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[ January 23, 2023 ] 1st Festival of Social Museology Held in Rio de Janeiro: Community Museums as Tools of Resistance by International Observers
[ January 16, 2023 ] 2022 Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas [EDITORIAL] #MediaWatch
[ January 15, 2023 ] Permissiveness for the Self-Described ‘Patriots.’ Bullets for the Favelas. What #VoicesFromSocialMedia Say About the Brasília Attacks #MediaWatch
[ January 5, 2023 ] Sustainable Favela Network 5th Annual Full-Network Meet-Up: Connecting, Planning, and Ancestry in Morro do Salgueiro [VIDEO] *Highlight
[ December 29, 2022 ] Representation Matters: Victories and Contradictions in Lula’s Transition of Brazil’s New Government Ministries #ParticipationWatch

Communities Debate Pollution in the Guanabara Bay

By Lovinia Reynolds, Marcela Benavides • November 16, 2015

Clique aqui para Português On Tuesday November 10, over 50 community members and activists gathered to discuss the heavily debated issue of increasing pollution in the Guanabara Bay, but also to discuss the problems that affect the […]

Book Reviews

Paying Homage to Favela Author Carolina Maria de Jesus

By Benito Aranda-Comer, Marcela Benavides • November 11, 2015

Clique aqui para Português In honor of Brazil’s Black Awareness Month, the Afro-Brazilian Museum (Museu Afro Brasil) in São Paulo is showcasing an exhibition on the life and work of Carolina Maria de Jesus, Brazil’s […]