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Community Journalists Experience Censorship and Threats in Rio’s Favelas

By Gizele Martins • Translation by Sheila Taylor • October 16, 2015

Clique aqui para Português This post is the final of four RioOnWatch contributions to Blog Action Day 2015 in which bloggers around the world reflect on this year’s theme: Raise Your Voice. Check out our full series here. […]

#CommunityMedia

Digital Media Stimulates Prominence of Local Perspectives in Favela Narratives

By Bruna de Lara • Translation by Emma Platais • October 16, 2015

Clique aqui para Português This post is the first of four RioOnWatch contributions to Blog Action Day 2015 in which bloggers around the world reflect on this year’s theme: Raise Your Voice. Check out our full series here. […]

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Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, and What We Can Do About It [BOOK REVIEW]

By David Robertson • October 7, 2015

Clique aqui para Português In the field of psychiatry, there has never been a word that formally diagnoses the pain and trauma resulting from being removed from a home. In her book, Root Shock: How Tearing […]

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Uncovering Rio’s African History: The Afro-Rio Walking Tour

By Sarah Jacobs • October 1, 2015

Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro is branding itself as the city of the future. You only have to visit the Port Region of the city, currently undergoing huge urban transformation as part of the […]

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The Language of the Favela Part 2: Dialect & Stigma

By Gitanjali Patel • September 29, 2015

This is the second of a three-part series on the language spoken in the peripheries of Rio de Janeiro. Don’t miss Part 1 and Part 2. In Rio de Janeiro, dominant representations in the media and […]

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