The World Planning Schools Congress 2016 – Rio de Janeiro

Conferences are a great way to stay current on research. This post highlights the 2016 IV WPSC in Rio de Continue reading →

On planning, violations and the limits of informality; an interview with Jayaraj Sundaresan

After twenty years working in Indian cities as an architect-planner-researcher, Jayaraj Sundaresan challenged existing urban theory to explain planning violations Continue reading →

New research on slum tourism, a comparative approach: interview with Alessandro Angelini

Favela tourism is all the rage. Tours operating in impoverished self-built settlements have multiplied in dozens of countries, and the Continue reading →

Hence, We Will Improvise: A Claim for Methods and Approaches through the Perspectives of Dwellers

[Guest Post by Ana Rosa Chavas Cavalcanti] Image above: Collage and interpretation of one Habraken Graphic. This graphic compared the Continue reading →

When the favela protests- Part I

Debunking the myth that the months of intense street protests in Rio de Janeiro 2103 were a middle class phenomenon. Continue reading →

The Free Fare Movement Comes to Rio: protest, public transport and the right to the city

I had intended this post to tell the story of the first time residents from the favela Rocinha “descended from Continue reading →

From the streets of Brazil; 25 telling photos of urban protest

I returned to Rio de Janeiro on May 20th to begin ethnographic fieldwork for my PhD in Urban Geography. Within Continue reading →

The radical urbanists that sparked Brazilian protests

Urban resistance has rocked Brazil since June 2013. On the largest day of protests, 20 June, two million citizens took Continue reading →