bate papo – a meetup at digaai space
Digaai Bate Papo is a group of people who are interested in meeting informally to converse in both Portuguese and English. The goal is to practice both languages and to get to know the cultures that they represent. It meets every second Sunday of the month from 2 pm to 4 pm at the Digaai Space at 151b Pearl Street in Boston.
The Digaai Bate Papo program is curated by Peter Wilner. For more information please contact Peter at [email protected].
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Digaai Space
Digaai Space is an educational and cultural space that aims to stimulate the spontaneous and experimental exchange of knowledge and culture between Brazilians and other communities in Greater Boston. Toward this end, Digaai Space facilitates the processes of research on and production and circulation of knowledge about the Brazilian diaspora and offers workshops, courses, lectures, and other projects of a cultural and educational nature. Digaai Space is an integral part of the digital platform www.digaai.com and the physical space, in addition to the offering the programs mentioned above, aims to develop the platform content.
Digaai Space has a privileged and strategic location: situated on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, itself an area of many cultural activities, the location is also close to several educational and cultural institutions such as the New England Aquarium, Children’s Museum, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) and others. In addition, Digaai Space is located on the same block as the Brazilian Consulate General of Boston.
Other programs hosted at the Digaai Space:
CINE DIGAAI
Cine Digaai is a series of movie screenings that seeks to bring together people interested in Brazilian cinema. This program’s objective is for the participants to watch films with which they may or may not be familiar and then participate in discussions about the films, which are mediated by Brazilian cultural specialists.
DIGAAI MEMÓRIAS
Digaai Memórias brings together people from the Brazilian community interested in recording their stories or stories about their experiences as immigrants. This program is linked to the tool Conte Sua História (http://www.digaai.com/sua-historia/) on the Digaai platform (http://www.digaai.com) that has to date, a collection of more than two hundred stories. Stories are recorded live in specific sessions or events.
DIGAAI LEITURA
Digaai Leitura is a book club that promotes reader interaction in order to facilitate discussion about interpretations of and points of view regarding a work. The program is open to anyone interested in participating and will alternate its focus between Portuguese and English language books.
DIGAAI BRINCADEIRICES
Brincadeirices is a program that celebrates childhood and the importance of playing at any age! In Brincadeirices, nothing is just for kids or only for adults. Everyone can laugh, play and have fun together. The program is comprised of shows, storytelling and movies.
DIGAAI PASSEIOS A PÉ
Through walking tours of downtown Boston, participants will learn about the city’s history and explore some of New England’s most renowned cultural institutions such as the New England Aquarium
, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), the Children’s Museum, and the Boston Tea Party Museum.
DIGAAI DIÁLOGOS
Digaai Diálogos is a series featuring some of Boston’s intellectual and political personalities and mediated by a guest. Each edition of Diálogos will deal with an important theme linked to contemporary issues. The series will be recorded on video and made available on the Digaai platform.
DIGGAI OFICINAS
Digaai Oficinas primarily explores the technologies that support the Digaai platform. Among them are technologies related to geographic information systems such as ARCGIS, Dataverse and Worldmap. The Digaai Wiki uses Wikimedia software that will also be the subject of workshops. In addition to the technologies mentioned above, workshops will be held on WordPress, Digaai’s basic platform, as well as coding and other subjects. The goal of the workshops is for participants to contribute to the Digaai platform while gaining practical skills.
DIGAAI HEMEROTECA
The Digaai Hemeroteca aims to preserve newspapers and magazines produced by Brazilian immigrants. Digaai uses the dataverse, a tool obtained through a partnership with Harvard University, to archive this important collection. Today, Digaai Dataverse has a collection of more than 30 newspapers.
DIGAAI BATE PAPO
Digaai Bate Papo is a group of people interested in meeting informally to converse in both Portuguese and English. The goal is to practice both languages and to know the cultures that they represent.
DIGAAI WRITE-A-THON
Digaai Write-A-Thon brings together Brazilians and Americans who, through their own research or using materials distributed by the curators, contribute during Write-A-Thon sessions to the content of the Digaai Wiki. These sessions will be take place on weekends.
DIGAAI INSTANTE
Digaai Instante is an occasional event that brings together artists from the Brazilian diaspora and contemporary artists from Boston to present short performances and lead/participate in discussions abou
t those performances.
DIGAAI ESTÁGIO
Digaai Estágio is a partnership between Digaai and the President’s Volunteer Service Award recognizing volunteers for their work over a 12-month period measured at three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold corresponding to 100, 250 and 500 hours during the 12-month period. The internships vary from working on the Digaai site itself to digitizing Brazilian newspapers, to other projects having to do with many programs included here.
DIGAAI SARAU
Digaai Sarau is a bi-monthly event that brings together Brazilian immigrants, immigrants from other backgrounds, and Americans to appreciate Brazilian culture as expressed through diverse media including music, dance, poetry, painting, and theater.
In addition to the activities outlined above, the space’s programming will evolve organically based on the suggestions of its users. Each new program will be a product of a community project and a specific curator. The space is open to all who want to participate and collaborate with this initiative.
In addition to the activities outlined above, the space’s programming will evolve organically based on the suggestions of its users. Each new program will be a product of a community project and a specific curator. The space is open to all who want to participate and collaborate with this initiative.
bate papo – a meetup at digaai space
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