Bolsonaro and Rocinha

If you’ve followed politics in the Western Hemisphere over the past two years, you are pretty familiar with the pattern Continue reading →

Architecture Inverse [episode2]

Mutirão. Brazil Guest post by Andrés Sanchez Arias   This chapter showcases self-construction and self-management experiences in Sao Paulo, Brazil. To begin, Continue reading →

Political Titans and Cost of Living

You can hardly throw a digital rock without hitting Brazil-related reporting these days. As big a deal as zika/microcephaly is Continue reading →

Christian Tragni Photojournalism by a Guy

I first talked with Christian Tragni after seeing his photos of young men in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro with their Continue reading →

Moving in the City

Even though there is clear evidence from the academy and practice that cities need to promote sustainable transportation we still Continue reading →

Favela, Culture, and the Power of ‘Things’

You’ll have to imagine it because I don’t remember the artist’s name and I imagine this piece has been dismantled years 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 →

Pedagogy and the Oppressed

When I’m reading, I almost always (maybe despite the best efforts of Mrs. Houston, the wonderful 7th grade teacher that Continue reading →