Español Português The financing of CAF for the government of the state of São Paulo will favor the integration of the new line of the railway subway system and will allow the connection to the Congonhas airport the executive secretary of the Secretariat of Finance and Planning of the State of São Paulo The loan is structured in four main components: works the monorail will be 7.7 kilometers long and will connect Congonhas airport with Morumbi station “The São Paulo monorail system will have a direct impact on the quality of life of millions of people in the city of São Paulo since it integrates a region that does not yet have a fast transport system connected to the region's railway complex metropolitan Citizens and the local economy will benefit from the structural changes that interconnection and improved mobility generate in large cities ”said Jaime Holguín during the signing event “Such financing is only possible when the investments are good executive secretary of the Fazenda Paulista and noted that the implementation of the monorail favors the environment of the central avenue and minimizes the need for expropriations "The resources invested will facilitate the daily life and mobility of the population of the capital and the metropolitan region of São Paulo." “The authorization of this loan shows that our government is committed to the resumption and delivery of priority works to citizens This value will accelerate the improvement of urban mobility for the people of São Paulo ”said Metropolitan Transportation Secretary Alexandre Baldy info@caf.com Tlf. +58 (212) 209-2111 July 6 (UPI) -- New research suggests the pit house dwellers of Brazil's southern highlands occupied the same houses for centuries maintaining their in habitability though regular repairs Previous radiocarbon dating attempts suggested the proto-Jê pit houses of southern Brazil were intermittently occupied including AMS radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modelling proves a pit house in Campo Belo do Sul was occupied continuously from 1395 to 1650 Though larger communal pit houses were sometimes abandoned the new evidence shows smaller dwellings were continuously inhabited single families or groups of families would reside in the same house -- building floor atop floor and expanding outward as needed Remains of the Campo Belo do Sul pit house revealed 12 preserved floors -- five of them burned and collapsed The preserved architecture shows communities used evolving tools techniques and ceramic materials to repair The ongoing research in Campo Belo do Sul shows the ancient proto-Jê culture featured social hierarchies and inequality Researchers found evidence of differing burial rites for different people They also found evidence of plant cultivation further undermining the theory that the people of southern Brazil were too mobile to cultivate year-round agriculture "We now know more about the way these groups lived that these were marginal cultures in the context of lowland South America," Gregorio de Souza said The new research was recently published in the journal PLOS ONE Metrics details In the highlands of southern Brazil an anthropogenitcally driven expansion of forest occurred at the expense of grasslands between 1410 and 900 cal BP coincident with a period of demographic and cultural change in the region Previous studies have debated the relative contributions of increasing wetter and warmer climate conditions and human landscape modifications to forest expansion but generally lacked high resoltiuon proxies to measure these effects or have relied on single proxies to reconstruct both climate and vegetation we develop and test a model of natural ecosystem distribution against vegetation histories and the archaeological record to distinguish human from temperature and precipitation impacts on the distribution and expansion of Araucaria forests during the late Holocene Carbon isotopes from soil profiles confirm that in spite of climatic fluctuations vegetation was stable and forests were spatially limited to south-facing slopes in the absence of human inputs forest management strategies for the past 1400 years expanded this economically important forest beyond its natural geographic boundaries in areas of dense pre-Columbian occupation suggesting that landscape modifications were linked to demographic changes the effects of which are still visible today In the face of global climate change and intensifying population pressure understanding the drivers of vegetation change is critical for developing appropriate conservation practices to secure global biodiversity A pressing issue is the legacy of past human activity on landscapes Traditional research methods have often been unable to uncouple the causal relationships among humans which can result in ineffectual policy and can unnecessarily negatively impact local economies The keystone species of the forest is the iconic Araucaria tree and the seeds are an abundant and reliable food source that has been a critical component of indigenous economies including the Brazilian Araucaria angustifolia providing a greater resource base that enabled community development did growing populations result in widespread management of the landscape to increase economically important biotic resources no research group has been able to integrate and analyse the relevant datasets in a way to satisfactorily answer this major question (A) Distribution of Southern Jê archaeological sites and the LA soil profile in relation to the extent of the Araucaria forests in southern Brazil (B) Archaeological pilot area of Campo Belo do Sul with archaeological sites and soil profiles in relation to predicted and actual distribution of Araucaria forest (see text) Soil profiles: LA = Lages; LC = Luís Carlos; BA = Baggio; MQ = Mato Queimado; HE = Heraldo Distribution of southern proto-Jê culture across the highlands is directly tied to the distribution of Araucaria forest creating a legacy of cultural and ecological dynamics regional archaeology data and paleoecological data at from the Luis Carlos in Campo Belo do Sul at 8.5ky and 2ky resolution Luis Carlos δ13C isotopic profile of soil organic matter is plotted as an age-depth model based on three AMS dates The 8.5ky record shows increasing precipitation from Sr/Ca and δ18O data in the Botuverá speleothem without a corresponding increase in regional Araucaria vegetation The 2ky record shows the increase in SCPD and vegetation transition beginning prior to the wetter period between ca Pollen data are charted as a percentage of total pollen counts These later climatic conditions favour the adaptations of forest taxa over the declining dry adapted campos inventory pollen based vegetation reconstructions were used by to infer past climatic change exploring the relationship between forest expansion and climate change is highly problematic when the same proxy has been used to reconstruct both Southern Brazil experienced its wettest period in the last 8000 years around 2000–1750 cal BP; however this was followed by a slight drying trend during the onset of major forest expansion (ca Regional population numbers did not begin to recover until the 19th century when loggers began exploiting the Araucaria forests for timber The predicted forest distribution is compared to modern vegetation cover using USGS satellite imagery from 1966 to avoid land cover impacts from the last 50 years of regional development A significant positive correlation is found between the predicted and the actual forest distribution in 1966 (Pearson’s r = 0.232 Above: Predictive model of forest distribution based on bilinear regression using terrain variables (elevation aspect and topographic position index) in Lages (A) and Campo Belo do Sul (B) Below: Actual forest extent in 1966 compared to a model based on aspect and topographic position index in Lages (C) and Campo Belo do Sul (D) stable forest is established on many northern slopes and plateaus which we hypothesise to be due to anthropogenic impacts vegetation histories were assessed against two primary expectations: Under natural conditions vegetation was: i) stable and ii) spatially defined following the natural distribution model Forested plateaus and north-facing slopes changed from grasslands to forests associated with human activity and in grasslands soils from −18.7 to −14.3‰ The mean δ13C for grasslands with shrubs has an intermediate value of −20.0‰ featuring acidic (pH 4.4–6.2) clayey (mean clay content 64.5% w/w) soils nine from the Campo Belo do Sul region and four from the control transect in the Lages area a transect was sampled at Mata Queimada where the north-facing slope is currently covered by grassland with shrubs as well as the south-facing slope are presently forested The north-facing slope sample was taken within 50 m of the stream at the base of the slope The soil displays a stable vegetation history with δ13C values ranging from −18.84‰ to −20.84‰ The upper south-facing slope also has a shallow profile The profile shows increasing inputs from C3 plants through time δ13C values range from −20.18‰ at 25–30 cm with the more depleted upper 5 cm providing a value of −27.32‰ The lower south-facing slope is particularly interesting After fluctuating δ13C values from −20.43‰ at 55–60 cm to enriched δ13C values of −15.97‰ at 25–30 cm there is a depletion to −23.81‰ at 5–10 cm The lower profile suggests a predominantly grassland cover with varying C3 inputs from shrubs and trees The increasing C3 inputs of the upper slope are matched by the results from the plateau a steady increase of C3 inputs is recorded (−18.74‰ to −24.75‰) marking a transition from C4 grassland to forest on the plateau with subsequent increase in C3 inputs to −23.24‰ at 5–10 cm A similar transition is recorded on the plateau vegetation history was dominated by C4 inputs (average −18.29‰ ± 0.58) δ13C values in the upper 25 cm record the replacement of C4 campos taxa with forest vegetation Two further soil profiles tested forested plateaus in close proximity to archaeological sites Both domestic and public architecture are in the vicinity of the Baggio profile The profile shows a transition from a C4 to a C3 dominated landscape Between 55–60 cm and 25–30 cm the vegetation was largely stable grasslands constituted of C4 plants with a mean δ13C value of −16.89‰ ± 0.88 In the upper 25 cm δ13C values are more depleted with C3 inputs becoming dominant by 15–20 cm (−21.7‰) up to the present (−26.64‰) AMS dating of the insoluble humin provides a date of 1324 to 1266 cal BP at 25–30 cm when the vegetation was stable C4 grassland The profile on the plateau at Luis Carlos is in an area rich with pit houses and mounds The profile was collected close to a mound structure with both domestic and ritual components the vegetation signature shows a transition from C4 plant dominance (45 to 20 cm mean δ13C −18.68‰ ± 0.54) to C3 plant vegetation cover (−23.21‰ at 5–10 cm) marking a replacement of C4 grasslands with forest At 969–899 cal BP (20–25 cm) the vegetation was probably associated with a mixture of C4 and C3 plants (−19.06‰) with C3 inputs (−21.14‰) having overtaken by 492–424 cal BP (15–20 cm) Activity at the nearby mound coincides with the transition (474-315 cal BP) Isotopic results (Fig. 4; Supplementary Table S4) corroborate the model of natural vegetation distribution and confirm that human inputs caused the expansion of the forest at the expense of grasslands in Campo Belo do Sul the landscape followed the natural distribution model with forest patches limited to south-facing slopes in a mosaic with C4 grasslands The north-facing and upper south-facing slopes of Mata Queimada both show a history of stable vegetation characterised by grassland and forest signatures as well as the west-facing slope of Heraldo expected grasslands under the model of natural vegetation distribution show a transition in dominant vegetation inputs from the C4 (grassland) signal to C3 (forest) This replacement of grasslands with forest coincides with past human activity indicated by the SCPD (Fig. 2) Vegetation was stable up to the time of initial permanent settlement of the region with C4 grasses present on plateaus at Baggio (ca Vegetation transitions coincided with human activity at Luis Carlos the C3 signal had already begun to replace C4 inputs confirming that the forest expansion was occurring during active occupation of the region and not as a forest invasion of the depopulated post-collapse landscape Representative model of forest distribution under undisturbed conditions (left) in which forest is naturally restricted to south-facing slopes and in areas of archaeological activity (right) in which forest has expanded across the landscape including prolonged relatively dry periods did not result in forest dieback or grassland expansion even after regional population declines had drastically reduced any direct anthropogenic management until 20th century logging vegetation patterns in the control transect correspond with the natural distribution model and remain stable up to the present day including a sustained wet period (the wettest in the history of the area) ca were not enough to cause a vegetation response that could overcome geographic boundaries to vegetation distribution North-facing slopes and plateaus were predicted as grasslands (0) whereas south-facing slopes and valleys were coded as potential areas of forest (1) under natural conditions Thirteen soil test pits were sampled in 5 cm increments Samples from Mata Queimada and the Lages control were collected from transects across valleys with soil profiles collected from the north-facing slope minus the forested north-facing slope due to the width of the Rio Caveiras Single profiles were collected from Baggio and Luis Carlos on forested plateaus that are directly related to archaeological sites Organic carbon is expressed as percentage of dry weight and 13C results are given as δ13C with respect to VPDB standard using the conventional δ (‰) notations: where Rsample and Rstandard are the 13C/12C ratios of the sample and standard The test studies show that in the absence of charcoal the humin fraction is a reliable material for 14C dating in soils the humin fraction ages could be assumed as the minimum ages for carbon in soils The chronology for the LC core relies on three 14C dates in an age-depth model constructed in Bacon v2.2 within R Bulk-sediment soil profile material was collected for conventional AMS radiocarbon dating Radiocarbon ages were calibrated within Bacon using SHCal13 and modelled using Student-t test distributions with wide tails to negate the need of identifying and removing potential outliers in the age-depth model Age-depth model mean accumulation rate priors in Bacon were calculated using the 14C chronology (acc.mean = 58 and memory priors were set slightly below default so that the model would capture accumulation rate changes driven by variable sediment delivery from the catchment (mem.strength = 2; mem.mean = 0.3) Model means and 2σ age distributions were calculated from Markov chain Monte Carlo age-depth iterations through the soil profile This procedure is necessary because a sum of the calibrated dates assumes that observations are independent whereas this is not the case when multiple dates were obtained for single sites or phases within them The final filtered dataset contained 134 dates the filtered SCPD is highly correlated with an SCPD built with all available radiocarbon dates (Pearson’s r2 = 0.97) we plotted the frequencies of sites by 100 year bins using the median of the calibrated dates each site being counted only once per time bin All data needed to evaluate the conclusions in the paper are present in the paper and/or the Supplementary Materials Additional data related to this paper may be requested from the authors Biodiversity hotspots for 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partnered with Ball State to immerse 10 YLAI Fellows into 10 Muncie organizations for reciprocal expertise sharing and learning  Muncie Action Plan was among the 10 organizations chosen by Ball State University’s Center of International Development to host a YLAI Fellow Having worked closely with MAP and MAP community partners YLAI Fellow and Brazilian non-profit entrepreneur Andre’ Dumont studied MAP’s “connector” role in Muncie and Delaware County’s non-profit atmosphere  Dumont is also a performance optimization professional for IBM Dumont is a leader and social entrepreneur for Projeto Soprar where he works to organize an impoverished and criminally-oppressed Jardim Campo Belo neighborhood of 100,000 residents in São Paulo  While similar in structure and approach to the organizing work of MAP and Building Better Neighborhoods Instead of working with elected neighborhood presidents as MAP does Dumont and his organization Projecto Soprar work with complex and fragmented neighborhood leaders who face economic Dumont forms functional collaborations between them with the goal of improving the educational economic and health outcomes in his community Dumont is pleased to see the strong connectivity and collaboration efforts in Muncie and wants to implement MAP’s model of collaboration in Brazil "Muncie's people and the business community are warm Dumont reports “Projeto Soprar offers educational and social aid using their Instrumental Enrichment Program (IEP) created by Dr Educational quality improvement is a major concern Their initiatives include providing additional services is the most vulnerable neighborhood within the metropolitan region where education and disconnect from socioeconomic classes are prevalent “The program currently has 60 children and their families participating in the educational program From these participants they learn how to implement project quality improvements and how to develop a customized method for supporting the population there." the team at Projecto Soprar will have completed their goal to build a community center headquarters in Jardim Campo Bello their goal is to relinquish project ownership to the community as it matures when aid from the program is no longer needed Dumont is pursuing a MBA in Project Management at Fundação Getúlio Vargas and has earned a technician degree in Biochemistry and a Bachelor's Degree in Economics To learn more about Andre's organization in Brazil, please visit: http://projetosoprar.org.br/ BY5 works to depoliticize and expand early childhood learning One issue where Indiana’s gubernatorial candidates found common ground during the election of 2016 was of critical importance to Muncie’s future: education On the table was the topic of pre-kindergarten and how access to high-quality pre-K programs can set our children up for success in school and beyond There’s agreement across the aisle that opportunities for happy healthy lives begin at birth and continues in high-quality pre-K programs While our local and state Republican and Democrat might disagree on approaches to expanding access to early learning one thing is clear: Pre-K is an idea whose time has come and our state legislators should make every effort to support the momentum building for it in Muncie and communities across Indiana We know the most important development in a child’s brain occurs before age 5 and pre-K enables educators to reach children at this critical stage in life Children who attend pre-K are much more likely to enter elementary school pre-pared to learn Their success translates into short- and long-term positive outcomes for Muncie families as well as progress for Delaware County and the whole state That’s why 7 out of 10 Hoosier voters support a bold expansion of pre-K to many more low-income families in the next legislative session according to a representative statewide poll And through an effort called All IN 4 Pre-K communities all over the state are voicing their desire for pre-K programs that help children build much-needed skills This groundswell of support is driven in part by the fact that thousands of Hoosier children still lack access to quality pre-K pro-grams or remain on waiting lists for the limited number of quality slots available close to 50% of children have no opportunity to participate in a high-quality preschool experience Many of these families are considered ALICE (asset-limited State Senator Tim Lanane and State Representative Sue Errington have acted to increase access to high-quality pre-K many of our state leaders on both sides of the aisle have signaled their willing-ness to tackle this important issue and we look forward to seeing them work together to create a locally-driven pre-K solution that gives families a choice Indiana legislators should support a proposal to provide scholar-ships and grants to enable many more 4-year-old children from low-income families to attend high-quality pre-K programs pre-K leads to stronger Kindergarten readiness and a significant return on investment to Indiana’s economy If the statements made by Indiana’s gubernatorial campaigns are any indication Indiana has the political will to expand pre-K in the next legislative session As our lawmakers craft a budget that builds on the tremendous gains we’ve made in education investing in pre-K should be a top priority The time is now to make a significant down payment that will ensure Indiana’s next generation of leaders have the chance to flourish in school and in life BY5 reports there are 3 preschool programs to open in 2017; Storer Elementary and Grissom Elementary will each have preschool classrooms with 20 slots available but on a sliding scale with no one paying more than $50; this pre-school site still has open slots available Both these pre-schools will open on January 17 Grissom’s preschool is free and accepts children from these school districts: Grissom This preschool is currently full but is maintaining a wait list because it demonstrates high demand in the community for quality pre-K education The Ross Center preschool will open on February 1 but due to building restrictions it will not be able to be formally on Paths to Quality the curriculum will still be a high quality curriculum contact Carrie at 765-216-7423 or Huffer Childcare Resource and Referral (for Ross Preschool) at 765-284-0887 Carrie Bale is a MAP board member and Executive Director of Muncie’s BY5 Early Childhood Initiative Learn about Indiana’s pre-K efforts at www.allin4prek.com Learn about Muncie and Delaware County Early Childhood efforts at www.muncieby5.org and www.facebook.com/munciedelawareB5/ Creative crosswalks coming to a Muncie neighborhood The collaboration of the Muncie Arts and Culture Council and Ball State University’s College of Architecture and Planning produced a workshop series that began an initiative to bring artistic crosswalks to neighborhoods throughout Muncie Creative Crosswalks are among the many efforts to beautify Muncie’s neighborhoods through art look for more of Muncie’s neighborhoods to take part in public art projects Building Better Neighborhoods and MAP Task Force 2 reports that Muncie’s 8twelve Coalition is comprised of residents non-profits and businesses working toward the common goal of revitalization Muncie’s 8twelve Coalition targeted the area of North Eighth Street as this neighborhood includes several important stakeholders including the Ross Community Center and the Muncie Mission much of the housing stock is in need of repair and there are a number of abandoned properties with overgrown lots Spearheaded by Habitat for Humanity Muncie and funded by the Vectren Foundation a neighborhood revitalization plan was created in 2015 as the result of several community meetings A steering committee was formed and several committees are focusing on efforts to improve housing beautify the area and support local businesses a $70,000 Lowes Foundation grant was awarded to the coalition which provided funding for coalition building window boarding and exterior beautification Additional funding from the Ball Brothers Foundation was awarded in 2016 to support administrative and programming costs Beautification and Housing) will continue work into 2017 with additional window boarding and urban gardening projects along with rehab and new build projects spearheaded by Habitat and ecoREHAB For more information about the 8twelve coalition please contact Ray Montagno at Habitat for Humanity at rmontagno@munciehabitat.org or (765) 286-5739 More information is also available online at www.facebook.com/8twelvecoalition/ MAP coordinator Aimee Fant helped compile information for this report You're invited to the Public Report to the Community at 6 p.m Exclusive: Analysis finds favelas hit by fire in São Paulo have land values 76% higher than average casting new doubt on official explanation of poor housing A spate of fires in the favelas of São Paulo in recent years appears to be concentrated on more expensive land, a Guardian Cities and Agência Pública investigation can reveal The finding is likely to further concerns that many fires are being started deliberately despite a controversial parliamentary commission in 2012 on the matter which ended inconclusively found that the land value of 80 favelas hit by fire was 76% higher than the average for informal housing in the city The numbers came from Civil Defence records between 2008 and 2012 The investigation also found that fires occurred more frequently in city districts with higher property values More than 1.5 million people live in 1,700 favelas across São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil: favela consumed by fire GuardianNevertheless As the value of land in São Paulo continues to rise there is increasing pressure to raze favelas and to move the people who live there fire broke out in the Levanta Saia favela in Campo Belo Thirteen fire trucks fought the blaze as families spilled on to the streets with the few belongings they could recover held a small glass in his hands with his remaining possessions: a toothbrush and toothpaste Ramon said it is the seventh time he and his mother have lost their home to fire He previously lived in the Favela do Piolho or “Lice Favela” which was almost entirely consumed by fire in September 2014 destroying roughly 80% of dwellings and leaving 264 families homeless It was the second blaze there in two years Although the wooden shacks and mess of wiring continue to pose a fire risk the wider Campo Belo area is well-served by public transport “We live in a neighbourhood where [property] speculation is out of the ordinary,” says Rudnéia Arantes View image in fullscreenFelipe Ramon whose house in the Levanta a Saia favela burned down at the weekend holds his remaining possessions: a toothbrush and toothpaste Photograph: Iuri Barcellos/Agência PúblicaAuthorities have generally attributed the frequency of fires in favelas to poor-quality infrastructure and population density while denying any link to the value of the land A parliamentary commission of inquiry set up in 2012 to look into such allegations concluded: “We’re not able to speak of criminal fires motivated by real estate interests as up to now there’s no evidence leading to it.” But the Guardian and Pública analysis showed that the average commercial value of favelas struck by fire in 2013 was R$291 (£68)/sq m (using estimates by the real estate association Secovi) while a random sample of 460 favelas the same year had an average commercial value of only R$166/sq m Occupation Esperança is still recovering from a major fire last SeptemberMoreover the analysis revealed that fires were more frequent in richer areas 23 fires – about 29% of those analysed – happened in the 15 districts with the city’s highest real estate values home to less than 10% (145) of São Paulo’s favelas where the majority of the city’s favelas are found there were 52 fires: one blaze for every 29 communities compared with one for every six in the richest districts The fire department registered no fewer than 1,648 favela fires between 2001 and 2012; in 2016 there were 202 Each new fire stokes an old suspicion: that the fires are deliberately lit by groups linked to real estate investments in the area a parliamentary commission of inquiry was set up to look into such allegations alongside investigations by police and municipal bodies View image in fullscreenA woman cries after fleeing a fire in the periferia of São Paulo Photograph: JF Diorio/EPAIts final report was ambiguous concluding that the fires had occurred because of “a sum of factors” flammable construction materials and poor-quality electrical installations for only holding six of its 13 scheduled meetings after the rest were cancelled due to poor attendance In addition, the Brazilian news portal UOL revealed in 2012 that every member of the commission was taking campaign donations from real estate companies. The president of the commission, Ricardo Teixeira, received R$464,000 from property firms to finance his run for city councillor. Following the 2012 fire at Favela do Piolho, a fire department report warned that poor infrastructure put the community at continued risk. After the next fire in 2014 questions were raised about whether the city had failed to take the necessary steps to prevent further blazes. The matter is reportedly under investigation by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Housing and Urban Planning, although a recent city council report suggested no resources had yet been allocated to it. Carla Aparecida’s house burned down in both fires: first in 2012 and again in 2014 blazes. “It took me over a year to rebuild … and when only one refrigerator was left for me [to replace], the [other] fire came,” says the 34-year-old. “It burned everything, everything, everything.” After the 2014 fire, Aparecida says she was offered emergency aid from City Hall – conditional on her leaving the region. She accepted, although she eventually returned to Favela do Piolho and now lives with her five children in a much smaller shack of just 4 sq m. Another way some residents suspect they are encouraged to leave neighbourhoods after fires is what they say is the fire department’s frequently slow reaction. They also report that support after fires is patchy. City Hall insists that any decrease in post-fire aid funding is due to residents submitting improper and inconsistent registration data. Observers point to the increasing tendency in São Paulo to evict informal communities, rather than improve them. Read more“It used to be a part of redevelopment plans that the city would accommodate affected communities,” says Margareth Matiko coordinator of urbanism at the Pólis Institute “What has happened is that governments have begun to adopt the policy of withdrawing the population in order to build large urban projects such as in the case of the Urban Espraiada Water Operation.” That development plan aimed to improve transit social housing and leisure spaces in the wealthy Pinheiros district and has seen more than 11,000 families moved to new areas Another 2012 investigation into favela fires from the Public Ministry’s Special Action Group on Combating Crime was deemed inconclusive and closed The analysis was carried out using data from the City of São Paulo and Secovi 2024The Atelier House of Tomie Ohtake.Photo: Ruy TeixeiraSave this storySaveSave this storySaveWhen I arrive at the atelier house of the late contemporary artist Tomie Ohtake in São Paulo In a city known for its sky-high offices and apartment buildings the one-story concrete home in the Campo Belo neighborhood is singular in the quintessential style of Brazilian Brutalism—which evolved from the Modernist tradition and thrived from the 1950s into the late 1970s—but the façade curves as if in a wave Usually closed to the public, I can tour the home because it’s one of two selected residences for the third edition of ABERTO an arts platform founded by the Brazilian art advisor Filipe Assis that’s always held within a private home built by the country’s top architects Within Tomie Ohtake’s house is a selection of works by prominent female Brazilian artists like Maria Klabin and Solange Pessoa to honor the late Brazilian-Japanese artist’s legacy while in the Morumbi neighborhood in the former residence of Chu Ming Silveira works by artists like Mira Schendel and Lygia Clark are on exhibit Silveira—a Brazilian-Chinese architect and artist known as the designer of the Orelhão the iconic egg-shaped telephone booth seen throughout the country—built her residence in the early 1970s in the Brutalist style “This year’s ABERTO is a tribute to both iconic female artists and their significant contributions to Brazilian design,” explains Assis as he takes me on a tour of both residences we hope to raise awareness of Brazil’s top artists while celebrating São Paulo’s architectural heritage.” which opened in July and offers over 30 bedrooms with interior design inspired by the Brazilian Modernist movement The premier suite at the Rosewood Sao Paulo While development in the city shows no sign of slowing platforms like ABERTO are more important than ever to protect the city’s architectural heritage Due to São Paulo’s expanding urban landscape many iconic Modernist and Brutalist homes are being demolished in favor of commercial and residential towers “I couldn’t stand by and witness the demolition of architectural gems in São Paulo,” says Assis “That’s why we are working to preserve and celebrate our architectural heritage they will intrinsically understand their value.” showcases some of the first edition pieces of furniture Bo Bardi designed including a six-piece set of her iconic brass ball armchairs part of Carmona’s work is ensuring her designs land in the homes of aesthetes who appreciate the late artist's work a property in the Pinheiros neighborhood that opened this May and was designed by the famed architect Arthur Mattos Casas This year, one of Bo Bardi’s most iconic creations—the Museu de Arte de São Paulo which she designed between 1957 and 1968—will receive a massive upgrade: a 14-story extension known as the Pietro Maria Bardi Building which is set to include five exhibition galleries and two multi-use galleries over doubling the museum’s exhibition space I visit Luisa Strina at her eponymous gallery which she founded in 1974 as one of Brazil's first female gallerists there wasn’t a gallery like this,” says Luisa Strina from behind her desk—a piece by Joaquim Tenreiro who is often cited as the father of Brazilian modernism—who noted Brazil was a closed country to imports and exports until the 1980s “I was the only person who represented contemporary artists.” for a walk through the latest exhibition: drawings on rice paper by the late Brazilian contemporary artist Mira Schendal “Many of Brazil’s female artists weren’t recognized enough when they were alive,” says Mazzucchellia The Danish Home Lighting Trend That Can Improve Your Mental Health In America’s Cities, Saunas Are Becoming the Hottest Social Spot Millie Bobby Brown Shares Her Favorite Paella Recipe—and Details About Her Wedding to Jake Bongiovi A Day-by-Day Guide to Hiking the Legendary Nakasendo Trail in Japan Never miss a Vogue moment and get unlimited digital access for just $2 $1 per month a digital art and architecture exhibition and marketplace Aberto is an innovative exhibition platform that celebrates Brazilian art and design within modernist homes and monuments designed by prominent architects A patron of the Tate Modern and Serpentine Gallery as well as an art consultant Assis explains: “Aberto has its roots in the iconic Modern Art Week of 1922 a milestone that brought together Brazilian artists and laid the foundation for creative intersection between the various disciplines This event inspired our continued desire to explore Brazilian modernism and its relevance in contemporary culture where art The concept is to showcase art and design products in extraordinary and little-known locations While the first edition in 2022 took place inside Oscar Niemeyer’s only private residence in São Paulo and the second in a house by architect Villanova Artigas a leading figure in the Paulista School of Architecture Aberto/03 will be held in two brutalist houses from the 1970s The two current locations are The Atelier House of Tomie Ohtake designed in 1968 by the Brazilian architect Ruy Ohtake in the Campo Belo district for his mother 1.800 Campo Belo); and The Houses – Residence of Chu Ming Silveira designed by the visionary Chinese-Brazilian architect in the Morumbi district (Rua República Dominicana has organized an exhibition on the life and work of Tomie with personal objects as well as an exhibition of works by contemporary Brazilian artists that resonate with the architectural style of Ruy Ohtake presents a special limited edition of pieces curated by Etel Gallery and new works by rising stars of Brazilian art Antonio Tarsis Sophia Loeb and Yuli Yamagata alongside works by established artists including Ana Prata Luiz Zerbini and Alexandre da Cunha who will present his Ikebana sculptures There will also be a super 8 film by Luiz Roque about the architect Ruy Ohtake The concrete and glass structure of The Houses hosts a selection of proposals by the designer’s son alongside reinterpretations of original works that his mother conceived for the house the art exhibition curated by Kiki Mazzucchelli will feature recent works by artist Anna Maria Maiolino recently awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale as well as important historical works by pop-feminist artist Wanda Pimentel from her Envolvimentos series which depicts parts of the female body merging into domestic environments A rare selection of works by Lygia Pape and Lygia Clark from the 1950s and 1960s as well as one of Alfredo Volpi’s masterpieces from the 1950s The largest diffusion magazine in the luxury & design world Privacy Policy(function (w,d) {var loader = function () {var s = d.createElement("script") tag = d.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.src="https://cdn.iubenda.com/iubenda.js"; tag.parentNode.insertBefore(s,tag);}; if(w.addEventListener){w.addEventListener("load" false);}else if(w.attachEvent){w.attachEvent("onload" loader);}else{w.onload = loader;}})(window View upcoming auction estimates and receive personalized email alerts for the artists you follow A stellar curation of stirring contemporary works and archival material expose the links between labor and health No doubt these visualisations may draw from personal experiences but they are also influenced by romanticised depictions of the tropics in popular culture Three years after many institutions promised to diversify their offerings and start anew signs of an expanded canon have finally arrived The basement is found at the very bottom of a building where hiding places and isolation are sought We find them a safe harbour from an early age for storing food or essential tools that sustain life outside Prisons or dog kennels are connected to the basement – they are places of inertia Henrique Biatto finds a place to investigate the duality between the finesse of his pieces and this crude setting This dialogue is born out of careful observation of the animal world as looking at animals means acknowledging our own humanity The things we find in common with them are also what sets us apart and vice versa whilst never overlooking the fact that animals also look at us – especially the dog an animal we directly associate with Canil (kennel) which is the title of Henrique Biatto’s first solo exhibition A guide is always needed to help us navigate the darkness and the dog is the one helping us find our way We find in a dog the direction and sense of smell to guide us through the unknown The Egyptian dog god Anubis used to lead us to the world of the dead but never before having weighed our hearts and thus assessed our goodness Henrique Biatto appears to draw on the mysticism of the dog guiding us through this basement’s secrets buries and hides countless objects with magical powers that eagerly await our presence and detection Henrique Biatto’s work often makes reference to animal issues the processes of domesticating or controlling nature we encounter a series of objects referring to the act of pruning a technique used in gardening or agriculture to renew a plant or make it more productive We notice an inert but action-oriented area in the gloves The same happens in Garrafa [Gênesis] (2023) a direct reference to Belo Campo’s past as a winery The tension between the wine bottle and the hammer striking its neck without any support from human hands implies an abandonment motion because the cellar is always melancholy and oblivion a series of tiny ceramic pieces resembling a rat community Eight curious rodents interact with a Belo Campo generator they display tenacity through their ability to chew through any surface and survive in the most hostile environments Weapons and tools are how humans control the environment around them the artist sets a trap for the viewer with a work obstructing the passageway to the exhibition’s last room The audience has the choice of entering or not If up until this point the spectator had been a docile and curious dog this is when we are brought a step closer to the wild animal on the verge of falling into a danger zone The threat intensifies beyond this barrier with the works Focinheiras (2023) ceramic pieces featuring animal domestication tools where to look closely at animals is to find in oneself an essence that leads us back to a primordial condition Canil is a place of domestication that reveals the tension within human-animal relations a dualistic bond of both worship and sacrifice The magic of the animal world’s structures loaded with variables beyond human control can be found in our observations of the animal world Their silence leaves them outside the realm of human beings and that this is why they are similar to us To stare into an animal’s eyes is to know that we cross paths in death that we ultimately return to earth with them The exhibition is on show at Belo Campo until April 20 [1] Lariviere, Serge. (2019). “Canine | Mammal.” In Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/animal/canine.[2] Berger, John. (1980/2009). Why Look at Animals?. London: Penguin Books, p. 13. 1996) has a degree in Multimedia Art - Audiovisuals from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Universidade de Lisboa She did an internship in the Lisbon Municipal Archive Video Library where she collaborated with the project TRAÇA in the digitization of family videos in film format She recently finished her postgraduate degree in Art Curatorship at NOVA/FCSH where she was part of the collective of curators responsible for the exhibition “Na margem da paisagem vem o mundo” and began collaborating with the Umbigo magazine Subscribe to the Newsletter (EN Version)! I accept the Privacy Policy Subscribe Umbigo Ancestors of the Jê group lived in pit houses and cultivated cassava and beans in the Santa Catarina highlands a thousand years ago New archaeological studies have put to the test the traditional view concerning the indigenous peoples of the Jê linguistic branch who lived between present-day southern São Paulo State and northern Rio Grande do Sul state in the first half of the previous millennium Recent excavations at sites in the highlands of Santa Catarina state indicate that these groups—ancestors of Indians of the present-day Kaingang and Laklãnõ/Xokleng ethnic groups—were more than simply hunter-gatherers who led a nomadic life with a well-defined social hierarchy and no fixed residence They practiced agriculture and were able to live for long periods in pit houses most likely for protection from the cold climate of that region A series of studies further suggests that the proto-Jê as experts now call these pre-Colombian peoples had considerable knowledge of their natural surroundings knew to some extent how to manage the araucária (Brazilian pine) forest and were capable of shaping the local landscape Their extensive interaction with the southern highlands landscapes is an important indicator of the ancient way of life of the proto-Jê who generally inhabited inland areas of Brazil and were adversaries of the peoples of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family The latter were a more populous group typically associated with coastal areas and the lowlands of the great fluvial plains A paper describing an oversized pit house built by the proto-Jê published in the scientific journal PLOS One in July 2016 illustrates some of the hypotheses concerning this new focus researchers from the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at the University of São Paulo (MAE-USP) as well as the University of Exeter and the University of Reading describe a house with 12 archaeological layers of occupation at the Baggio I site in Campo Belo do Sul The international team used the carbon-14 method to date samples of charcoal found in each of the house’s 12 layers. Between the deepest, oldest layer and the shallowest, most recent layer of the site where the house was built, the chronology that they obtained is practically continuous. “The house shows evidence of periodic renovations, including roof-burning rituals,” says Brazilian archaeologist Jonas Gregório de Souza, who is pursuing his doctorate at the University of Exeter. Rafael Corteletti | Macarena Cárdenas Remnants of plants that existed in the Santa Catarina highlands in the era of the proto-Jê, such as araucária pollen (at left), are studied for clues on forest expansionRafael Corteletti | Macarena Cárdenas Surrounding the oversized house at the Baggio I site, which sits at the highest point in the area at an elevation of 1000 m, there are seven smaller pit houses between 2 m and 5 m in diameter. On the outskirts of this village are funeral sites, popularly known as danceiros, consisting of circular earthen structures and funeral mounds. The danceiros can exceed 150 m in diameter. In lower areas of the site, there is a group of eight houses with diameters of 2.5 m to 7 m. Gregorio de Souza et al / Plos One Blackened fragments of ceramics indicate the use of containers for cooking foodGregorio de Souza et al / Plos One Ana Luiza Koehler Artistic rendering of the pit houses built by the proto-JêAna Luiza Koehler If they devoted time to some form of agriculture then they most likely had settled in the region continuous occupation of some houses in the Santa Catarina highlands as appears to be the case with the oversized house at the Baggio I site the clues that the ancestors of the present-day Kaingang and Laklãnõ/Xokleng cultivated the land are at odds with the more traditional idea that these native people remained nomads until they began to decline That more widespread view holds that the proto-Jê had a seasonal economy which forced them to alternate between the highlands and the coast to survive the ancient Indian populations generally moved to escarpment areas and the coast in spring and summer due to the scarcity of natural resources in the highlands during the hotter seasons and returned to the mountainous areas in the fall when pine nuts—their principal source of food—could be harvested our research indicates that the proto-Jê were also farmers and were able to establish residence in certain places,” DeBlasis suggests cassava and beans—two of the plants found at the Bonin site—can be harvested in spring and summer which in theory clashes with the idea that resources were scarce during the hot season in the highlands To study how these ancient peoples occupied sections of the coast and the escarpments of the Santa Catarina mountains the international project is also conducting excavations at archaeological sites in two additional low-lying areas The present-day Kaingang and Laklãnõ/Xokleng ethnic groups descend from the ancient southern Jê peoples The relationship of the proto-Jê to the araucária forest and pine nuts is an intriguing subject in the minds of archaeologists The first pit houses associated with these peoples date back to 300 BC But the development of this type of construction which is found at approximately a hundred archaeological sites in the states of Rio Grande do Sul occurred circa AD 1000—precisely when the araucária forest was greatly expanding One possible interpretation for this coincidence is that the growth of the araucária forest which provided food for the native peoples and attracted the animals that they hunted made it possible for the proto-Jê to disperse Some researchers raise the possibility that the increased coverage of the araucária forest may have been stimulated The Indians likely used selective tree-cutting and thereby promoted araucária propagation The Chilean paleoecologist Macarena Cárdenas a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Reading She has collected samples of sediments from depths of up to 2 m at sites in the four areas where the project is conducting excavations which can contain preserved remnants (pollen charcoal) of the vegetation that occurred over the past 8,000 years she is constructing models of the growth of the area occupied by araucárias in Santa Catarina “We are going to study the vegetation in different areas over time and compare it with the distribution of the proto-Jê people,” the researcher explains there are indications that the management of palm trees promoted the expansion of human occupation in the past Perhaps araucárias played an important role in the South.” Léo Ramos Chaves Pieces from the lithic industry at the Bastos site in Dourado now the oldest in the stateLéo Ramos Chaves Identified two years ago on land in the municipality of Dourado approximately 50 kilometers from São Carlos the Bastos archaeological site holds remnants of humans’ presence in the state of São Paulo that date back 12,600 years according to a study published in the journal Palaeoindian Archaeology in December 2016 Researchers found 449 pieces forged by human hands most of which were flakes of silicified sandstone Six samples of charcoal and one of organic matter removed from different geological layers associated with the lithic pieces “These data make Bastos the state’s oldest site the leader of the team that made the discovery and a researcher with the University of São Paulo’s Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (MAE-USP) we are showing that the state’s interior contains important archaeological sites.” A few other pieces are being analyzed using a different method No human skeletons have been found in Bastos; thus researchers still do not know whether Paleoindians settled in Dourado earlier than 10,000 years ago who participated in the excavations at Bastos have been conducting systematic field trips to search for new evidence of the first human occupations in the state of São Paulo the owner of a coffee plantation in that municipality contacted the researcher and offered his property to be used for excavations “He had already found some archaeological material there but he had no idea what it was,” Araujo says Léo Ramos Chaves Arrowheads found at the Caetetuba site in São Manuel which were dated at nearly 11,000 years oldLéo Ramos Chaves The researchers made three trips to the area Bastos was the locale of two different occupations in prehistory: an older occupation from approximately 12,500 years ago and another more recent occupation dating analysis of samples of charcoal from the Alice Boer site in Rio Claro yielded an age of 14,000 years but those results are disputed by many archaeologists Araujo found another ancient site in Dourado: Lagoa do Camargo 1 which dating analysis placed at 10,500 years old In the same issue of the journal Palaeoindian Archaeology a team from the firm Zanettini Arqueologia reports the discovery of another locale with very old Paleoindian artifacts in inland São Paulo The Caetetuba site in the municipality of São Manuel yielded nearly 3,500 fragments and artifacts from a lithic industry of human origin that was established there nearly 11,000 years ago according to dating analysis of charcoal samples taken from the site Notable among the materials recovered are arrowheads made of silexite in addition to plano-convex scrapers made of silicified sandstone © Revista Pesquisa FAPESP - All rights reserved Celebrating the work of Asian-Brazilian women the Aberto3 exhibition occupies the studio-home of the famous artist This weekend sees the third edition of Aberto a traveling exhibition that takes art to “unusual” places outside museums and galleries the circuit will occupy the homes of two Asian-Brazilian women: architect Chu Ming Silveira This will be the first time that Ohtake’s studio-house will be open to visitors Aberto3 will be available until September 15 with tickets starting at R$30 available on the official website Aberto aims to celebrate modern Brazilian art inside the homes and landmarks of Brazilian architects took place in a residence signed by Oscar Niemeyer featuring furniture designed by him and his daughter Aberto will for the first time occupy two simultaneous spaces who designed it for his mother Tomie Ohtake features brutalist architecture with plenty of use of concrete and a beautiful garden with tropical species designed by Tomie with the help of landscaper Burle Marx The space also features the artist’s practically untouched studio which is being shown to the public for the first time The second house is by Sino-Brazilian architect Chu Ming Silveira which will be given a colorful touch by the works on display at Aberto3 This is also the first time that the house will be available to the public Tomie Ohtake’s studio-house is located at Rua Antonio de Macedo Soares Chu Ming Silveira’s home is on 327 República Dominicana Street (Real Parque) Don’t miss the chance to see them up close You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Brazil - March 2023 - The Salesian post-novitiate community of the "São Vicente" Institute in Campo Grande participated in the opening Mass of the Curatorium on March 2 Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori" Province of Campo Grande (BCG) The Salesian formators concelebrated were Fr Ricardo Carlos welcomed the newly professed who joined the post-novitiate community and began their philosophical studies at the Catholic University "Dom Bosco." There are eight young people from the three Provinces that make up the Curatorium of Campo Grande: Alison Penha Yuri Carvalho (Belo Horizonte); Arthur da Rocha the post-novices received the Community Life Project for the year 2023 ANS - “Agenzia iNfo Salesiana” is a on-line almost daily publication the communication agency of the Salesian Congregation enrolled in the Press Register of the Tibunal of Rome as n 153/2007 This site also uses third-party cookies to improve user experience and for statistical purposes By scrolling through this page or by clicking on any of its elements Brazil - January 2023 - Eight novices from the Salesian Provinces of Manaus (BMA) and Belo Horizonte (BBH) made their First Religious Profession on January 31 in Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in Barbacena and Salesians belonging to the BBH Province Opened on the same night, the exhibitions Patrícia by José Pedro Cortes and Bestas de Mané Pacheco are respectively at Galeria Francisco Fino and Belo Campo, an autonomous venue in the basement where the old Francisco Fino wine cellar used to be. We meet Patrícia in the first room. The four video projections in José Pedro Cortes’ installation show clips of Patrícia Mamona’s training routine, the triple jump athlete who broke records and won the Silver Medal for Portugal at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The artist followed and recorded Patrícia’s workouts in preparation for the event. We notice the athlete’s precision and focus, which ignores the presence of the camera near her. Her body works consciously on what is known and familiar to her. Close-up shots of the repetition and strength movements, through jumps and equipment, take turns in the screening, while in the speakers we hear the gym in the background. Between breaks and moments of rest, Patrícia works with one objective, to extend the limits of her body in rhythms that change over time. The screening varies in subtle framing differences and in the colours of the objects that follow her in this routine, puzzling us in relation to the passing of the days. The exhibition’s lighting comes only from the projected images and, on one of the gallery’s walls, a set of photographs portrays crucial instants of the moment of competition. From José Pedro Cortes’ everyday realism, we move on to Mané Pacheco’s dichotomous fiction. As we descend the stairs at the end of Galeria Francisco Fino, we find Belo Campo. Hidden, the venue quickly stimulates the mystery of the unknown that surrounds Bestas, Mané Pacheco’s exhibition, with seven works from 2022. In the first moment, Besta is an invitation to enter the artist’s fantastic imagination. The installation made with ropes, chains, rubber strips and metal hardware reminds us of the BDSM world and domination relations. The smell of rubber makes the ritualistic atmosphere more intense. Besta is the only piece that is not by itself, the joints of bodies suspended in balance fill the first of Belo Campo’s three rooms. The exhibition recalls the Amazonian mythology of the Seringueira (Hevea brasiliensis), also known as the rubber tree, which produces the latex from which the material often used by the artist in her creations. The exhibition text has fragments of the folklores of the Amazonian communities, told by the rubber tappers of Acre, with legends of the rubber tree; superstitions and creatures that haunt those who do not respect the ecosystem and the forest entities. After an everyday portrait and an immersion in the usual and known, we enter the opposite universe: the extraordinary and mysterious. Conscious and unconscious, reality and fantasy, presence, and escape. Certain things are connected through relationships of opposition. Patrícia is at Galeria Francisco Fino until October 15, 2022, and Bestas at Belo Campo until October 28, 2022. Graduated in Fine Arts at the State University of Minas Gerais (UEMG) and postgraduate in Art Curatorship at Nova University of Lisbon (FCSH) Participated in group shows in Brazil and organized the exhibitions Canil (2024) Deslize (2023) and O horizonte é o meio (2022) Contributes with Umbigo Magazine with essays and works on the platform's international partnerships creating dialogues and imaginaries between spaces and artistic processes THE BODY of a strangled teenage girl has been discovered tied to a tree in a deserted woods a 15-year-old boy admitting to the killing 14-year-old Ana Kemilli’s remains were stumbled upon by passersby in Campo Belo do Sul, Brazil on Wednesday night. Young Ana was last seen alive two days before the chilling discovery, on Monday, 8th February. She had been making her way home in the afternoon after going out with friends. Ana’s family contacted the police when she failed to return home, and the fire brigade began searching for her the following morning with the help of sniffer dogs. The search team found a sandal belonging to Ana in a wooded area, and tragically, shortly after her dead body was discovered by locals. Authorities revealed the teenage girl’s body was found in a seated position, with her hands tied up. According to the police, Ana’s body displayed no visible signs of violence or sexual assault. However it’s chilling and unexplained abandonment in the woods left them with many questions. An autopsy later revealed that the teenage girl was strangled to death. A 15-year-old boy has now handed himself in to the police, reportedly confessing his involvement in the crime. The boy lives close to the victim and also went missing the day after Ana’s disappearance - with his family reporting him as missing the day her body was found. Police officer Tiago Gomes told local media the 15-year-old boy has not yet revealed his motive. He added the boy had ‘taken advantage’ of his right to silence.   Officer Gomes went on: “There is the possibility that others are involved, but it will have to be investigated if there were or not." The boy has since been placed in preventive detention, and his identity has not been disclosed. Local residents are said to be shocked by the crime, with Ana’s heartbroken family speaking of their devastation. Ana was buried in Campo Belo do Sul on 12th February The police are currently investigating the case as a femicide - the intentional murder of women and girls Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/