Another Periphery II

In my last entry Another Periphery I introduced Igaraí, a rural farming town in the state of São Paulo and the Guilherme Zaneti public housing complex located just outside the Continue reading →

Another Periphery

São Paulo, Narobi, Lagos, Mexico City, Cairo, New Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, Mumbai, Caracas – Megacities. Through the various stories, explorations, photos, and inquiries of favelissues we peer into the Continue reading →

The Perfect House

I have been teaching art classes to kids in a favela in the north zone of São Paulo for two years now. One of our staple activities is free drawing Continue reading →

The Right to the City

“The right to the city is far more than the individual liberty to access urban resources: it is a right to change ourselves by changing the city. It is, moreover, Continue reading →

The Formal City Needs More Stairs

One of the things that most fascinates me about favelas are the wandering, uneven, narrow staircases that hold the buildings together, like twisted spines winding up the hillsides. Reminiscent, in Continue reading →

A Glimpse of São Paulo, My Beginning

Intro Post by Kirsten Larson “Cada casa bonita. É romantica.” (Each house is beautiful. It’s romantic.) Video narration from a five-year-old as we wander the narrow streets of Bamburral. Captured Continue reading →