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Community Journalists Experience Censorship and Threats in Rio’s Favelas

By Gizele Martins • Translation by Sheila Taylor • October 16, 2015

Clique aqui para Português This post is the final of four RioOnWatch contributions to Blog Action Day 2015 in which bloggers around the world reflect on this year’s theme: Raise Your Voice. Check out our full series here. […]

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Digital Media Stimulates Prominence of Local Perspectives in Favela Narratives

By Bruna de Lara • Translation by Emma Platais • October 16, 2015

Clique aqui para Português This post is the first of four RioOnWatch contributions to Blog Action Day 2015 in which bloggers around the world reflect on this year’s theme: Raise Your Voice. Check out our full series here. […]

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Segregration, Vigilantism & Protest: Responses to Rio’s Beach Robberies

By Benito Aranda-Comer, Federico Olivieri • October 9, 2015

Clique aqui para Português Tension between Rio de Janeiro’s North and South Zone residents has reached a new peak because of the threat of violence on Rio’s beaches in this pre-Olympic year. On August 23, […]

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Antiéticos: Three-Favela Rap Collective Challenges Racism and Stigma

By Gabriela Weldon • September 30, 2015

Clique aqui para Português “Our rap is a discussion, an idea, an exchange,” says the first track on Antiéticos’ new mixtape, Ético Molotov. Three “interview” tracks are woven through the album and serve as a […]

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The Language of the Favela Part 2: Dialect & Stigma

By Gitanjali Patel • September 29, 2015

This is the second of a three-part series on the language spoken in the peripheries of Rio de Janeiro. Don’t miss Part 1 and Part 2. In Rio de Janeiro, dominant representations in the media and […]

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