New Trailer MARAKÁ’NÀ: struggles in Rio De Janeiro surrounding the Maracanã stadium
The Grupo Popular Pesquisa em Ação (People’s Group Research in Action) is very happy to inform that the promo of the video MARAKÁ’NÀ is available online at: http://vimeo.com/108362914. The area of the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro is not only a space for leisure, but for many, is a space of struggle. In this documentary, […]
Contested Cities / FILM FESTIVAL / Call for Submissions
The Contested Cities network is an international alliance of critical urban researchers and activists spanning six cities in Europe and Latin America – Leeds, Madrid, Rio, Buenos Aires, Santiago and Mexico City. This September 2nd, in collaboration with the Leeds Social and Environmental Justice Action Network, the Contested Cities network is hosting a film festival, […]
Experiences of urban contestation; Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro
On the 19th of February Leeds school of geography hosted the talk “experiences of urban contestation”, benefiting from the presence of Pablo Vitale, a visiting researcher from Buenos Aires and Federico Venturini a researcher from Leeds recently arrived from Rio de Janeiro. The two researchers addressed different aspects of neoliberal urbanization in Latin America, although […]
