daniel medeiros de freitas
@ufmg.br
Professor Urbanism Departament Architecture School
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG
Arquiteto Urbanista pela PUC Minas (1995/2000), especialista em Revitalização Urbana e Arquitetônica (2002/2004), mestre (2004/2006) e doutor em Arquitetura pela UFMG (2012/2016). Atualmente é professor adjunto do Departamento de Urbanismo da Escola de Arquitetura e Design da UFMG. Leciona e pesquisa sobre os seguintes temas: Grandes Projetos Urbanos, desenho urbano, aproximações entre arquitetura e urbanismo e planejamento pesquisador do grupo de pesquisa PRAXIS e do grupo de pesquisa INDISCIPLINAR. Participa da coordenação do projeto de assessoramento à revisão dos Planos Diretores de 11 municípios da RMBH.
EDUCATION
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, MG, BR - 2012-08-01 to 2016-08-01 | Doutorado (NPGAU - EA)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, MG, BR - 2004-09-01 to 2006-10-01 | Mestrado (NPGAU - EA)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, MG, BR - 2002-10-01 to 2004-12-01 | Especialização em Revitalização Urbana e Arquitetônica
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, MG, BR - Architecture and Urbanism
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Geography, Planning and Development, Sociology and Political Science, Architecture, Religious studies
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Daniel Medeiros de Freitas, Carolina Maria Soares Lima, Krzysztof Nawratek, and Bernardo Miranda Pataro
Routledge
Daniel Medeiros de Freitas, João Tonucci, and Sophia Guarnieri
Springer Nature Switzerland
Daniel Medeiros de Freitas
Informa UK Limited
Abstract This paper discusses aspects of urban design teaching that restrict its permeability to green infrastructure concepts and regional planning instruments. Through an experiment with the urban design studio ‘Designing the Trama Verde Azul (TVA)’, it presents the experience of studio teaching related to the regional planning of the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Region in line with green infrastructure concepts. This paper highlights that the viability of experiments of this kind is determined by (i) the proximity between community and environmental demands, (ii) planning and project scale articulation, (iii) place specificity, (iv) interdisciplinary dialogue, (iv) social inclusion, and (v) urban forms determined by connectivity, access to nature, and multi-functionality.
Gabriela Alcantara Azevedo Cavalcanti de Arruda, Daniel Medeiros de Freitas, Carolina Maria Soares Lima, Krzysztof Nawratek, and Bernardo Miranda Pataro
Informa UK Limited
ABSTRACT Following Robertson’s discussions on epistemic capital, the article analyses worldmaking procedures being used by members of one of the biggest neo-Pentecostal churches in Brazil – Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus. According to the popular narrative, social media, especially WhatsApp groups, contributed in a crucial way to the spread of sets of conspiracy theories aimed to question “established narratives” and creating an image of Jair Bolsonaro, currently the president of Brazil, as the sole hero (“the messiah” and “the myth”) fighting against the “corrupted” Brazilian state and the “globalist/communist cabal.” The article discusses interactions between members of so-called families created by the Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus. These families could have between a few or around one hundred members, and they are in regular communication (at least a few times per day) through WhatsApp. Most members of one family do not live in walking proximity; therefore, using WhatsApp is often the primary way they interact. The article puts families into a broader context of the media ecosystem owned or influenced by Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus and contextualizes the church as a religious “infrastructure of knowing.” The article discusses sources of legitimization of particular knowledge produced and mediated between families. The article argues that communication in families contributes to the creation of unique epistemic tools crucial in re-creating individual worldviews of members Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus.