QJ).
20
Humanitarian XChange
Our partner organisation, the Humanitarian Leadership Academy, is organising an event in London to bring together change-makers and visionaries from across the globe. The keynote speakers at Humanitarian Xchange 2024 will include our director, Juliano Fiori, and our Head of Research, Sabrina Fernandes. For more info on the conference, its workshops, and roundtables, visit https://www.humanitarianxchange.org/.
27
"Polycrisis and Just Transition" at University of Bath
Sabrina Fernandes, Head of Research at Alameda, is heading to the University of Bath for a lecture on the main issues related to transition and climate justice and the need to trouble interpretations of the polycrisis with a Global South perspective.
JANUARY / 24
12
End of window for submissions
Workshop for affilaites with Sabrina Fernandes, discussing concepts relevant to Alameda’s strategic vision. Necessary readings and references will be shared beforehand. Activity held in english.
31
Results of Call for Funding selection
Selected projects will be announced
DECEMBER / 23
7
Workshop on Fundamental Concepts (ENG)
Workshop for affilaites with Sabrina Fernandes, discussing concepts relevant to Alameda’s strategic vision. Necessary readings and references will be shared beforehand. Activity held in english.
8
Workshop on Fundamental Concepts (PT)
Workshop for affilaites with Sabrina Fernandes, discussing concepts relevant to Alameda’s strategic vision. Necessary readings and references will be shared beforehand. Activity held in portuguese.
11
Proposal Submissions
Beginning of proposal submissions regarding Alameda’s first call for funding.
13
Live Streaming Debate "Economia Urbana e Periférica" (PT)
Third debate of the online series about the text “O Ornitorrinco” from the Brazilian sociologist Chico de Oliveira. This panel features Mariana Fix, Cibele Rizek, Leda Pauline e Thiago Canettieria discussing the relations between peripheries and cities based on Chico de Olveira’s analyses of the Brazilian economy.
“O Ornitorrinco” is an updated essay from “A Economia Brasileira: Crítica à Razão Dualista”, published in 1972. The compilation of both was published in 2003 by Editora Boitempo. It played a crucial role in reflecting on the Brazilian economy as it challenged the predominant thinking of the time – which maintained a theoretical approach linked to the market economy – and denounced the precarious conditions of the majority of the Latin American population. Chico de Oliveira proposed a new way of thinking about the Brazilian economy, emphasising its contradictions and the underlying class struggle.
November / 23
13
Call for Funding
Sharing of the call for funding document, with themes and project standards, for potential affiliate projects.
15
Live Streaming Debate "Chico Oliveira e o Nordeste" (PT)
First debate of the online series about the text “O Ornitorrinco” from the Brazilian sociologist Chico de Oliveira. This panel features Flavio Mendes, Tânia Bacelar, Ana Carolina Leite and Fred Lyra, discussing the analyses of the Critique of Dualistic Reason and Chico’s history with the Brazilian Northeast.
“O Ornitorrinco” is an updated essay from “A Economia Brasileira: Crítica à Razão Dualista”, published in 1972. The compilation of both was published in 2003 by Editora Boitempo. It played a crucial role in reflecting on the Brazilian economy as it challenged the predominant thinking of the time – which maintained a theoretical approach linked to the market economy – and denounced the precarious conditions of the majority of the Latin American population. Chico de Oliveira proposed a new way of thinking about the Brazilian economy, emphasising its contradictions and the underlying class struggle.
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Live Streaming Debate "Novo trabalho sem forma" (PT)
Second debate of the online series about the text “O Ornitorrinco” from the Brazilian sociologist Chico de Oliveira. This panel features Silvia Viana, Tulio Custodio, Ludmila Costek Abilio e Gabriel Tupinambá talking about how the current crisis deals with the issue of the precarisation of work.
“O Ornitorrinco” is an updated essay from “A Economia Brasileira: Crítica à Razão Dualista”, published in 1972. The compilation of both was published in 2003 by Editora Boitempo. It played a crucial role in reflecting on the Brazilian economy as it challenged the predominant thinking of the time – which maintained a theoretical approach linked to the market economy – and denounced the precarious conditions of the majority of the Latin American population. Chico de Oliveira proposed a new way of thinking about the Brazilian economy, emphasising its contradictions and the underlying class struggle.
17
Presentation about Call for Funding (PT/ENG)
The secretariat will present the Call for Funding and answer any questions about its themes and format.
OCTOBER / 23
6
Welcome day
Online meeting with affiliates and associates to present Alameda’s goals and functioning and answer pending questions. Two meetings are scheduled, one in portuguese and another in english.
23
Start of cluster meetings with social strategy
Beginning of the window for groups of affiliates, identified during individual meetings, to meet with Gabriel Tupinambá to discuss potential collective projects and shared interests.
24
Fellow talk: Maidan revolutions, civil society, and hegemony crisis in post-Soviet countries
Volodymyr Ishchenko and Oleg Zhuravlev introduce their current research project, which aims to contribute to the theory of contemporary revolutions, which take place under the conditions of the ongoing crisis of hegemony, and to left debates on the reconstruction of counter-hegemonic strategy. In the past, social revolutions were part of and contributed to (counter-)hegemonic politics. Today, we are witnessing a crisis of hegemony, while contemporary revolutions do not lead to radical social transformations, nor (typically) even to more representative governments. What kind of social and political dynamics follow contemporary revolutions that reproduce and perhaps even intensify the crisis of hegemony? What kind of civic and political agents are amplified by the revolutions? The project focuses on the dynamics of class, political, and ideological asymmetries of post-Soviet civil societies during recent revolutions and ongoing wars, which are an outcome of the escalating hegemony crisis in its most brutal form.