Clique aqui para Português This article by geographer Rafael Chaves* sheds light on the dynamic of the Rio de Janeiro government’s alignment with the city’s financial elite in its occupation of urban space, and the […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the seventh article in an ongoing series on the Brazilian electoral political scene in 2018. Distinct from political reform movements and alternative candidates aiming to transform the (inevitably partisan) […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the fifth article in an ongoing series on the Brazilian electoral political scene in 2018. As we saw in the previous article, party dynamics often confuse voters. This confusion extends to […]
Clique aqui para Português For over two centuries, presiding political, academic, and cultural authorities have classified low-income urban neighborhoods as “slums.” The history of this term and the communities on which it has been imposed extends […]
Clique aqui para Português Defining a favela is a difficult task. Residents and researchers have identified the many differences that exist both between and within favelas to make us break away from generalizations and common […]