SMUS Conference Brazil - Opening Ceremony + Opening Lecture

All the SMUS Conference Brazil 2022 activities took place within a ritual frame, which in temporal terms set in by means of the Opening Ceremony. Thisevent started after Prof. Dr. Fraya Frehse welcomed the following authorities: Ms. Martina Hackelberg, the German Consul General in São Paulo; Ms. Fabíola Gerbase, Deputy Director of the DAAD Brazil; the SMUS director Prof. Dr. Nina Baur; Prof. Dr. Leopoldo Waizbort as Dean of the USP Department of Sociology; and Prof. Dr. Rubens Beçak as representative of the USP Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Maria Arminda do Nascimento Arruda, who was unfortunately unable to join the Ceremony. During the Opening Lecture, in turn, the SMUS lead partners Prof. Dr. Gabriel Faimau, Prof. Dr. Fraya Frehse and Prof. Dr. Nina Baur addressed experiences from Botswana, Brazil and Germany regarding how to “decolonize research practice”.

Introduction + Moderation: Fraya Frehse (SMUS Conference Brazil Coordinator + Lead Partner + Action Speaker, University of São Paulo)

Nina Baur (SMUS Director + Action Speaker, Technische Universität Berlin)
Leopoldo Waizbort (Dean of Department of Sociology, University of São Paulo)
Fabíola Gerbase (Deputy Director + Communication Coordinator, DAAD Brazil)
Martina Hackelberg (German Consul General in São Paulo)
Maria Arminda do Nascimento Arruda (Vice-Chancellor, University of São Paulo)