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Patricia Basile

Researcher | Writer | Educator | Consultant

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Category: Resistance

Stop using the word “slum”

The use of the word slum has been intensely criticized for the past twenty years for a variety of reasons

development, Global South, Informality, shelter, stigma

The “State of Exception”: Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Games and Housing Evictions

Vila Autódromo’s experience reveals the potentials of community action for favelas in Brazil and for low-income communities around the world

Brazil, Evictions, favelas, Informality, Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, State of Exception

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community control Community Land Trusts Housing Informality participatory budgeting Resistance

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