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Childhood and Collective Learning in the Streets of a Rio Favela

By Gizele Martins • Translation by Leila Lak • September 10, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Gizele Martins published in Portal Aprendiz click here. The streets shaped my childhood more than any other place. The streets are a major communal […]

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Maré’s Open-Air Museum: Center for Memory and Identity in the Favela

By Miriane Peregrino • Translation by Elfie Lawson • June 10, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Maré’s Open-Air Museum is a project that promises to bring a new museological perspective to the favelas of Maré, in Rio’s North Zone. A historical tour, sites of memory, and urban […]

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Mental Health Activists Gather in Maré Favela to Discuss Mental Asylums and Treatment Alternatives

By Zaynah Karem • June 8, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On Friday, May 24, Redes da Maré (Maré Development Networks NGO) led a conversation at Galpão Bela Maré—a cultural center in Maré, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone—to discuss ways to […]

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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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From Flyer to Flyer: An Analysis of the 2018 Elections in the Maré Favelas

By Fernanda Távora, Hannah de Vasconcellos • Translation by Cheyne Bull • October 31, 2018

Clique aqui para Português  For the original article in Portuguese published by data_labe, click here. Reporting by Hannah de Vasconcellos and Fernanda Távora in collaboration with Juliana Marques (data), Pedro Lira (editing), and Giulia Santos (graphics). […]

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