{"id":76666,"date":"2023-11-10T10:38:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T13:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=76666"},"modified":"2023-11-10T10:42:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T13:42:20","slug":"rip-subnormal-agglomerations-part-3-peripheral-epistemology-in-the-design-of-the-census-and-presentation-of-new-nomenclature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=76666","title":{"rendered":"RIP \u2018Subnormal Agglomerations,\u2019 Part 3: Peripheral Epistemology in the Design of the Census and Presentation of a New Nomenclature"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the third day of the seminar, debaters focus on favela epistemologies as a prerequisite for public, community-oriented research that intends to be accessible for favelas and urban communities. In the photo, a panel including, from left to right: Fl\u00e1via Feitosa (UFABC); Polinho Mota (Data_labe); In\u00e1 Odara Cholodoski Monteiro Torres (LabJaca); e Dalcio Marinho Gon\u00e7alves (Redes da Mar\u00e9). Foto: IBGE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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This is the final article in a series of three<\/a> about how Brazil\u2019s census bureau, IBGE, held an unprecedented week-long workshop to debate how to change the term \u201csubnormal agglomeration\u201d used for decades to describe the nation’s informal settlements, from the perspective of favelas and working-class communities.<\/h4>\n

From September 25-28, 2023, leaders from favelas, urban communities, tidal lands, flood lands, mangroves, stilt communities, villages, valleys, hillsides, self-constructed settlements, working-class settlements, invasions, grottos, neighborhoods, occupations, hoods, glens, lowlands, Afro-Brazilian mocambos and ressacas, formal and informal subdivisions, and improvised villages (as they all self-identified), together with employees and researchers from the <\/span>Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE<\/a>)<\/span>, met online and in Bras\u00edlia for the First National Meeting<\/a> for the Production, Analysis and Dissemination of Information about Favelas and Urban Communities in Brazil. With approximately 80 daily attendees, the event was also viewed online by hundreds of interested parties<\/span>.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Production of Information on Favelas and Brazilian Urban Communities Beyond Official Bodies<\/h3>\n

The panel opening the third day focused on community-led experiences in data and statistical production. The intention was to discuss what the statistical production conducted by official organizations such as IBGE means for favelas and urban communities, and what their methods leave out, to be covered only through grassroots research.<\/span><\/p>\n

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From left to right: Fl\u00e1via Feitosa (UFABC); Polinho Mota (data_labe); Isabella Nunes, the mediator; Dalcio Marinho Gon\u00e7alves (Redes da Mar\u00e9); and In\u00e1 Odara Cholodoski Monteiro Torres (LabJaca). Photo: IBGE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dalcio Marinho Gon\u00e7alves, researcher at the NGO Redes da Mar\u00e9<\/a> and Uniperiferias<\/a>, shared a history of Redes da Mar\u00e9’s experience with community-led statistical research, made possible through partnerships between civil society organizations and public agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n