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Next Wednesday, April 29, Pivô, in partnership with the City of Salvador, presents the second guided visit to Ladeira da Misericórdia. This session welcomes guest speakers Tania Scofield, architect and urban planner and president of Fundação Mário Leal Ferreira (FMLF), and Vagner Rocha, Director of Cultural Heritage and Facilities at Fundação Gregório de Mattos (FGM). Historical contextualization will be led by architect and researcher Dilton de Almeida.
Visit #2 takes as its starting point the 40+ anniversary celebrations of Fundação Gregório de Mattos (FGM), a milestone that coincides, not by chance, with the 40th anniversary of the project by Lina Bo Bardi and João Filgueiras Lima (Lelé) for Ladeira da Misericórdia. Register here.
The visit is open and free of charge and is currently aimed at researchers and individuals interested in urban history, memory, and territory. Capacity is limited due to access conditions and restrictions related to ongoing renovation works carried out by the City of Salvador. Participants, selected on a first-come, first-served basis, will receive confirmation by email.
The meeting will center on a discussion on the requalification of urban centers through culture, connecting the historical formulation of the revitalization plan for Salvador’s Historic Center in the 1980s with the perspectives of policymakers currently working in cultural and urban policy in the city.
More information here.
Tania Scofield Almeida is an architect and urban planner trained at UFBA, with a postgraduate degree in Urban Development from IPEA and an MA in Urbanism from UFBA. Her professional trajectory is marked by her work in social housing, with nationally awarded projects focused on vulnerable urban areas.
She served as Superintendent of Social Housing at the Bahia State Secretariat for Urban Development (2003–2007) and, between 2007 and 2012, coordinated urban planning projects in Angola. Since 2013, she has been president of Fundação Mário Leal Ferreira, the institution responsible for developing urban and architectural projects for the Municipality of Salvador.
Vagner Rocha holds a PhD in Ethnic and African Studies from UFBA, an MA in Culture and Society, and a specialization in Cultural Management, with a degree in Cultural Production. For over 15 years, he has researched the relationships between food, religion, and culture, with a focus on Afro-Bahian cuisine and intangible heritage, such as the craft of the Baianas de Acarajé and the Feast of Saint Barbara, the subject of his doctoral thesis.
He currently serves as Director of Heritage and Cultural Facilities at Fundação Gregório de Mattos and is a member of cultural councils in Salvador. He also hosts the podcasts Viagem Gastronômica com Dr. Dendê and Axé das Plantas: Cura do Corpo e da Alma.