The Envolvimentos (Involvements) fostered an open dialogue with social movements and diverse territories, converging on the exhibition of the 14th São Paulo International Architecture Biennial, which runs from September 18 to October 19 at OCA in Ibirapuera Park. Architects and leaders from villages, terreiros, riverside communities, and peripheral neighborhoods jointly explored architectures for inhabiting a heated world in debates that deepened the exhibition's central ideas.
Participants involved in projects across diverse territories and contexts addressing issues such as coexistence with water and floods, heritage preservation, forest protection and sustainable management, urban agriculture, mechanisms for enabling low-impact lifestyles, and the recognition of nature as a subject of rights were invited to participate in the dialogue. These are ways of inhabiting, building, perceiving, participating in, and transforming the territory.
Guests:
Jean Ferreira
Belém, PA
From the Jurunas neighborhood of Belém, Pará. He is a co-founder of Gueto Hub and COP das Baixadas, co-curator of public programs for the 2nd Amazon Biennial, and an activist for access to culture, memory, and the climate debate for the peripheries.
Jerá Guarani
Sao Paulo, SP
Jera Guarani, leader of the Kalipety village in the Tenonde Porã Indigenous Territory, in the far south of São Paulo. With a degree in Education, she works as an Environmental Agent, promoting the recovery of traditional seeds, degraded areas, and forests on Indigenous land.
Mother Carmen of Oxalá
Guaíba, RS
Mother Carmen de Oxalá, a Rio Grande do Sul ialorixá, is vice-president of the Rio Grande do Sul State Council of Culture and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Commission of Cultural Points (CNPDC). She is active in combating religious intolerance and holds a degree in Psychology.
Marcele Oliveira
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Producer, communicator, and climate activist, she was a member of the Realengo 2030 Agenda and is the executive director of Perifalab. Her research focuses on climate justice and environmental racism, focusing on the occupation of public spaces and the right to the city, with a focus on culture and climate.