Clique aqui para Português Horror or revelry? There is a bit of both in the history of the emergence of carnival clowns known as bate-bolas (“ball-hitters”). At once scary and performative, historians date their origins to the […]
Clique aqui para Português In a recent paper titled “Undervaluation of Informal Sector Innovations: Making a Case for Revisiting Methodology” published in the African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh of the Center for Studies in […]
Clique aqui para Português For the project “Intimate Favela,” realized in collaboration with Catalytic Communities,* photographer Antoine Horenbeek was an overnight guest at the homes of individuals and families living in a few of Rio […]
Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Teatre-se: Theater and Young Women’s Leadership in Cantagalo and Pavão-Pavãozinho Contact: Facebook | Email Year Founded: 2014 Community: Cantagalo and Pavão-Pavãozinho (known collectively as PPG) (South Zone) Mission: Teatre-se is a group […]
Clique aqui para Português “The favela is not just a place,” explains Ricardo Rodrigues of Cerro Corá, in Rio’s South Zone. “It is an idea–of deconstructing life, of resilience, of understanding oneself as part of […]