This is the second article in a series by guest researcher Jeffrey Omari,* on ICTs in Rio’s favelas. During a recent visit to Complexo da Maré, in Rio’s North Zone, a friend and resident of the community […]
Clique aqui para Português In 1807, the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed an act abolishing the international traffic of enslaved people within the British Empire. Much of the pressure to pass the act had come […]
For the original in Portuguese with video, by Bruno Porpetta, published in Brasil de Fato and Brasil247, click here. Architect Lucas Faulhaber and journalist Lena Azevedo have launched a book that documents the history of arbitrary evictions in […]
Recycling is an essential element of waste management for any city, and it becomes an increasingly critical issue proportionately to the size of the city and its metropolitan area. Any degree of recycling reduces the […]
Clique aqui para Português As Cascadura, a neighborhood in Rio’s North Zone, faces mobility and economic challenges due to recent changes to transportation routes, communities in the neighborhood are also confronting hardships in recreation, education, […]