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POPULAR ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A Grammar of Moral Economy in Contemporary Urban Peripheries
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how popular entrepreneurship operates as a cultural grammar that disrupts established practices of wageless life in urban peripheries. Drawing on four years of ethnographic research conducted in São Paulo, it analyses entrepreneurial discourses not simply as ideological impositions, but as ambivalent mediations of ...
Henrique Costa
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Métropoles, 2017 Following the selection of Rio de Janeiro as the host city of several major international events, a multitude of measures have been introduced in the favelas by both public and private stakeholders.
Francesca Pilo’
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What Is Justice? Reflections on the Criminal Justice System in Brazil
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay explores the possibility of justice for the wretched of the earth. Using escrevivência (writing the experience/existence) and drawing on the theoretical insights and political praxis of the Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa (APMF, Maria Felipa Advocacy Group)—a Brazilian abolitionist organization led by Black activists—we analyze how ...
Fernanda Oliveira +2 more
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Where does digital sovereignty lie in building the Brazilian smart city?
Digital Geography and SocietyThis study aims to analyze how digital sovereignty— understood as self-determination over technologies, data, and digital infrastructures— is either fostered or neglected in the development of smart cities in Brazil.
Iara Schiavi +2 more
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Narrativas migrantes e políticas da representação
Rumores, 2012 Esta proposta busca articular uma análise das narrativas migrantes e políticas da representação sobre as favelas brasileiras em obras audiovisuais entre as décadas de 1990 e 2010, período da retomada comercial da produção cinematográfica no país ...
Paula Pereira Paschoalick, Daniele Gross
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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although family reintegration of street‐connected youth has become the main objective of many governmental and civil society organizations, achieving this remains a complex task. This article explores what contributes to successful and sustainable change in work with street‐connected young people and their families based on descriptions ...
Annika Lehtonen
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Making a Living: The Digitization of Rebusques Among Colombians
The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines making a living through the digitization of rebusque, a Colombian term for practices within the informal economy. Drawing on multi‐sited digital ethnography conducted between 2020 and 2025 with Colombian immigrants in Chile and in Colombia, I show how rebusques became central to economic survival during the COVID‐19 ...
Julián Andrés Riveros Clavijo
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FAVELA ASSOCIATIONS: BETWEEN REPRESSION, VIOLENCE AND POLITICS
Suomen Antropologi, 2015 The article analyzes the dynamics and structures of oppression and marginalization of favela residents in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as well as the modalities of agency that members of favela residents’ associations have used to respond to the changing ...
Saila Saaristo
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Political Practices of the Popular Sectors in Río de Janeiro: Urbanization of the Favela Santa Marta
Íconos, 2018 This article analyzes the political practices of the residents of the favelas of Río de Janeiro through ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2010 and 2015 in the favela of Santa Marta.
Maximiliano Duarte Acquistapace
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Social, Technological, Economic, and Policy Factors in the Circular Economy Transition in Brazil
Sustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 4683-4703, August 2026.ABSTRACT A well‐functioning circular economy (CE) integrates resilience across economic, environmental, and social dimensions. This study identifies key drivers and barriers to Brazil's CE transition through 20 semi‐structured interviews with stakeholders. Major sociocultural barriers include inadequate education and limited CE awareness, while growing
Alejandro Gallego‐Schmid +9 more
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