Event Summary · BRAZIL 2020: Politics and Economics
This month, Nelson Barbosa (former Brazilian Minister of Finance under Dilma Rousseff and New School alumni, Economics Ph.D. in 2002) offered a series of lectures and conversations in the university. The Observatory on Latin America hosted him on December 11th, 2019,...
Brazil 2020: Politics and Economics
Conversation with Nelson Barbosa Former Minister of Finance in Brazil; PhD Economics, The New School Dr. Barbosa will discuss Brazil’s current political and economic challenges, a discussion that becomes relevant in a time where political changes, and demands...
How Process Affects Outcomes: Slum upgrading in Buenos Aires
Conversation with Juan Maquieyra, President of the The Housing Authority of the City of Buenos Aires (Instituto de Vivienda de la Ciudad) The Housing Authority of the City of Buenos Aires (Instituto de Vivienda de la Ciudad, IVC) has launched an innovative slum...
“Calle K”, documentary screening and discussion with filmmakers
Discussion with filmmakers: Titus Fossgard-Moser (Director) Caroline Moser (Social Anthropologist) ‘Calle K’ (2019) is a documentary film that looks at the transformation over time of an illegal squatter settlement. In 1978 Titus Fossgard-Moser lived with his brother...
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