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Poor youths and ‘pacification’:dilemmas between discourse and practice from the perspective of young people about policing in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas [PDF]

, 2015
This article explores the social representations of youngsters from favelas in Rio de Janeiro on police practices in the context of the implementation of ‘Pacifying Police Units’.
Agamben G, Albernaz ER, Becker H, Becker HS, Bretas ML, Burgos MB, Campos A, Cano I, Cano I, Cecchetto F, Cecchetto F, Cecchetto F, Corrêa JS, Dowdney L, Dubet F, Elias N, Farias PS, Fernandes FL, Fernandes FL, Fernando Lannes Fernandes, Flick U, Fry P, Fátima Cecchetto, Gatto J, Geertz C, Giroux H, Giroux H, Goffman E, Harvey D, Juliana Corrêa, Leite MP, Machado da Silva LA, Machado da Silva LA, Misse DG, Misse M, Muniz J, Musumeci L, Nogueira O, Novaes R, Novaes RR, Oliveira FL de, Patrícia Farias, Ramos S, Ribeiro C, Rodrigues A, Rodriguez A, Saborio S, Schur E, Silva JS, Silva JS, Silva JS, Silva JS, Skolnick JH, Souza ML, Vrij A, Waiselfisz JJ, Whyte WF, Wilson WJ, Zaluar A, Zaluar A, Zaluar A, Zaluar A, Álvaro JL   +62 more
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FINANCIALIZED VIOLENCE IN TORONTO’S RENTAL MARKET: Eviction Rates in Majority Black Renter Communities

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract While the geographical distribution of eviction filings has been explored in Toronto, the intersection of rental housing financialization, race and eviction remains underexplored. Financial actors and their intermediaries, who fuel the eviction crisis in economically disenfranchised Black renter communities, exert significant influence over ...
Nemoy Lewis, Dimitri Panou, Richard Maaranen   +2 more
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Geography and Art: an Analysis of the Production of Favela Representation in the Works of Cândido Portinari

Terr@ Plural, 2017
The first decades of the twentieth century are marked by the search for authentic elements of Brazilian culture that made up our national identity. One of the elements recurrently appropriated by the artists was the favela.
Lohanne Fernanda Gonçalves Ferreira
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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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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, Isabela Corby, Juliana Góes   +2 more
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Favela da Maré

RUA, 2023
A proposta do trabalho é trazer um estudo de caso sobre os veículos de comunicação comunitária na Favela da Maré. Trata-se de um estudo baseado em observação participante, entrevistas e análise dos veículos e sua atuação. A favela da Maré, de acordo com o Censo Maré 2010, é formada por um conjunto de 16 favelas e com população aproximada de 140 mil ...
Gizele Martins, Raquel Paiva
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The psychosocial impact of volunteer tourism in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro [PDF]

, 2014
‘Slum tourism’ is a growing trend in ‘exotic’ and ‘yet-to-develop’ contexts. In this post, Jessica Aquino discusses her research into the psychosocial impact of the interaction between tourists and favela dwellers on favela communities.
Aquino, Jessica
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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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Wartime Leadership as a Bridge Over Troubled Waters: A Representative Bureaucracy Perspective on Ethnically Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Schools

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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Patrícia Melo. Novela de favela y novela criminal. Género(s) [PDF]

, 2015
El artículo se propone reflexionar sobre dos cuestiones: ¿la «novela de favela» es novela criminal? y ¿es posible detectar aspectos de género en las «novelas de favela» de Patrícia Melo?
Losada, Elena, 1958-
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