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‘A Museology That Doesn’t Serve Life Serves No Purpose’: ‘Unconventional’ Favela Museums Lead First Seminar of Rio de Janeiro’s Social Museology Network

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, May 16, Rio de Janeiro’s renowned Banco do Brasil Cultural Center (CCBB) hosted several institutions involved with museology—including community museums, memory collectives, and projects focused on social memory—alongside researchers, […]

From Local Conferences to COPs, Decision-Making on Climate Excludes Those Who Hold Critical Knowledge and Are Most Impacted: Indigenous Peoples and Informal Settlements [OPINION]

By Kaolin Maxakali • Translation by Yasmin Quaife • May 22, 2025

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the favelas […]

‘No One Wants to Hear How Much We Miss Them’: 20 Years After the Baixada Massacre, Families of Victims Report Poor Mental Health and Demand Psychosocial Support from the State

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Ujwala Murthy • April 20, 2025

Clique aqui para Português On the night of March 31, 2005, five Military Police officers—some of whom had previously been accused of police violence—met at a bar in downtown Nova Iguaçu and then drove along […]

‘I Was Up All Night, Like Every Summer’: Storm Deepens Climate Anxiety and Sparks Outrage Among Favela Residents Across Greater Rio de Janeiro, Say #VoicesFromSocialMedia

By Beatriz Miranda • Translation by Staff • April 14, 2025

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch’s ongoing #VoicesFromSocialMedia series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and activists about events and societal themes that arise. Year after year, the problem persists: […]

While Population Suffers Impacts of Poor Infrastructure, Greater Rio de Janeiro’s Flood Containment Program Is Delayed and Over Budget

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Aaron Scott • March 22, 2025

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the favelas […]