Clique aqui para Português Catalytic Communities* Executive Director Theresa Williamson was interviewed by O Globo about her chapter entitled, ‘Not Everyone Has a Price: How the Small Favela of Vila Autódromo’s Fight Opened a Path […]
Clique aqui para Português The XXI Pontifical Catholic University of Rio (PUC-Rio) Environment Week took place last week from June 6-10, 2017, which is organized by the university’s Interdisciplinary Nucleus for the Environment. All activities were […]
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Clique aqui para Português The Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are almost upon us, yet the city’s lack of preparedness continues to provide international media with an endless feed of concerning stories. The most […]
On Thursday July 21, the Anthropology Nucleus at Rio Federal University’s Institute for Philosophy and Social Sciences (UFRJ/IFCS) hosted an event entitled “The city in the time of cholera: the Olympic blow” to discuss urban […]
Clique aqui para Português The gated community is a well-known phenomenon across the Americas. The model first gained popularity in the United States before South American countries adopted this architectural style in the 1970s. Real estate developers created and marketed […]