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Exhibition Review: “Favela, You Make It Yourself!” Community Visions for Public Space in Alemão

By Michel Jaquet • May 20, 2014

Clique aqui para Português Nestled high up on Alvorada hill, right below a portion of Complexo do Alemão’s photogenic but controversial cable car, Barraco #55 is a community-oriented center for arts and research. As well as […]

Civil Society

Maré’s Vibrant and Historic Civil Society is Organizing

By Benjamin Parkin • April 10, 2014

Clique aqui para Português With the recent military occupation of the Complexo da Maré, Brazilian and international media have turned their attention to this group of favelas in Rio’s North Zone. Yet Maré and its […]

Favela Qualities

‘Great Good Places’: The Nature of Public Spaces in Favelas

By Caitlin Dixon • April 8, 2014

Clique aqui para Português In the dense built environment of favelas, spatial priority is given to housing. Public spaces, then, develop informally out of the leftover places in the urban landscape. Public streets and staircases […]

#UPPWatch

Peace, Pacification and UPPs in the Favelas [IMAGES]

By Luiz Baltar • Translation by Jake Cummings, Tom Winterbottom • March 31, 2014

Clique aqui para Português I have never accepted the term “pacification,” adopted as a slogan by the government and repeated all over the media. By consensus, peace is a desired state of mind and something […]

#GentrificationWatch

Vidigal Debates Gentrification in First ‘Fala Vidigal’ Event

By Alika Nileshwar • Translation by Alika Nileshwar • March 26, 2014

Clique aqui para Português On Tuesday, March 18, the Vidigal Residents Association, Intersectoral Forum of Vidigal, Albergue da Comunidade, and Catalytic Communities held the first of four debates discussing the process of gentrification underway in the community. As prices continue […]

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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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