Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Raull Santiago* in Portuguese published by Coletivo Papo Reto click here. We live in a society where the spectacle of pain is something that can be commercialized, so […]
Clique aqui para Português On Thursday December 3 approximately 1,000 people came together to protest the genocide against black youth at the hands of police. The protest took place in the North Zone neighborhood of Madureira in response to […]
Clique aqui para Português Today, November 20, is Brazil’s Black Awareness Day, a day to celebrate Black Brazilian history and resistance to oppression. While May 13 marks the adoption of the ‘Golden Law‘ that abolished slavery in 1888 with the […]
This is the third article in a series by guest researcher Jeffrey Omari,* on ICTs in Rio’s favelas. During the last year in Rio, I’ve formed a routine of visiting Ipanema beach on Sunday afternoons. Working nearby at […]
Clique aqui para Português Tension between Rio de Janeiro’s North and South Zone residents has reached a new peak because of the threat of violence on Rio’s beaches in this pre-Olympic year. On August 23, […]