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Mayor Eduardo Paes on the 2016 Olympic Games Legacy

By Benjamin Parkin, Kate Steiker-Ginzberg • May 3, 2014

On Monday, April 28, 2014, Rio de Janeiro’s Mayor Eduardo Paes spoke to a small but energetic audience at a closed-door OsteRio event. His talk was in response to a “crisis of credibility” that has […]

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POUSOs: Urbanistic and Social Orientation Posts in Rio’s Favelas from 1996 to 2008

By Caitlin Dixon • April 27, 2014

Clique aqui para Português POUSOs, or Urbanistic and Social Orientation Posts (Posto de Orientação Urbanística e Social) were conceived in 1996 by the Municipal Housing Secretariat (SMH) to provide on-site technical support to ensure safety and introduce […]

Favela Qualities

‘Great Good Places’: The Nature of Public Spaces in Favelas

By Caitlin Dixon • April 8, 2014

Clique aqui para Português In the dense built environment of favelas, spatial priority is given to housing. Public spaces, then, develop informally out of the leftover places in the urban landscape. Public streets and staircases […]

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Vila Autódromo People’s Plan Wins Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award

By Kate Steiker-Ginzberg • December 20, 2013

Clique aqui para Português “Receiving this international prize honors and rewards us in our struggle for the right to the city,” stated Luiz Cláudio da Silva, a 19-year resident of Vila Autódromo, upon hearing the […]

#GentrificationWatch

OsteRio Debates Gentrification and Regulation of Property Markets in Rio’s Favelas

By Anabela Paiva • Translation by Jake Cummings • December 13, 2013

Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese on the Institute for the Study of Labor and Society (IETS) website click here. New investments, growth in the local economy, the policy of pacification, and […]

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In May 2010, Catalytic Communities launched what was originally Rio Olympics Neighborhood Watch (hence RioOnWatch), a program to bring visibility to favela community voices in the lead-up to the 2016 Rio Olympics. This news site, RioOnWatch.org, grew into a much-needed and unique reference featuring favela perspectives on the urban transformation of Rio. With diverse and deeply interlinked articles by a mix of community reporters, resident opinions, solidarity reporters, international observers, and academic researchers, we work to engender a more accurate picture of favelas, their contributions to the city, and the potential of favela-led community development in Rio and around the world.

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