Part I: Rio de Janeiro

ENCONTRO INTERNATIONAL DA FAVELA – Rio de Janeiro, March 17-19

  • Co-organized by the Mega-Cities Project 
  • Sponsored by Director of State “Integrated City” program, Ruth Jurberg +
  • The Brazilian Institute of Architects, Marcela Alba +Sergio Magalhaes

 Opening Keynote -Guanabara Palace, Janice and Santiago Uribe- fm Medellin 

Site Visit to Museum of FAVELAS, Cantagalo/ Pavão / Panãozinho favelas

Part II: São Paulo

Perlman invited to be a Board Member of CEFAVALA: a new research center in São Paulo w

Organization financed and hosted trip –will be annual event

Above Left Flier for Perlman talk: “A Gringa’s View:  Six Decades in Rio’s Favelas”

Above Right Jeroen Klink welcome for on campus briefing at Federal University ABC in S.P.

Students, Professors, Professionals and Practitioners from audience  

Meeting with S.P. Councilmember, Nabil Bonduki (center) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabil_Bonduki

his students and staff and  Herminia Maricato who led the movement for urban reform in Brazil and participated in the creation of the Ministry of Cities https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erminia_Maricato

discussion—following my talk on favelas past and present in Rio and S.P.

Meeting with Raquel Rolnik at FAU, USP – Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of São Paulo. Aside from being a professor she has been Director of Planning for the city of São Paulo, Secretary of Urban Programs at the Ministry of Cities and  the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raquel_Rolnik

Below: lunch with members of CEFAVELA council and research directors