CALLING ALL WRITERS!!

Dear readers:  We will be closing the application process on December 20th, so please contact us (info@FAVELissues.com) if interested in becoming Continue reading →

Integration in process

Last Saturday was the first of a series of events aiming to explore the possibilities on integrate the informal settlements Continue reading →

Resilience Yet Again Part 2

In the Resilience yet again blog last month, I discussed the devastating impact of the 2014 Cyclone HUDHUD on Pedda Jalaripeta slum. Continue reading →

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 →

CALLING ALL WRITERS!!

Dear readers, We are reaching out for NEW WRITERS! FAVELissues is an open forum for discussions of issues surrounding urban informality and Continue reading →

Una favela fantástica

[1] Marina es una cantante de ópera, transexual y joven, quien después de la muerte de su pareja Orlando, se Continue reading →

Learning from informality

Recently, at Simon Bolivar University in Caracas we have had two different experiences in the Architectural Design Studio, using the Continue reading →

Resilience yet again.

From March through July 2017, I blogged about the Pedda Jalaripeta Slum in Favel Issues. Resilience of a Slum: What, Continue reading →