Clique aqui para Português On the night of May 19, Vila Autódromo‘s Catholic Church—a small, quaint, canary yellow building—opened its doors to celebrate the Evictions Museum’s second anniversary. Despite the heavy rain that preceded the […]
Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, May 12, Quilombo Sacopã organized a traditional feijoada and samba event in the context of May 13 marking 130 years since the abolition of slavery in Brazil. The community consists of around […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the fourth 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). “The aim is to uncover and exhibit […]
Clique aqui para Português Just one week after a productive protest outside the mayor’s office in Botafogo, on March 9 residents of the Horto community took to the streets again to protest ongoing threats of eviction […]
Clique aqui para Português At the foot of Borel hill in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone neighborhood of Tijuca lies the tight-knit and humble community of Indiana, a charming favela that has grown to house approximately […]