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Shared Photography: (Photo)journalism and political mobilisation in Rio de Janeiro's favelas [PDF]

, 2016
One of the most important civic phenomena emerging from favelas in Rio de Janeiro today is “community (photo)journalism”, which is practised by favela residents who are trained in journalistic and artistic techniques to raise critical awareness and ...
Barconi, Alice, Mayr, Andrea
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CARE AND CONTROL IN URBAN BRAZIL: The Subaltern Archive of Portarias

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Security infrastructures permeate everyday life in Brazilian cities. Although security guards and doormen play an important and omnipresent role as social and technological mediators, their practices and perceptions have received little attention.
Tilmann Heil, Susana Durão
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Utopia and the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro [PDF]

, 2017
Utopias from ancient times to the present have come and gone. They remain as a part of literary, philosophical and historical texts and communal practices. Yet this subject has never ceased to inspire contemporary minds as well.
Carter, Curtis L.
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Neglected diseases of neglected populations: Thinking to reshape the determinants of health in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]

, 2005
Background People living in poverty throughout the developing world are heavily burdened with neglected communicable diseases and often marginalized by the health sector.
John P Ehrenberg, Steven K Ault, P Trouiller, J Mandelbaum-Schmid, L Savioli, LS Stephenson, CH King, KD Ramaiah, BV Babu, AA Ferrari, SA Vosti, LE Fazen, JM Hunter, J Utzinger, DN Durrheim, ML Ackers, DH Molyneux, DH Molyneux, Task Force on Health Systems Research, C Larrea, AC Macedo, PM Marzuk, DR Holtgrave, ML Wilson, World Health Organization, M Ezzati, R Saenz, D Sur, J Mouchet, EN Ezedinachi, U D'Alessandro, L Weinreb, C Nokes, RG Lunn, SR Moore, E Miguel, WHO, J Heukelbach, JS Thakur, JE Forrester, DJ Bradley, AC Evans, K Webb, LM Fox, C Prasittisuk, J Heukelbach, S Awasthi, DT Simeon, C Dunford, RW Steketee, G Yamey, Y Von Schirnding, L Savioli, SA Esrey, W Tun-Lin, L Heller, L Fewtrell, TF Clasen, R Otterpohl, LR Moraes, V Curtis, SA Harvey, SW Lindsay, MA Ansari, B Hyma, N Bruce, M Ezzati, Satoto, M Taylor, A Strina, A Olsen, SO Asaolu, SP Luby, H Alderman, G Anigan, SA Tanumihardjo, R Black, MB Zimmermann, T Devendra, JA Rivera, GP Bordigon, H Malekafzali, A Kroeger, K Bolles, P Nanda, C Molitor, T Blackman, T Harpham, Z Fuzesi, T Takano, BE Saelens, A Manan, J Spiegel, MJ Douglas, B Cave, RT Paterson, K Tontisirin, M Faber, S Schipani, AG Egziabher, T Dessie, Annon, A Bermejo, S Vazquez-Flores, S Jimenez, M Ezzati, R Rodriguez-Garcia, RY Cartwright, J Heukelbach   +108 more
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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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Authority of State and Local Police to Enforce Federal Immigration Law [PDF]

, 2010
[Excerpt] This report discusses the authority of state and local law enforcement to assist in the enforcement of federal immigration law through the investigation and arrest of persons believed to have violated such laws.
Garcia, Michael J, Manuel, Kate M
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The thermal state of the upper mantle; No role for mantle plumes [PDF]

, 2000
A variety of geophysical data indicates that long wavelength temperature variations of the asthenosphere depart from the mean by ±200°C, not the ±20°C adopted by plume theoreticians.
Anderson, Don L.
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Who's invading whom? The complex battle for Rio de Janeiro's informal settlements on federal land [PDF]

, 2017
Depicting favela residents as environmentally destructive invaders serves to justify evictions and undermine community heritage in the name of creating a "modern" city free of potent signs of poverty and inequality, writes Jennifer Chisholm (University ...
Chisholm, Jennifer
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Stratified consumer activism: How socioeconomic status shapes boycott participation

Journal of Consumer Psychology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 261-269, April 2026.
Abstract Consumer activism is becoming increasingly common worldwide, but are all consumer groups as likely to engage in these practices? The current research investigates the presence of socioeconomic status (SES) differences in boycotting participation and explores the psychological processes underlying potential discrepancies.
Yan Vieites, Daniel Fernandes, Debora V. Thompson   +2 more
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A different kind of security: The need for appropriate healthcare policies in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas [PDF]

, 2015
Much has been written about the utmost importance of tackling the security problem in Brazil’s favelas, as well as the troubled relations between favela residents and the police. In this post, Erika Robb Larkins complicates this picture by proposing that,
Larkins, Erika Robb
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