Clique aqui para Português From August 2 to 24, the play Careful with Neguin was shown at Casa Rio in Botafogo. The project took about a year to get off the ground and was made […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the fifth article in a six-part series that comprises the book chapter entitled “Not Everyone Has a Price: How the Small Favela of Vila Autódromo’s Fight Opened a Path to Olympic […]
Clique aqui para Português In February 2018, Catalytic Communities—the organization that publishes RioOnWatch—launched the Sustainable Favela Network map, featuring 111 initiatives in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region that strengthen social resilience and environmental sustainability in […]
Clique aqui para Português For over two centuries, presiding political, academic, and cultural authorities have classified low-income urban neighborhoods as “slums.” The history of this term and the communities on which it has been imposed extends […]
Clique aqui para Português Defining a favela is a difficult task. Residents and researchers have identified the many differences that exist both between and within favelas to make us break away from generalizations and common […]