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Friends and Favelas

Jubilation!! My first comment. I’m grinning from ear to ear. Someone read my article about favela tours and appreciated it. I tried to get my local newspaper to run this story but they pass… more →

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Origins of Funk Carioca — 1 comment

tudobeleza wrote 2 weeks ago: I’m sure many people have heard of Funk Carioca but perhaps not so much about its actual origi … more →

Tags: Music, Brazilian, Origins, Eyes On Brazil, funk carioca, Baile Funk

Double Banger - Hellboy 2 and The Incredible Hulk (Warning - Spoiler Alert) — 1 comment

rosierogue wrote 3 weeks ago: Hellboy 2 reeks of Guillermo Del Toro’s dark vivid earthy visions, he manages to transform th … more →

Tags: film, Hellboy 2, Liv Tyler, edward norton, Guillermo del Toro, Manhattan, Brazil, Comics, Incredible Hulk

New story: "Slumming in Rio"

robverger wrote 1 month ago: I’m pleased to announce that my latest story was just published by World Hum. It’s about … more →

Tags: Brazil, Photography, publications, Travel, Rio de Janeiro, slum tourism

Os ricos, os melhores

elizabethruth wrote 2 months ago: Did you hear about Bruce Charlton’s recently published study in the Times Higher Education? Pr … more →

Tags: Media Criticism, Brasil, India, Africa, Classism, bruce charlton, Times Higher Education, BBCBrasil, Elitism

Friends and Favelas — 6 comments

vickycollins wrote 3 months ago: Jubilation!! My first comment. I’m grinning from ear to ear. Someone read my article about … more →

Tags: Random Thoughts, Global Poverty, Travel, media, Comments, Blogging

Touring Rio's Favelas — 6 comments

vickycollins wrote 3 months ago: Rogean Rodriguez builds castles in the sand. For eleven years he has squatted on a little piece of … more →

Tags: Global Poverty, Travel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tourism

Favela Rising (2005) — 2 comments

CriticalDocs wrote 3 months ago: “Favela Rising” is a documentary about the successful story of a group of young peopl … more →

Tags: Documentary movies, Jeff Zimbalist, Matt Mochary, English, Portuguese (portugues), Brasil, Criminality, drugs, Music

Favela Rising (2005) — 1 comment

CriticalDocs wrote 3 months ago: This site has moved. Plase click here to get to the new site. … more →

Tags: Documentary movies, Matt Mochary, Jeff Zimbalist, Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, slums, Music, drugs, Criminality

Favelas of Bahia — 2 comments

Amiga wrote 4 months ago: The Favelas/”Shantytown” as they are identified with, in Salvador da Bahia are differe … more →

Tags: Brazil, Bahia, Salvador, Salvador da Bahia, Afro Culture, African Brazilian, Interesting/Boring news in Salvador da Bahia, Culture in Brazil, african diaspora, Bahianos

Pix Worth A Thousand Words

nextthing wrote 4 months ago: http://next-thing.net/?p=1447 … more →

Tags: Art, amo, Photography, Pix Of A Thousand Words, thought provoking

FAVELAS

slidingtony wrote 5 months ago: Here another video from unconventional cities. This is a case from the “favelas” of Rio … more →

Tags: city, critic, Rio de Janeiro

CARACAS, THE INFORMAL CITY

slidingtony wrote 5 months ago: Here we start the editing of some videos analizing unconventional urbanizations. Have a look at th … more →

Tags: city, critic, Inspections, interviews, just a video, Traveling, World, Caracas, Informal

Skitching

johnthebookie wrote 6 months ago: Kinda tired of writing, and this is a visual medium anyway, so here’s a coupla pix we took on … more →

Tags: Travel, Dewey Decimal, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, rocinha

abundance

theodoreboggs wrote 6 months ago: … more →

Tags: Works, Barn Raising, carnival queen, crucible workers, electricity, fire escapes, Flotillas, hunting for rebels, Miners

Hippy Hoppy: Brazilians and Hip Hop

Xai wrote 8 months ago: Have you ever heard of “hippy hoppy?  It’s the way Brazilians say hip-hop in Portuguese … more →

Tags: film, Culture, Music, hip-hop, rap, DJs, Xica Music, Favela Rising, ANTONIA

man i'm predictable aka rocinha in my stomach — 4 comments

bravimabasta wrote 11 months ago: I was talking to m about Brazil etc etc and he goes, i’m sure you went to a favela, didn … more →

Tags: modern migrants, Rights, WTF, rocinha, slum, Brazil, rio, Human Rights

Tensions Build for Pan Am games

Ida wrote 1 year ago: The situation here is getting much worse as the Pan American games approach. Police are beginning t … more →

Tags: Brazil, media, Photography, NGO, Pan American Games, Youth Media, Community Media, film,

Visitors Include Slums in their Tours of Rio

vanburen wrote 1 year ago: RIO DE JANEIRO–Over 4,000 European travelers were taken into “Rocinha,” Rio de Jan … more →

Tags: Excursions, Brazil


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