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Maré Favela Launches Yet Another Fantastic Museum: The Traveling Museum of Images (MIIM)

By Miriane Peregrino • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • September 5, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Complexo da Maré, a group of 16 favelas home to 140,000 residents in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, is now home to three incredible museums. The Maré Museum, inaugurated May 13, […]

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The Griots of Maré: Narratives of Black Favela Women

By Miriane Peregrino • Translation by Desirée Poets • July 22, 2019

Clique aqui para Português The favelas that make up Maré, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, are home to 140,000 inhabitants and many stories to tell. The favelas’ origins date back to the foundation of […]

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Seminar Disseminates Urban Policy Approaches from Perspective of the ‘Potency of Peripheries’

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Cheyne Bull • April 16, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On Tuesday, April 2, the seminar “New Paradigms for Urban Policies from the Perspective of the Potency of Peripheries” took place at the Favelas Observatory in Complexo da Maré with the support […]

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Four Things That I Learned from Marielle Franco’s Struggle #1YearWithoutMarielle [OPINION]

By Thaís Cavalcante • Translation by Ava Rose Hoffman • March 14, 2019

Clique aqui para Português The first time that I saw Marielle Franco in the streets of Maré, in Rio’s North Zone, was in 2016. I remember her colorful head wrap vividly. She was sitting on […]

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‘Intimate Favela’: Portraits of the Inner Lives of Favelas and Their Residents [IMAGES]

By Antoine Horenbeek • January 28, 2019

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 […]

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In May 2010, Catalytic Communities launched what was originally Rio Olympics Neighborhood Watch (hence RioOnWatch), a program to bring visibility to favela community voices in the lead-up to the 2016 Rio Olympics. This news site, RioOnWatch.org, grew into a much-needed and unique reference featuring favela perspectives on the urban transformation of Rio. With diverse and deeply interlinked articles by a mix of community reporters, resident opinions, solidarity reporters, international observers, and academic researchers, we work to engender a more accurate picture of favelas, their contributions to the city, and the potential of favela-led community development in Rio and around the world.

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