Rio’s Current Crime Spike: Trends and Individuals

Much has been made and is being made of Rio’s post-Pacification upswing in crime, in particular in relation to the Continue reading →

(Un)knowing Poverty- Professor Ananya Roy (UC Berkeley)

Caption from image above: image from video- ” Can we shop to end Poverty”; Media and Project Project, UC Berkeley Happy 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 →

HOUSING AS PROCESS NOT PRODUCT, part 2

Continuing on some of the principles established around housing and habitat in PART 1, 3. [RESPECT] ECOLOGY To give a concrete Continue reading →

The Revolución Bolivariana and the Social Contract

Most of the time I hope to not arrive at conclusions. Siting the intellectual finish line tends to take the Continue reading →

Super Bloques Pasados de Moda [in spanish]

NOTE FROM FAVELissues’ TEAM: As our FAVELissues’ readership is growing, we have taken the decision to  expand a bit ourselves 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 →

Brazilian Architects and Urbanists Seize the Moment

The protests in Brazil began over an issue of a fare increase on public transportation, and grew to encompass demands Continue reading →