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The 2014 People’s Cup Kicks Off in Santa Marta

Clique aqui para Português This past Sunday, the Popular Committee for the World Cup and Olympics, in partnership with the National Association of Women’s Football, organized the first of four soccer events constituting this year’s People’s Cup. Four […]

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Why We Should Call Them Favelas

For original click here. Rio’s favelas are some of the most written about, scrutinized, and studied low-income communities in the world. Yet in this constant, often well-meaning spotlight, favela communities are consistently misrepresented by lazy […]

Favela Qualities

A City Planner Responds: What is a Favela?

For original click here. by Theresa Williamson, Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning and Executive Director of Catalytic Communities After thirteen years visiting favelas across Rio on a weekly basis, I still marvel at the creative […]