Clique aqui para Português “There is no more pleasure over there on the Hill of Pleasures [Morro dos Prazeres]…” This line, from the composition by the songwriter and poet Paulo César Pinheiro, comes from the […]
Click here to see Pica-Pau on the EcoCitizen World Map! Equipped with a GPS, voice recorder, and pair of cameras, my partner Ana Puhač and I entered Pica-Pau, Cordovil looking to compose a profile of […]
Non-governmental organizations in Rio’s favelas that work with art, culture, sport and civic engagement provide structures that allow young people to escape a career of crime and, by actively showing that drugs, violence and crime […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the final of four articles about the cluster of favelas in Curicica, Jacarepaguá, that are awaiting urban integration projects through the Morar Carioca upgrading program. “Life continues.” “She was in an accident just recently,” […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Jorge Barbosa in Portuguese published by Observatório de Favelas click here. Favelas are fruitful places for the creation of culture. Samba, capoeira, and choro are dances and music […]