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Mapping the ‘Uncharted’ Favela: The Growing Role of Participatory and Insurgent Cartographies

By Raine Robichaud • December 4, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Despite Rio de Janeiro’s original and oldest favela just celebrating its 120th anniversary last month, it was not until fifty years later, in 1947, that the city’s favelas began to be included […]

The Importance and Challenges of Putting Favelas on the Map

By Natalie Southwick • October 11, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Mapping Rio de Janeiro’s favelas can be a contentious political and social issue, and the debate has only amplified in the last few years, as Rio hosted increasingly high-profile global mega-events like the 2014 World […]

At City’s Request, Google Carries Out Virtual Eviction on Rio’s Map

For original post in Portuguese on Comitê Popular do Rio click here. After Rio’s City government asked Google to reduce the presence of favelas on the map of Rio de Janeiro, the word “favela” was […]