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New Municipal Digital Platform Connects Favela Projects and Businesses in Maré

By Edmund Ruge • May 31, 2018

Clique aqui para Português On May 25, Rio de Janeiro municipality’s urban planning and research institute, the Pereira Passos Institute (IPP), presented its city-wide information sharing platform, Rede Comunitária Integrada (Integrated Community Network, or RCI) to an […]

Periferias por Bira Carvalho
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Institute Launches Journal to Disrupt Hegemonic Thinking, Speaks of ‘Potency of Peripheries’

By Edmund Ruge • May 28, 2018

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, May 19, the Maria and João Aleixo Institute (IMJA) launched PERIPHERIES Journal, a biannual publication on the power of the world’s peripheral territories. Available online for free and in […]

Favela Culture

Rediscover Rio’s Oldest Favela with Rolé dos Favelados [IMAGES]

By Antoine Horenbeek • May 24, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Rolé dos Favelados (Stroll of the Favelados) is a guided tour led by community activist and tourist guide Cosme “O Favelado” Felippsen, often in partnership with other favela activists. The aim of […]

Civil Society

Favela Museum ‘Museu da Maré’ Celebrates Twelve Years [IMAGES]

By Antoine Horenbeek • May 16, 2018

Clique aqui para Português The Museu da Maré (Maré Museum), focus of the third article of our 2018 Brazil Museum Week series also out today, was recognized in 2014 as a main tourist attraction by the […]

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Museums of Counternarratives and Resistance, Part 3: Maré Museum #MuseumWeek2018

By Gitanjali Patel • May 16, 2018

Clique aqui para Português This is the third article in a five-part series on community museums and resistance in Rio’s favelas in honor of Brazil’s 16th Annual Museum Week (May 16-20, 2018).  “Sure, there are people here who merit […]

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