On Thursday July 21, the Anthropology Nucleus at Rio Federal University’s Institute for Philosophy and Social Sciences (UFRJ/IFCS) hosted an event entitled “The city in the time of cholera: the Olympic blow” to discuss urban […]
On Thursday July 14, the Popular Committee on the World Cup and the Olympics chaired a debate on the impact of increased police presence in Complexo da Maré on favelas and communities. Taking place in Museu da […]
Clique aqui para Português Wednesday, July 20 marked the first day of the Black Lives Matter movement’s four-day visit to Rio de Janeiro, as part of Julho Negro or Black July. The first day of the visit […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Gizele Martins in Portuguese published on her blog A Mareense click here. Once again, life in Maré was interrupted. We heard gunshots from dawn onwards on Monday, June […]
Clique aqui para Português Women in Brazil are on the march. That’s true in a literal sense, as women put boots-on-the-ground today in Brasília for the annual national Black Women’s March, and in recent weeks in […]