This Friday, 27 November, at 4 pm (Brazil time), we will have a very opportune conversation at this moment that begins the summer and the vacation schedules in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Global South. Professor Alice Islabao Lopes, Bachelor of Tourism, Specialist in Tourism, Environment and Culture, Master in Social Policy and PhD student in Social Memory and Cultural Heritage at UFPel, will bring us the debate on Tourism and Hospitality before and now in the pandemic period. We wait for you for this conversation round on our Friday, late afternoon, with a good coffee or ice cream as we are facing high temperatures this week in Brazil. The meeting as always is through GoogleMeet and to participate, just ask us for the room link by message. Don’t miss the meeting and don’t book your holiday before talking to our guest :))

On 20th November 2020, we will have our first LabCom Cafe BREAKFAST :)) Our meeting will take place at 10 am in Brazil time and at 1 pm in UK time. Professor Ryan Woolrych, from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, will be bringing us the debate on ageing and the right to the city. Ryan has been working with us since 2016 when he led the PlaceAge Project with Professor Adriana Portella in the UK and Brazil. Ryan and Adriana formed this network of ageing studies in 2015 when they were invited to the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) WorkShop in London. The meeting is via GoogleMeet, please, ask the link by private message.

The LabCom Cafe this Friday, 13th November, at 4 pm (Brazil time) will bring us a rich discussion and debate about Environmental Psychology and Pandemic, with Professors Doctors Isolda and Hartmut Gunther from the University of Brasilia (UNB). Isolda and Hartmut were the leaders in Brasilia of the study on ageing, Project PlaceAge, coordinated in Brazil by LabCom. The meeting will be via GoogleMeet, ask for your key by message. Come close the week with us, in our weekly meeting between friends.

This Friday, 6th November 2020, we will have our first LabCom Cafe Brunch. Our meeting will take place at 2:00 pm to allow our national and international audience to participate in a comfortable time zone (Europe is 4 hours ahead of Brazil).

We will have two guests for this Friday. Professor Eddie Andrew Martínez Alegría of Colombia, from Universidad La Gran Colombia, and architect Alberto Jiménez Ruiz, who has been working for more than 15 years on projects for the rehabilitation and restoration of historic heritage in Spain and the rest of Europe.

They will be talking about city legibility, urban design and heritage projects in Colombia and Spain.

We are waiting for you all for this Brunch, with lots of culture and information spicing up our debates. Prepare your Spanish! The meeting is via private room on GoogleMeet, ask for the room key by message to participate.