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Collective Action for Waste Management Discussed in Favelas of Complexo do Alemão

By Daisy Longden • March 1, 2019

Clique aqui para Português  On Saturday, February 23, community-based social and cultural development organization Instituto Raízes em Movimento (Roots in Movement Institute) hosted the event “Waste: Policies and Challenges,” bringing together local residents and guest speakers to address […]

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How a Scholarship is Helping Me Study International Relations and Make the World Better [PROFILE]

By Mareen Butter • Translation by Dylan Blau Edelstein • February 22, 2019

Clique aqui para Português João Victor Teodoro, a resident of Pavão-Pavãozinho, has actively worked in his community to make the world a better place. Awarded a scholarship from the federal Student Financial Aid Fund (FIES), […]

Long-time shop keeper in Rio de Janeiro's first favela, Providencia. Photo by Antoine Horenbeek
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‘Undervaluation of Informal Sector Innovations’: Paper Argues for Rethinking Methodology [REVIEW]

By Eli Nemzer • February 21, 2019

Clique aqui para Português In a recent paper titled “Undervaluation of Informal Sector Innovations: Making a Case for Revisiting Methodology” published in the African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh of the Center for Studies in […]

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Revolusolar: Solar Energy in Babilônia and Chapéu-Mangueira [PROFILE] #SustainableFavelaNetwork

By Laura Bunn • February 20, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Revolusolar Contact: Facebook | Website | Email Year Founded: 2015 Community: Babilônia and Chapéu-Mangueira (South Zone) Mission: To carry out research, production, and management of renewable energy and offer training and education for […]

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How a Neighborhood in Rio’s Periphery of Duque de Caxias Is Reawakening Through Hip Hop

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Jiselle Steele • February 19, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Originating among African-Americans in protest of the exclusion promoted by dominant economic and cultural systems, the hip hop movement easily won over Brazilian communities in the mid-1980s—ten years after taking off […]

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