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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article outlines possibilities for counter configurations of data‐based urbanisms, whereby data practices, rather than reproducing logics of urban entrepreneurialism and smart‐city governance, are made from within urban peripheral territories.
Andrés Luque‐Ayala, Rodrigo Firmino
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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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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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Urbanism between favela and chic [PDF]
, 2014 Representations of favela territories are multilayered and contested. In this post, Ann Deslandes discusses the promises and perils of ‘favela chic’ projects, particular representations and reinterpretations of favelas in the ...
Deslandes, Ann
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The nature of virtual communities [PDF]
, 2006 The impressive development of electronic communication techniques has given rise to virtual\ud communities. The nature of these computer-mediated communities has been the subject of much recent\ud debate.
Memmi, Daniel
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State Integration and Violence at the Margins: The Logic of Police Raids in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates police raids in Rio de Janeiro's favelas through a property rights framework, exploring their organisational structure, motivations and implications. Using data from police reports, academic studies, NGOs and news sources, it examines why and how the state intervenes in these contested spaces.
Joseph Bouchard
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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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Barriers to Youth Connections to Work: The Case of Young People in the Low-Income Neighborhood of Caju in Rio de Janeiro [PDF]
, 2008 This paper takes advantage of an unusually detailed family and youth survey conducted by the Institute for the Study of Work and Society (IETS) in Rio de Janeiro in the low-income community of Caju close to downtown Rio. It describes the weak educational
Malcolm Bush
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Public Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The representative bureaucracy literature asserts that minority personnel in public organizations can promote their social group either through their own behavior or by influencing other staff members or focal citizens. However, these phenomena have not been examined in wartime settings in ethnically homogeneous and heterogeneous organizations.
Maayan Davidovitz, Chen Schechter
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