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[ September 29, 2023 ] Favela Climate Memory Circles, Part 5: Vidigal Memories Nucleus Pleads ‘People Need a Place to Live!’ by Community Contributors
[ September 28, 2023 ] Favela Climate Memory Circles, Part 4: The Favela Museum in Cantagalo Makes Clear ‘We Need to Change Our Relationship With Garbage’ *Highlight
[ September 27, 2023 ] Favela Climate Memory Circles, Part 3: NOPH in Antares, Santa Cruz, Where ‘No One Was Supposed to Stay, but 40 Years Went by and They Never Took Action’ *Highlight
[ September 26, 2023 ] Favela Climate Memory Circles, Part 2: Sankofa Museum in Rocinha Shows That ‘When We Fight Together, We Win’ *Highlight
[ September 25, 2023 ] Favela Climate Memory Circles, Part 1: Maré Museum Highlights ‘Stilt Houses as a Survival Strategy, as Knowledge’ *Highlight

Culture in Rio: The More Collective the Better

By Silvana Bahia • Translation by Emma Platais • February 20, 2014

For the original by Silvana Bahia in Portuguese for Observatório de Favelas click here. The strengthening of the idea of the city as a place to meet and exchange ideas has spurred the formation of […]

Residents in Rio Favela Lose Homes to Cable Car

By Silvana Bahia • Translation by Rachel Fox • November 3, 2012

Clique aqui para Português Click here for original article, in Portuguese, by Silvana Bahia* for BBC Brasil. The Morro da Providência community, between the Port Region and Central Station, holds an important place in the […]