{"id":81612,"date":"2025-09-20T09:53:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T12:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=81612"},"modified":"2025-09-29T00:17:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T03:17:54","slug":"in-rio-das-pedras-favela-climate-memory-exhibition-changes-the-way-we-see-our-own-sense-of-belonging-in-the-favela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=81612","title":{"rendered":"In Rio das Pedras, Favela Climate Memory Exhibition \u2018Changes the Way We See Our Own Sense of Belonging in the Favela\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n3ZYFwI5vAA?si=x6ybTPpdD6Jye9mo\" width=\"1030\" height=\"563\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4g8TClz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><i><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PT-e1439583827971.png\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/em><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following its <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4pn4Yqk\">time in Acari<\/a>, a favela in Rio de Janeiro\u2019s North Zone, in August, the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/428fAPW\">Favela Climate Memory\u2019 exhibition<\/a> continued its <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/47hy6Jc\">tour<\/a> through <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ZKEORG\">Rio das Pedras<\/a>, a favela in the city&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2KVA7k7\">West Zone<\/a>, in early September. Organized by community collectives <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4mwSn26\">Conex\u00f5es Perif\u00e9ricas RP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4oZEsDn\">Semeando Amor<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/47k5Mpv\">Recanto da Areinha<\/a>, the exhibition was widely visited by residents from September 1-14, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/MCnaLume\">circulating through<\/a> key cultural spaces, schools and headquarters of community groups.<\/p>\n<h3>Watch the video of the exhibition in Rio das Pedras above, in Portuguese, or by <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/MCRDPExpo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p>With original testimonials and historical data, the \u2018Favela Climate Memory\u2019 exhibition explores the relationships between climate, nature and territory across ten favelas in Rio de Janeiro interactively and affectionately. In Brazil&#8217;s fifth largest favela, Rio das Pedras, the exhibition toured spaces across all of the favela&#8217;s zones: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4oZEsDn\">Sowing Love Social Project<\/a> (September 1-2), <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/47k5Mpv\">Recanto da Areinha<\/a> (September 3), <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3VtMWoC\">Euclides da Cunha State High School<\/a> (September 4-5), the local College Prep Course (September 6), <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2SyRnih\">Cine &amp; Rock<\/a> (September 7), <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/45KkCEC\">Celinho Cultural Center<\/a> (September 9), <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3UUhIaa\">Mestre Diego Braga Technical School<\/a> (September 10), <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4n3OeTP\">Professora Em\u00edlia Maria Vieira de Oliveira Child Development Center<\/a> (September 12-13) and the Engenheiro Market (September 14).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81618\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sowing-Love-Social-Project-was-the-first-location-in-Rio-das-Pedras-to-host-the-\u2018Favela-Climate-Memory-exhibition-in-the-community.-Photo-Barbara-Dias.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-81618 size-full\" title=\"The Sowing Love Social Project was the first location in Rio das Pedras to host the \u2018Favela Climate Memory\u2019 exhibition in the community. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sowing-Love-Social-Project-was-the-first-location-in-Rio-das-Pedras-to-host-the-\u2018Favela-Climate-Memory-exhibition-in-the-community.-Photo-Barbara-Dias.jpg\" alt=\"The Sowing Love Social Project was the first location in Rio das Pedras to host the \u2018Favela Climate Memory\u2019 exhibition in the community. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sowing-Love-Social-Project-was-the-first-location-in-Rio-das-Pedras-to-host-the-\u2018Favela-Climate-Memory-exhibition-in-the-community.-Photo-Barbara-Dias.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sowing-Love-Social-Project-was-the-first-location-in-Rio-das-Pedras-to-host-the-\u2018Favela-Climate-Memory-exhibition-in-the-community.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-620x414.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sowing-Love-Social-Project-was-the-first-location-in-Rio-das-Pedras-to-host-the-\u2018Favela-Climate-Memory-exhibition-in-the-community.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-942x629.jpg 942w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sowing-Love-Social-Project-was-the-first-location-in-Rio-das-Pedras-to-host-the-\u2018Favela-Climate-Memory-exhibition-in-the-community.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sowing-Love-Social-Project-was-the-first-location-in-Rio-das-Pedras-to-host-the-\u2018Favela-Climate-Memory-exhibition-in-the-community.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Semeando Amor (Sowing Love community space) was the first location in Rio das Pedras to welcome the \u2018Favela Climate Memory\u2019 exhibition in Rio das Pedras. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4oZEsDn\">Semeando Amor<\/a> hosted the exhibition\u2019s debut in Rio das Pedras on September 1. Local resident and organizer Fernando Barros, who facilitated the Rio das Pedras climate memory circle in September 2024\u2014where the community\u2019s testimonials featured in the exhibition were collected\u2014offered context on how the work took place.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe day of the [climate memory] discussion circle was very interesting for me and very important for the collective. It was essential for our growth and strengthening as a group. There were a few familiar faces in that circle\u2014people that I really care about\u2014and I had the opportunity to get to know a part of my home, of Rio das Pedras [through their testimonials]. In that moment, they shared a bit of our history of struggle. I already felt a lot of affection for these people, but learning that they were part of a fight, of resistance, of our victory\u2026 it changes the way we see certain people, and the way we see our own sense of belonging here in the favela.\u201d \u2014 Fernando Barros<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Maria Wellen, a resident of Rio das Pedras and volunteer at the Semeando Amor and Conex\u00f5es Perif\u00e9ricas RP collectives, shared her experience as a participant in the climate memory circle.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIn the circle, I remember us talking about&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4bFTV4Z\">climate anxiety<\/a>. We brought up some really important issues and now, here at the exhibition, I\u2019m seeing them on display: [in] the Basin of Memories. [The installation] holds physical photos of important events from each favela. And [being] there, holding some of the photos of Rio das Pedras&#8230; that really show these climate anxieties\u2014landslides, places that burned down\u2026 I think it\u2019s really important because it grounds you in reality, it pulls you out of that \u2018oh, that was in the past\u2019 mindset. It\u2019s right there next to you: you\u2019re looking at what happened. We tend to hear about these things like they\u2019re myths. But then, looking [at the photos], it hits you: it really did happen, didn&#8217;t it?\u201d \u2014 Maria Wellen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81707\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81707\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Residents-interact-with-the-Basin-of-Memories-and-observe-historical-photos-of-the-favelas-featured-in-the-exhibition.-Photo-Barbara-Dias.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-81707 size-full\" title=\"Residents interact with the Basin of Memories, lookinf at historical photos from the favelas featured in the exhibition. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Residents-interact-with-the-Basin-of-Memories-and-observe-historical-photos-of-the-favelas-featured-in-the-exhibition.-Photo-Barbara-Dias.jpg\" alt=\"Residents interact with the Basin of Memories, lookinf at historical photos from the favelas featured in the exhibition. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Residents-interact-with-the-Basin-of-Memories-and-observe-historical-photos-of-the-favelas-featured-in-the-exhibition.-Photo-Barbara-Dias.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Residents-interact-with-the-Basin-of-Memories-and-observe-historical-photos-of-the-favelas-featured-in-the-exhibition.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-620x414.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Residents-interact-with-the-Basin-of-Memories-and-observe-historical-photos-of-the-favelas-featured-in-the-exhibition.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-942x629.jpg 942w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Residents-interact-with-the-Basin-of-Memories-and-observe-historical-photos-of-the-favelas-featured-in-the-exhibition.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Residents-interact-with-the-Basin-of-Memories-and-observe-historical-photos-of-the-favelas-featured-in-the-exhibition.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents interact with the Basin of Memories, looking at historical photos from the favelas featured in the exhibition. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The opening of the exhibition in Rio das Pedras was attended by long-time residents, such as\u00a0Marilene Veras, who has lived in the community for over 30 years. She remembers Rio das Pedras in the early days of its occupation.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis used to be a lagoon\u2014there were no houses here. We started with our little shack way down at the very end. From there to here&#8230; it was nothing but water. Rio das Pedras was all water, and there was a lagoon right here\u2026 Then came electricity\u2014just a single lightbulb over there\u2014and there were alligators, you know? We had wooden shacks, just wood. No way anyone had tile floors back then, right? And no such thing as cement around here, none at all. Back then, things were really good.\u201d \u2014 Marilene Veras<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81613\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Residents-interact-with-the-map-crafted-by-artist-Marli-Damascena-cofounder-of-the-Mare-Museum-at-the-opening-of-the-exhibition-in-Rio-das-Pedras.-Photo-Barbara-Dias.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-81613 size-full\" title=\"Residents interact with the map crafted by artist Marli Damascena, cofounder of the Mar\u00e9 Museum, at the opening of the exhibition in the Rio das Pedras favela. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Residents-interact-with-the-map-crafted-by-artist-Marli-Damascena-cofounder-of-the-Mare-Museum-at-the-opening-of-the-exhibition-in-Rio-das-Pedras.-Photo-Barbara-Dias.jpg\" alt=\"Residents interact with the map crafted by artist Marli Damascena, cofounder of the Mar\u00e9 Museum, at the opening of the exhibition in the Rio das Pedras favela. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Residents-interact-with-the-map-crafted-by-artist-Marli-Damascena-cofounder-of-the-Mare-Museum-at-the-opening-of-the-exhibition-in-Rio-das-Pedras.-Photo-Barbara-Dias.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Residents-interact-with-the-map-crafted-by-artist-Marli-Damascena-cofounder-of-the-Mare-Museum-at-the-opening-of-the-exhibition-in-Rio-das-Pedras.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-620x414.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Residents-interact-with-the-map-crafted-by-artist-Marli-Damascena-cofounder-of-the-Mare-Museum-at-the-opening-of-the-exhibition-in-Rio-das-Pedras.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-942x629.jpg 942w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Residents-interact-with-the-map-crafted-by-artist-Marli-Damascena-cofounder-of-the-Mare-Museum-at-the-opening-of-the-exhibition-in-Rio-das-Pedras.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Residents-interact-with-the-map-crafted-by-artist-Marli-Damascena-cofounder-of-the-Mare-Museum-at-the-opening-of-the-exhibition-in-Rio-das-Pedras.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents interact with the map crafted by artist Marli Damascena of the Mar\u00e9 Museum, at the opening of the exhibition in the Rio das Pedras favela. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Carlos Silva, a resident of Rio das Pedras for 44 years, fought for improvements over the decades and worked for 18 of them at the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/47qqkN7\">Rio das Pedras Residents\u2019 Association<\/a>. During the discussion circle that informed the exhibition, he gave several testimonies that make up the final display. Seeing the resulting exhibition, he emphasized the importance of favela residents organizing around a popular movement for better living conditions in their communities.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c[This exhibition] is very important for people to get to know the struggles and how determined [residents] are\u2014each one in their own peripheral areas, with their own peripheral connections: City of God, Acari, Penha. In fact, I know every one [of these communities]\u2026 This visit is important so others can understand people&#8217;s struggles, right? Of residents fighting for their right to housing\u2014because we all should have the right to a decent home, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3vLUpGh\">basic sanitation<\/a>, upgrading, and paving, along with spaces for sports, leisure, culture, and health\u2026 I say that I am a [true Rio das Pedras] local. I came to this community in 1979 and took part in the struggles for housing and sustainability, aimed at ensuring that people could have decent homes.\u201d \u2014 Carlos Silva<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81710\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81710\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Carlos-Silva-and-Marilene-Veras-long-time-residents-of-Rio-das-Pedras-attended-the-opening-of-the-exhibition-at-the-Sowing-Love-Space.-Photo-Barbara-Dias.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-81710 size-full\" title=\"Carlos Silva and Marilene Veras, long-time residents of Rio das Pedras, attended the opening of the exhibition at the Sowing Love Space. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Carlos-Silva-and-Marilene-Veras-long-time-residents-of-Rio-das-Pedras-attended-the-opening-of-the-exhibition-at-the-Sowing-Love-Space.-Photo-Barbara-Dias.jpg\" alt=\"Carlos Silva and Marilene Veras, long-time residents of Rio das Pedras, attended the opening of the exhibition at the Sowing Love Space. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Carlos-Silva-and-Marilene-Veras-long-time-residents-of-Rio-das-Pedras-attended-the-opening-of-the-exhibition-at-the-Sowing-Love-Space.-Photo-Barbara-Dias.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Carlos-Silva-and-Marilene-Veras-long-time-residents-of-Rio-das-Pedras-attended-the-opening-of-the-exhibition-at-the-Sowing-Love-Space.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-620x414.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Carlos-Silva-and-Marilene-Veras-long-time-residents-of-Rio-das-Pedras-attended-the-opening-of-the-exhibition-at-the-Sowing-Love-Space.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-942x629.jpg 942w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Carlos-Silva-and-Marilene-Veras-long-time-residents-of-Rio-das-Pedras-attended-the-opening-of-the-exhibition-at-the-Sowing-Love-Space.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Carlos-Silva-and-Marilene-Veras-long-time-residents-of-Rio-das-Pedras-attended-the-opening-of-the-exhibition-at-the-Sowing-Love-Space.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carlos Silva and Marilene Veras, long-time residents of Rio das Pedras, attended the opening of the exhibition at the Semeando Amor spae. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Claudia Santos, another resident of Rio das Pedras and participant in the Semeando Amor social project, shared how her life story intertwines with the community&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI arrived in Rio das Pedras on July 19, 1991, so I\u2019ve been here quite a while. I\u2019ve watched Rio das Pedras grow on such a gigantic scale, so to have an event like this in the community\u2014for me, participating for the first time\u2014is just the greatest thing. It\u2019s been such a joy to contribute to the history, with the poetry we created last year. It\u2019s too bad that people still haven&#8217;t grasped the purpose of all this, because <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ZQquJF\">this place has history<\/a>, we have stories\u2026 It&#8217;s very touching [to take part in the exhibition]. You know what I wish? That every resident were here to contribute\u2026 I\u2019m here participating, contributing, wanting to bring my grandchildren, my relatives\u2026 Rio das Pedras is a place that holds so much history, it\u2019s not just about tragedy\u2014we have hardworking people who raised their children, their grandchildren, who arrived here and planted their feet in the mud, you know, to build their homes.\u201d \u2014 Claudia Santos<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/MCemRDPFotos\">View the photo album of the exhibition<\/a> during its full tour through Rio das Pedras:<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Exposi\u00e7\u00e3o 'Mem\u00f3ria Clim\u00e1tica das Favelas' em Rio das Pedras, 01 \u00e0 14 de setembro de 2025\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/catcomm\/albums\/72177720328771212\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54761080654_71939ef3bc_h.jpg\" alt=\"Exposi\u00e7\u00e3o 'Mem\u00f3ria Clim\u00e1tica das Favelas' em Rio das Pedras, 01 \u00e0 14 de setembro de 2025\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><i>*The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) and RioOnWatch are both initiatives of not-for-profit organization Catalytic Communities (CatComm). The \u2018Favela Climate Memory\u2019 exhibition brings together 1,145 testimonials from 382 residents of ten favelas across Rio de Janeiro, collected and analyzed over three years, produced through a collective oral history project. The exhibition was developed by eleven museums and favela memory collectives that are members of the SFN: the <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4jxofCk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Mar\u00e9 Museum<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0(Complexo da Mar\u00e9 favelas), the\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/45mZOU2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Sankofa Museum<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0(Rocinha favela), the\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4d95ToV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Historic Orientation and Research Nucleus of Santa Cruz<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0(organizer of the Antares climate memory circle), the\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Evtd3k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Favela Museum<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0(Pav\u00e3o-Pav\u00e3ozinho\/Cantagalo favelas), the\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3CBLiYV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Vidigal Memories Nucleus<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0(Vidigal favela),\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4hEn5nZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Alfazendo<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0(City of God favela), the\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4bKIUhw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Serra da Miseric\u00f3rdia Integration Center<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0(Complexo da Penha favelas), the\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3jtfLSI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Horto Museum<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0(Horto favela),\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/37l5Epz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Fala Akari<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0(Acari favela),\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4efKGZQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Conex\u00f5es Perif\u00e9ricas<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0(Rio das Pedras favela), and the\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2s2A3Vr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Evictions Museum<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0(Vila Aut\u00f3dromo favela).\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>About the author:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Gc3OJU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B\u00e1rbara Dias<\/a>\u00a0was born and raised in Bangu, in Rio\u2019s West Zone. She has a degree in Biological Sciences, a master\u2019s in Environmental Education, and has been a public school teacher since 2006. She is a photojournalist and also works with documentary photography. She is a popular communicator for N\u00facleo Piratininga de Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3i2GcdN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPC<\/a>) and co-founder of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3vfY8bj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coletivo Fotoguerrilha<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>Support\u00a0<\/b><b><i>RioOnWatch<\/i><\/b><b>\u2019s tireless, critical and cutting-edge hyperlocal journalism, online community organizing meetings, and direct support to favelas\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/FavelaCovidResponse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by clicking here<\/a><\/b><b>.<\/b><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas Following its time in Acari, a favela in Rio de Janeiro\u2019s North Zone, in August, the \u2018Favela Climate Memory\u2019 exhibition continued its tour through Rio das Pedras, a favela in <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=81612\" title=\"In Rio das Pedras, Favela Climate Memory Exhibition \u2018Changes the Way We See Our Own Sense of Belonging in the Favela\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":81735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-full.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1288,1328,1290,3477,1333,1332,329],"tags":[472,3406,474,385,538,674,78,962,1445,3636,471,3186,21],"writer":[3542],"translator":[3452],"illustrator":[],"photographer":[3548,3687],"class_list":{"0":"post-81612","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-highlight","8":"category-by-community-contributors","9":"category-civilsociety","10":"category-climate-justice","11":"category-event-reports","12":"category-photo-essays","13":"category-solutions","14":"tag-climate-change","15":"tag-climate-justice","16":"tag-environment","17":"tag-environmental-education","18":"tag-exhibition","19":"tag-memory","20":"tag-floods","21":"tag-oral-history","22":"tag-rio-das-pedras","23":"tag-series-favela-climate-memory","24":"tag-sustainability","25":"tag-sfn","26":"tag-west-zone","27":"writer-barbara-dias","28":"translator-staff","29":"photographer-barbara-dias","30":"photographer-luiza-de-andrade"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81612"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81797,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81612\/revisions\/81797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81612"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fwriter&post=81612"},{"taxonomy":"translator","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftranslator&post=81612"},{"taxonomy":"illustrator","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fillustrator&post=81612"},{"taxonomy":"photographer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fphotographer&post=81612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}