Availability
The following is from an interview Mev did with Tereza Calvacanti in Brazil in 1990; it appeared in her 1994 book, The Struggle Is One: An important discovery is gratuity. That is, giving time and…
Tag: Disponibilidade
Share the Wealth on Sunday 22 November: The Practice of “Disponibilidade”
I first learned this Portuguese word when Mev Puleo was working on translating her interviews with radical Brazilian Christians in the early 90s. A one-word English synonym she gave me was “availability.” In her book …
Word of the Day
Disponibilidade, noun, Portuguese A disposition of openness In which one is accessible Available and willing To be inconvenienced By the needs or requests Of another person or event –adapted from Mev Puleo, The Struggle Is…