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Cosme Felippsen leads the Rolé
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Favela Activists Launch Series of Unique Favela Tours for Cariocas and Visitors Alike

By Stephanie Reist • February 20, 2017

Clique aqui para Português The second installment of Rolé dos Favelados (Stroll of the Favelados) kicked off this Saturday, February 18 in the downtown favela of Providência, which will celebrate its 120th anniversary this year. Amid a […]

#CommunityMedia

Providência: Over 119 Years of Stories

By Miriane Peregrino • Translation by Anne Marie Moran • October 5, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Providência, originally called Favela Hill, is officially Rio’s oldest favela. It will turn 120 next year and residents are working to maintain the community’s memories and history alive. There are many […]

Adilson Almeida leads hike through Pedra Branca Forest
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Ecotourism in Quilombo do Camorim Promotes Cultural and Environmental Conservation

By Nia McAllister • July 15, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Upon visiting the Quilombo do Camorim, it is evident that the community’s cultural history cannot be separated from the natural environment. Located in the neighborhood of Jacarepaguá in the West Zone of Rio […]

#GentrificationWatch

Quilombo do Camorim: A History of Conservation and Resistance

By Stephanie Reist • July 4, 2016

Clique aqui para Português “We were a rural quilombo that became an urban quilombo,” Adilson Batista Almeida explains as he describes the Quilombo do Camorim do Maciço da Pedra Branca in Jacarepaguá, an area in […]

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Virtuous Cycles of Development: Community-based Tourism in Turano

By Mathilde Mouton • July 2, 2016

Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a three-part series profiling community-based initiatives in three favelas. Led by one or several local residents, these initiatives all share the objective of initiating a virtuous cycle of economic, […]

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