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Act Marks 2nd Anniversary of ‘Enough Violence! Another Maré is Possible,’ Demands Public Action

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Edmund Ruge • July 19, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday, July 10, community residents and representatives from local organizations gathered in the Complexo da Maré favelas in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone to recognize the two-year anniversary of the […]

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Reconnecting With Senses, Flavor, and Knowledge of Rio’s Serra da Misericórdia

By Abby Hanna • July 17, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, June 29, Verdejar, a socio-environmental organization located along the edge of the Complexo do Alemão favelas in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, held an event to celebrate the environment […]

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6th Favela Student Discussion Group: Rethinking the Relationship Between Universities and Favelas

By Carolina Medina Zárate • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • July 2, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On June 8, the Museum of Life at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) hosted the 6th Student Favela Resident Discussion Group—Pathways that Lead Universities to Favelas and Favelas to Universities. The […]

Event Reports

Museum Week Panel Discusses Role of Museums in Representing People and Places

By Jessica Goodenough • June 12, 2019

“Do museums tell our stories?” This was the central question addressed during a panel titled “Museums, Territoriality, and Representation: Let Me Tell My Story,” held on May 22 at the Oi Futuro Lab in Flamengo, […]

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‘Creative Pathways to Cultures of Equity’ Seminar Discusses Solutions to Violence in the Periphery

By Zaynah Karem • May 31, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday, May 8, the seminar “State Violence: The Resistance and Re-Existence of the Periphery” was held at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) as part of a […]

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