Semana Santa – holy week
A short film to show the power of music in Brazil - especially for favelas.
View Article05 Ways of Communication
How are we communicating? Which roles do play film, music, sports, etc. - strong focus on the Brazilian society and the favelas.
View Article06 Music
An analysis of music and its power in a society - especially in Brazil and the favelas.
View ArticleFavelados and Police are partying together
'Cavalao com Arte' is a product of Viva Rio and the Police Command for Special Areas (CPAE), a unit adapted from Boston supposed to beat down violence in slums.
View ArticleDreams & Results
An interview with Rubem César Fernandes, executive director of Viva Rio, about the organisation itself.
View Articlepersonal message
Presenting ar2com as a new category on my blog. ar2com stands for architecture to communication(s).
View ArticleIV. Semana Cultural em Santa Teresa, 2007
soundscapes of the HOLY WEEK in Santa Teresa in 2007
View ArticleThe artist José Tannuri
José Tannuri, a carioca artist, gave me an interview on the 'Semana Cultural em Santa Teresa'. Artists are celebrating Eastern.
View ArticleThe Videoscape from Semana Santa
A short film from the 'Semana Cultural em Santa Teresa', a Bohemian district in Rio de Janeiro.
View ArticleDifferent Points of View – Influence of Samba
Nilópolis had won the carnaval 3 times in a row. Now the city nearby Rio is a NEW city. Why? I am proving some of the answers inhabitants gave me there.
View ArticleHipHop in Rio
An analysis on HipHop as a vehicle of expression for favelados, slumdwellers.
View ArticleAfroReggae and Urban Connections
Damian Platt used to be Brazil campaigner at Amnesty International and is now the coordinator for international partnerships at the cultural group AfroReggae. Tell us Damian when did this cultural...
View ArticleThe Power of Music and the Power in Favelas
'Culture is Our Weapon: AfroReggae in the Favelas of Rio'. A live interview with Damian Platt, director of international relations by AfroReggae.
View ArticleGolden Bear for Tropa de Elite – really ? ? ?
Do we need to give support to such violent superficial effective films by awarding them internationally?
View ArticleFrom the ’Famine Aesthetic’ to the ‘Favela-Pop’
An overview of the film history in Brazilian movies and TV with a strong focus on favelas.
View ArticleUnserious Stuff for a Serious Change
TV Roc offers mass weddings, mass x-mas, mass-collection of arms. Does this provoke a better day-to-day life in a favela?
View Article(X)Changing Ideas in Rocinha
TV Roc, the cable TV for Rocinha is now 15 years old and I was interested in how this has changed the community. Do the people really use this media? Dante Quinterno, the president, is there again to...
View ArticleLocal Radio Stations
Their importance for a community to express themselves, to get help, to get farther on in life - especially in a megacity. “The intellectual, artistic, scientific freedom of opinion and press is...
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