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24/05/2026

Incrível ❤️

in our space on the 23.5.

Every friday we open our Community Space in Coimbra, Rua Quebra Costas no 6.Some people bring Snacks. There is music and...
08/05/2026

Every friday we open our Community Space in Coimbra, Rua Quebra Costas no 6.

Some people bring Snacks. There is music and sometimes we take turns choosing it. Someone is always new. People donate what they can to Cover costs. One time there were 5 languages spoken simultaneously.

It's Community, not the cosy kind, the curated one. It's being annoyed, not returning, getting curious.

The work of understanding and connecting people is that. Talking about dancing styles and asking if someone wants a beer. Complaining about Visa appointments. Change is a sneaky little thing between people and it is rarely a debate that changes minds.

Come experience us. Today, 19H-23H, open Immigrant Café!

É impressionante como nos deixamos levar pelo básico: um ser humano se comportar como uma pessoa minimamente funcional.N...
05/05/2026

É impressionante como nos deixamos levar pelo básico: um ser humano se comportar como uma pessoa minimamente funcional.

Não se trata de grandes valores morais ou éticos, mas apenas de dar à trivialidade o tratamento que ela merece. Na infância, eu era o melhor jogador de futebol da minha sala. No entanto, bastava abrir a janela para as outras turmas da escola, que nem era tão grande assim, e eu já me tornava só mais um. Quando cheguei a um clube de bairro, percebi finalmente que eu era apenas um operário na engrenagem. Eu fazia o básico e era por isso que ocupava aquela vaga. Se eu fosse realmente alguém acima da média, certamente não estaria aqui agora escrevendo estas linhas carregadas de rancor...

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"The crude comments, the looks, talking about bodies disassociated with the people inhabiting them – and the burning sha...
05/05/2026

"The crude comments, the looks, talking about bodies disassociated with the people inhabiting them – and the burning shame of “am I not f**kable enough? Am I overreacting? Why do I feel so bad, nothing happen – and oh my god, I DID provoke it” would be the colours my life would be steeped in. And this is not a coincidence. It is systemic violence, in this case: Patriarchy.

In a 2024 report, two german scientists studied racism in schools, and, specifically, the role shame plays in it (Ruff/Petrik 2024). While the psychological functions of shame and the over-expression of it as a result to violence is well researched, sociologists have a hard time expanding the scope we understand shame in – while Pierre Bourdieu already argued that shame is a very obviously measurable phenomena in the organization of societal injustice and difference, we just came around recently to ask what that means (if you want a nerdy paper on socialization and shame and Habitus and Marx, of course, Marx, then click here, where you find Bourdieu and shame, too)

Because shame, my little red face against the cold wall in a small city in the german summer heat, that is not a glitch in the system. It is systems working exactly as they should."

https://aguasdaazenha.pt/shame/

30/04/2026

How about watching the World Cup at our place?

We’re well aware of the controversies surrounding this tournament, especially given the involvement of the United States one of the world's primary agents of war and anti-democratic influence. However, in the height of my own contradiction, I still find watching the matches fun, particularly within our diverse community of different nationalities.

We could try to catch the Friday and Saturday games or pick a specific match that everyone wants to see. It might be the "o***m of the people," but football and beer are always a great way to bring people together and create good stories.

Movie Night III - Machuca (2004)Our most controversial event haha already has a date and set film. Machuca by Andres Woo...
23/04/2026

Movie Night III - Machuca (2004)

Our most controversial event haha already has a date and set film. Machuca by Andres Wood will be shown in our space on April 24.

This film is a historical portrait that with delicacy and through the eyes of a child forces us to look at the cracks of our own society.

Set in Chile in 1973 just before the military coup the movie narrates the unlikely friendship between Gonzalo Infante a boy from the upper class and Pedro Machuca a boy who lives in a settlement. United by a social integration experiment in an elite Catholic school the two cross the invisible borders of Santiago discovering that the world is larger and more cruel than they could see.

Important points:

Class Struggle in Practice: Instead of complex theories we see the contrast through uniforms bicycles and access to basic goods.

The Role of Education: The figure of Father McEnroe is fundamental to discuss the social function of a school and a community.

The Gaze of the Other: How does perspective change when we leave our comfort zone and enter the reality of another person just as the boys did?

Memory: The importance of appreciating films that deal with traumatic periods in the history of Latin America.

Feel free to bring popcorn ideas and whatever else you want.

Friday, 24.4. from 19h at our Café

Last week at the supermarket’s bakery, a guy who was in front of me in line spent exactly 17 minutes arguing with a Braz...
14/04/2026

Last week at the supermarket’s bakery, a guy who was in front of me in line spent exactly 17 minutes arguing with a Brazilian employee because of a change in the bread of a sandwich he likes, and saying those insults we all already know. Seriously? Detail: the bread change was made by the supermarket, an order from above, not from the employee.

One more: the other day watching Real Madrid versus Benfica, the game with the terrible racist manifestation by the athlete Prestianni against the Brazilian Vinicius Junior. The Benfica fans in the bar delegitimizing the complaints of Vini and Mbappe. The phrases uttered were true crimes, like: “So now you cannot call a black person black anymore?”, “Cristiano Ronaldo in Spain was called a sh*tty Portuguese.” And at every moment they referred in a racist and violent way to the appearance of Vinicius Junior. “How is that woman dating this guy?” okay, who should she be with? one of you? I repeat: these people have a self esteem that should be a subject of study.

Want another? Two guys talking at Coimbra B Station referring to Brazilian women as beautiful, but brazilian funk listeners and not reliable. “They are hot, but they lie down with all men, just for fun”. If you see the smiling faces of those two infamous people…

What do all these people have in common? I invite everyone to answer mentally.

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