Clique aqui para Português Residents of Complexo da Maré, graffiti artists and visitors painted the community’s walls with vibrant colors and graffiti art on Saturday October 11. The event “Tudo de cor pra Maré” (All colors for […]
By 2050, around one third of the world’s population is expected to be living in informal settlements. The processes of informal production have an essential role in growing cities around the world, as rural to urban […]
Clique aqui para Português Collectives and individuals; community groups, NGOs, alternative media, activists, young people, children and adults; residents of Complexo de Alemão, other favelas and the formal city all gathered in the Praça do […]
Clique aqui para Português José Luiz da Silva Soares, known as Luiz Soares, is the Social Mediator at the Manguinhos Park Library. Luiz is 41 years old, was born in Tijuca, and lived in various […]
For the original by Silvana Bahia in Portuguese for Observatório de Favelas click here. The strengthening of the idea of the city as a place to meet and exchange ideas has spurred the formation of […]