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A bicycle parked outside of the São Paulo’s Modern Art Museum in Ibirapuera Park.

A bicycle parked outside of the São Paulo’s Modern Art Museum in Ibirapuera Park.

FOTOS, primeira semana

February 21, 2020

I just completed my first week in Brazil. I traveled from São Paulo, where my flight landed, to Bauru, where I am living and working on a Fulbright Fellowship until June. Here’s a selection of cellphone pics in the slideshow, below. If you hover your cursor inside the gallery window, image captions will become visible.

 Brazilian phonebooths are called, "orelhas" because they look like large ears

Brazilian phonebooths are called, "orelhas" because they look like large ears

 Mural on the side of a hospital in São Paulo

Mural on the side of a hospital in São Paulo

 A temporary homeless shelter partially covers this graffiti. With so much of the phrase missing, and with my limited comprehension of the language, it’s hard for me to tell if this is critical of Bolsonaro’s government or not.

A temporary homeless shelter partially covers this graffiti. With so much of the phrase missing, and with my limited comprehension of the language, it’s hard for me to tell if this is critical of Bolsonaro’s government or not.

 A View of São Paulo from the observation deck of Edificio Italia.

A View of São Paulo from the observation deck of Edificio Italia.

 Estação Luz, São Paulo

Estação Luz, São Paulo

 A steep, pedestrian street full of vendors in São Paulo

A steep, pedestrian street full of vendors in São Paulo

 A staircase traverses a steep hill in São Paulo near the Praça Geremia Lunardelli, São Paulo

A staircase traverses a steep hill in São Paulo near the Praça Geremia Lunardelli, São Paulo

 A street vendor sells boiled corn on the cob from a cart

A street vendor sells boiled corn on the cob from a cart

 Varieties of cheeses for sale at São Paulo’s Municipal Market

Varieties of cheeses for sale at São Paulo’s Municipal Market

 An aisle featuring international foods at São Paulo’s Municipal Market

An aisle featuring international foods at São Paulo’s Municipal Market

 The Oca building is an exhibition space inside Ibirapuera Park. In the past it  housed the Museum of Aeronautics of São Paulo and the Museum of Folklore. 

The Oca building is an exhibition space inside Ibirapuera Park. In the past it housed the Museum of Aeronautics of São Paulo and the Museum of Folklore. 

 São Paulo’s streets are lined with beautiful, old trees covered in epiphytes

São Paulo’s streets are lined with beautiful, old trees covered in epiphytes

 This staircase takes you up to the patio of the café of São Paulo’s Modern Art Museum

This staircase takes you up to the patio of the café of São Paulo’s Modern Art Museum

 A vendor sells snacks and coconut water from a cart under the shade of a tree in Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo

A vendor sells snacks and coconut water from a cart under the shade of a tree in Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo

 View of São Paulo from the observation deck of the Modern Art Museum

View of São Paulo from the observation deck of the Modern Art Museum

 Looking up at the trees in the neighborhood of Jardins, São Paulo

Looking up at the trees in the neighborhood of Jardins, São Paulo

 A vibrant, flowering tree on the sidewalk in Bauru

A vibrant, flowering tree on the sidewalk in Bauru

 Sunset view from the balcony of my apartment, Bauru

Sunset view from the balcony of my apartment, Bauru

 City Hall, Bauru

City Hall, Bauru

 Mural advertising a parking garage, Bauru

Mural advertising a parking garage, Bauru

 A little garden inside the Humanities faculty building at the State University of São Paulo’s Bauru campus (UNESP). Our kitchen/lunch space is next to the garden. This is where I’m working.

A little garden inside the Humanities faculty building at the State University of São Paulo’s Bauru campus (UNESP). Our kitchen/lunch space is next to the garden. This is where I’m working.

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 My office

My office

 My amazing colleague and collaborator, Lucinéa Marcelino Villela, Professor of Communications

My amazing colleague and collaborator, Lucinéa Marcelino Villela, Professor of Communications

 Just a little protest art I spotted on campus

Just a little protest art I spotted on campus

Tags fulbright2020, fulbright, fulbrightscholar, fulbrightbrazil
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