The Port, Gateway to Rio, Part 1: The Historic Whitening
This is the first of a four-part series on Rio de Janeiro’s Port Zone. “The Port Zone will be the gateway to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics:” Since the port [...]
Port Region
From Valongo to Favela: Exhibition Connects Slave Past With Favelas Today [SLIDESHOW]
The Rio Museum of de Art’s (MAR) primary ongoing exhibition of 2014 From Valongo to Favela: The Imaginary and the Periphery opened its doors last May to showcase the [...]
Circuito Cinegrada: Black Cinema Showcased & Celebrated as Black Awareness Month Comes to an End
Black protagonism in cinema is being promoted across Rio de Janeiro in November, in honor of Brazil’s Black Awareness Month. The film festival Circuito Cinegrada is [...]
The Peak and Decline of Fishing in Caju
For the original by Clarisse Werneck, Daniela Pereira and Ricardo Costa in Portuguese, published in Viva Favela, click here. Whoever looks at the small dozen boats moored [...]
The Miracle of Resistance: Lessons from Rio’s Successful Urban Quilombos & Indigenous Groups
Brazil’s colonial past has created a socio-political landscape in which issues of race and ethnicity remain problematic. Today, indigenous and black groups continue to [...]