First Half (duration: 45 minutes)
Sunday, September 28, 11am
In a way, we can say that the evolution of the city of São Paulo is strongly linked to the use made of its river floodplains, from a soccer field to a sanitation facility to inhabited areas, with valley-bottom avenues and occupied areas. Some neighborhoods in São Paulo and its outskirts are built entirely on the floodplains, and therefore it is essential to discuss what it means to inhabit and occupy these areas, especially in times of climate change.
Floodplain football, now known as amateur football, was initially played in the floodplains, lands where rivers expand when they carry a lot of water. Playing football in a floodplain meant having a temporary relationship with the water. You could only play when there wasn't much water.
We're accustomed to making a distinction between areas where there's always water, like rivers and lakes, and areas where we don't see water, and then we build houses to live in. Humans have tried to make this distinction between water and land fixed and permanent. They've drawn it on maps and built walls around rivers and dams to keep the water from escaping the space humans have decided is theirs, to keep it from invading the space they inhabit. But we constantly see that water escapes, it can't be contained.
This workshop is an invitation to discuss how you want to coexist with water in the city of São Paulo, playing amateur soccer.
We will only use one half of the field, one goal. No goalkeeper.
Participants begin in a circle and, as time progresses, spread out across the field. Initially, the ball is in the center of the circle. Anyone who wants to start speaking or express their opinion goes and gets the ball. Those who agree and want to continue speaking ask for the ball, and if anyone wants to say something different or contrary, they steal it or intercept the pass.
It may be that during this process two or more teams—groups of like-minded people—will naturally form.
Scoring a goal, in this process, becomes a way of marking a key point in the discussion for the speaker (or their group).
Vacancies: Minimum 10 participants – maximum 22 participants
Registration:
Registrations must be made by email: alessio.mazzaro@polito.it
Send: Name and contact phone number
Everyone is welcome to participate.
Selection will be made in order of registration.
Registration until September 26th
The workshop will be recorded (audio and video).