Program Overview

2nd International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Spatial Methods for Urban Sustainability (SMUS Conference) &
1st RC33 Regional Conference “Latin America: Brazil” in cooperation with ESA RN21 “Quantitative Methods”

08‒10.09.2022, Online Conference hosted by the University of São Paulo (Brazil)

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Day 1 – Thursday, September 8th, 2022

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08:00 – 08:30    Opening Ceremony (Youtube)
08:00 – 08:30    Introduction + Moderation: Fraya Frehse (SMUS Conference Brazil Coordinator + Lead Partner + Action
08:00 – 08:30    Speaker, University of São Paulo)
08:00 – 08:30    Nina Baur (SMUS Director + Action Speaker, Technische Universität Berlin)
08:00 – 08:30    Leopoldo Waizbort (Dean of Department of Sociology, University of São Paulo)
08:00 – 08:30    Fabíola Gerbase (Deputy Director + Communication Coordinator, DAAD Brazil)
08:00 – 08:30    Martina Hackelberg (German Consul General in São Paulo)
08:00 – 08:30    Maria Arminda do Nascimento Arruda (Vice-Chancellor, University of São Paulo)
08:00 – 08:30    Video Soundtrack: “Elementais” by Bruno Sanches (Ten-String Guitarist, University of São Paulo)

08:30 – 09:15     Opening Lecture  – Decolonizing Research Practice:Experiences from Botswana, Brazil, and Germany (Youtube)

08:30 – 09:1115  Gabriel Faimau (SMUS Lead Partner + Action Speaker, University of Botswana)

08:30 – 09:1115  Nina Baur (SMUS Director + Action Speaker, Technische Universität Berlin)

08:30 – 09:1115  Fraya Frehse (SMUS Conference Brazil Coordinator + Lead Partner + Action Speaker, University of São Paulo)

09:15 – 09:30hello    Break – Video Soundtrack: “Sonho Branco” by Luísa Carvalho (Flutist, University of São Paulo)

09:30 – 10:30      Keynote 01 – Women Anthropologists in the Field with Indigenous Peoples in Brazil: Past and Present (Youtube)

09:30 – 110:30     Artionka Capiberibe (State University of Campinas, Brazil)

09:30 – 100:30    Moderation: Paula Marcelino (University of São Paulo)

10:30 – 10:45hello    Break – Video Soundtrack: “Efêmera” by Stratus Luna (Rock + Jazz Band, University of São Paulo)

10:45 – 12:45      Parallel Sessions

• STREAM A: Decolonization + Space-Time
  • S04. Decolonizing Social Science Methodology
• STREAM B: Spatial/Cognitive Crossroads
  • S12. Collaborative Research and Mutual Learning in Urban Sustainability Projects
• STREAM C: Housing + Urban Planning
  • S15. Methodological Weaknesses in Approaching Affordable Housing in the Global South – Need for Context-Responsive Approaches
• STREAM D: Informatics
  • S08. Sense-making with (Unconventional) Large Digital Datasets in Social and Cultural Research – Methodological Challenges and Approaches 
    • Sub-S 08.1. Reflecting the Gap, Conceptualizing How to Bridge Between Structural and Interpretative Methods
• STREAM F: Healthcare + Food
  • S19. Spatial Methods in Healthcare Research

12:45 – 13:00helllo    Break – Video Soundtrack: “Goiababranca” by JALT (Instrumental Music Band, University of São Paulo)

13:00 – 15:00      Parallel Sessions

• STREAM A: Decolonization + Space-Time
  • S01. Ethnography as Spatial-Temporal Method
• STREAM B: Spatial/Cognitive Crossroads
  • S06. From Living Labs to Sites of Unity: Decolonizing Urban Experiments with Planetary Futures
• STREAM C: Housing + Urban Planning
  • S16. Dialogues on Social Housing
• STREAM D: Informatics
  • S08. Sense-making with (Unconventional) Large Digital Datasets in Social and Cultural Research – Methodological Challenges and Approaches
    • Sub-S 08.2. Extending Structural Analyses of Large Data Sets with Interpretative Approaches
• STREAM E: Mapping + Violence
  • S07. Hybrid Mapping and Critical Cartography as Research Methodologies for Cities
    • Sub-S 07.1. Hybrid Mapping and Critical Cartography as Research Methodologies for Cities

15:00 – 15:15helllo    Break – Video Soundtrack: “Efêmera” by Stratus Luna (Rock + Jazz Band, University of São Paulo)

15:15 – 17:15       Parallel Sessions

• STREAM B: Spatial/Cognitive Crossroads
  • S10. Mobile Methods and Sociospatial Inequalities
• STREAM C: Housing + Urban Planning
  • S13. Studying Urban Planning and Governance Through Qualitative Approaches: Perspectives from Various Spatial Contexts

17:15 – 17:30helloo    Break – Video Soundtrack: “Penumbra” by Luísa Carvalho (Flutist, University of São Paulo)

17:30 – 20:30      Advanced Methods Courses (AMC) 01-06 (session 1 – only for enrolled participants)

• STREAM A: Children
  • AMC 01. Methodological Challenges for Research with Children (from Indigenous and Traditional Peoples)
• STREAM B: Far-Right + Telegram
  • AMC 02. Below the Radar: Investigating Far-Right Groups on Telegram with ElasticSearch + Kibana
• STREAM C: Violence
  • AMC 03. Spatializing Violence Data in Brazil: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
• STREAM D: Poverty + Inequality
  • AMC 04. Measuring Poverty and Inequality in Contemporary Brazil: Concepts, Methods, and Data
• STREAM E:Homelessness
  • AMC 05. Addressing Spatial Methods for Homelessness Research
• STREAM F:Landscape
  • AMC 06. Methodologies for Landscape Research in Urban Public Spaces in Brazil

Day 2 – Friday, September 9th, 2022

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08:00 – 09:00   Keynote 02 – The Age of Big Earth Observation Data: Challenges and Possibilities (Youtube)

08:00 – 09:00  |Gilberto Câmara (National Institute of Space Research, Brazil)

08:00 – 09:00   Moderation: Marcelo Nery (University of São Paulo)

09:00 – 09:15helloBreak – Video Soundtrack: “Goiababranca” by JALT (Instrumental Music Band, University of São Paulo)

09:15 – 10:15    Roundtable 01: Academics and Current Research Funding in Botswana, Brazil, Germany (Youtube)

09:15 – 10:15   and India: Limits and Possibilities

09:15 – 10:15   Gabriel Faimau (SMUS Lead Partner + Action Speaker, University of Botswana)

09:15 – 10:15   Maria do Carmo Martins Sobral (Brazil – Germany Network of Higher Education Internationalization, Federal

09:15 – 10:15   University of Pernambuco)

09:15 – 10:15   Johanna Pink (Universität Freiburg)

09:15 – 10:15   Gaurav Raheja (SMUS Lead Partner + Action Speaker, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)

09:15 – 10:15   Moderation: Gabriel Faimau

09:15 – 11:15     Parallel Sessions

• • STREAM A: Decolonization + Space-Time
    • • S03. Political Ecology of the ‘Urban’: Historical and Situated Perspectives
        • • Sub-S 03.1. Methodological Pluralism ‘with’ and ‘for’ Urban Political Ecology

• • STREAM C: Housing + Urban Planning
    • • S14. Urban Planning and Design Contribution to Understanding the Socio-Spatial Dynamic of Place and Memory

     

• • STREAM E: Mapping + Violence
    • • S18. Spatial Dynamics of Violence: Qualitative Methodologies and Discussions

     

11:15 – 11:30helloo Break – Video Soundtrack: “Sonho Branco” by Luísa Carvalho (Flutist, University of São Paulo)

11:30 – 12:30     Keynote 03 – How to Rethink the Urban: Perspectives from Decoloniality
11:30 – 112:30  |(Youtube)
11:30 – 112:30  |Sujata Patel (Umeå University, Sweden)

11:30 – 112:30  |Moderation: Fraya Frehse (University of São Paulo)

12:30 – 13:30     Keynote 04 – The Concept of Socio-Political Matrix and the Relations
12:30 – 113:30  |Between Sociology andHistory in Latin America (Youtube)
12:30 – 113:30  |Manuel Antonio Garretón (University of Chile)

12:30 – 113:30  |Moderation: Marcos César Alvarez (University of São Paulo)

13:30 – 13:45hellloBreak – Video Soundtrack: “Efêmera” by Stratus Luna (Rock + Jazz Band, University of São Paulo)

13:45 – 15:45    Parallel Sessions

• • STREAM A: Decolonization + Space-Time
    • • S02. Historical Methods in Grappling with the Global South Challenges in the 21st Century

     

• • STREAM D: Informatic
    • • S08. Sense-making with (Unconventional) Large Digital Datasets in Social and Cultural Research – Methodological Challenges and Approaches
        • • Sub-S 08.3. Enhancing and Complementing Ethnographic and Discourse Approaches with Structural Analytics

     

• • STREAM E: Mapping + Violence
    • • S07. Hybrid Mapping and Critical Cartography as Research Methodologies for Cities
        • • Sub-S 07.2. Mapping as an Applied Spatial Research Method for Urban Landscape Design and Planning

• • STREAM F: Healthcare + Food
    • • S20. Methods in Food Studies Research

15:45 – 16:00      Break – Video Soundtrack: “Goiababranca” by JALT (Instrumental Music Band, University of São Paulo)

16:00 – 18:00    Parallel Sessions

• • STREAM B: Spatial/Cognitive Crossroads
    • • S09. Migration, Mobilities, and Displacement in the ‘Global South’

• • STREAM C: Housing + Urban Planning
    • • S17. Applying Spatial Methods in Homelessness Studies: Methodological and Ethical Challenges

18:00 – 18:15      Break – Video Soundtrack: “Penumbra” by Luísa Carvalho (Flutist, University of São Paulo)

18:15 – 21:15     Advanced Methods Courses (AMC) 07-12 (only for enrolled participants)

• STREAM A: Mobilites
  • AMC 07. Weaving Territories Through Mobile Methods
• STREAM B: Conviviality
  • AMC 08. Insurgent Methodologies in Convivial-Unequal Contexts
• STREAM C: Care Work
  • AMC 09. Methodological Challenges to Research on Care Work for Older People in Brazil
• STREAM D: Indigenous Memory
  • AMC 10. An Indigenous Approach to Memory: Linking the Individual Past to Collective Futures
• STREAM E: Bodygraphy
  • AMC 11. Bodygraphy as Method
• STREAM F: Race
  • AMC 12. Methodological Challenges for Race Research in Brazil

Day 3 – Saturday, September 10th, 2022

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08:00 – 09:00    Keynote 05 – Dwell and Build: Methodological Notes on the Production of Everyday Space in Latin America (Youtube)

                           Ramiro Segura (National University of La Plata, Argentina)

                           Moderation: Bianca Freire-Medeiros (University of São Paulo)

09:00 – 09:15           Break – Video Soundtrack: “Goiababranca” by JALT (Instrumental Music Band, University of São Paulo)

09:15 – 10:15     Roundtable 02: Research Funding in a Global Context: Trends and Perspectives for Joint Research (Youtube)

                                        Edson Faria (Fundo Nacional de Investigação of Mosambik)

                                        Marcio Weichert (German Centre for Research and Innovation – São Paulo)

                                        Christina Peters (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft – Latin America)

                                        Shri Sanjeev K. Varshney (Department of Science and Technology, Government of India)

                           Moderation: Christina Peters

09:15 – 11:15     Parallel Sessions

• STREAM A: Decolonization + Space-Time
  • S05. Co-Production (of Knowledge) as Pathway to Decolonization of Knowledge in the Global South
• STREAM B: Spatial/Cognitive Crossroads
  • S11. Spatial Methods in Transdisciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity for Urban Sustainability

11:15 – 11:30               Break – Video Soundtrack: “Sonho Branco” by Luísa Carvalho (Flutist, University of São Paulo)

11:30 – 12:30   Keynote 06 – Operationalizing and Comparing Racial/Ethnic Classifications
and Methods of Measurement in Latin America
Cristiano Rodrigues (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

                           Moderation: Márcia Lima (University of São Paulo)

12:30 – 12:45             Break – Video Soundtrack: “Efêmera” by Stratus Luna (Rock + Jazz Band, University of São Paulo)

12:45 – 14:45     Parallel Sessions

• STREAM A: Decolonization + Space-Time
  • S03. Political Ecology of the ‘Urban’: Historical and Situated Perspectives
    • Sub-S 03.2. Case-based Explorations from the Global South
• STREAM E: Mapping + Violence
  • S07. Hybrid Mapping and Critical Cartography as Research Methodologies for Cities
    • Sub-S 07.3. Mapping as an Applied Spatial Research Method for Urban Landscape Design and Planning

14:45 – 15:00            Break – Video Soundtrack: “Catira do Vale” by Bruno Sanches (Ten-String Guitarist, University of São Paulo)

15:00 – 15:30    Closing Lecture – The Role of Visuality and Visual Methods in Urban Sustainability Research (Youtube)

                          Gaurav Raheja (Indian Institute of Technology – Roorkee)

                          Angela Million (Technische Universität Berlin)

                          Conference Closure

15:30 – 15:45            Break – Video Soundtrack: “Penumbra” by Luísa Carvalho (Flutist, University of São Paulo)

15:45 – 18:45     Advanced Methods Courses (AMC) 01 – 06 (session 2 – only for enrolled participants)