Favela

seek to create an objective figure from which they can determine the “wealth” an individual possesses, be it material or potential, poverty is often culturally and socially relative. For example, while someone living in a one room apartment in the favelas by themselves might fall under the category of “impoverished”, vis-à-vis others living with dozens of relatives in a similar space that individual is wealthy. Furthermore, as the capability approach tries to address, poverty extends beyond what…

I saw inequality first-hand from the people who lived in Copacabana compared to those who lived in the favelas on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. The individuals who were consistently ignored by the government erected neighborhoods on the side of hills. Here there is a lack of safe plumbing, electricity, or mail service. These dichotomous conditions are amplified…

The Brazilian police force is extremely violent, and corrupt due to inequalities in factors such as, low salaries, and corrupt regulation (Stahlberg, 5). The police forces salaries often result in the members having to outsource, and find other types of work, which are often illegal, and the police will often work as private guards who will accept bribes from drug traffickers to add-on to police salaries, and elevate their personal safety while on duty (Stahlberg, 5). Stahlberg goes on to…

Changes in Gender Roles Changes in Social Structure The United States • Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) fought for women’s rights to vote, obtain professional jobs, participation in public affairs, and formal education in the Seneca Falls convention in New York 1848 • During WWII women entered the work force to replace men who went off to fight and kept their jobs after the war • The Nineteenth Amendment allowed suffrage regardless of sex • African slaves were liberated 1865 in the conclusion…

Rio de Janeiro, travel history. Rio de Janeiro is now one of the best known holiday destinations in Southern – America, famous for its carnival and the favela tourism, Rio attracts a lot of domestic and international tourist. A long time before this, Rio de Janeiro already had a travel history. Rio de Janeiro was founded by the Goncalo Coelho in 1502, A Portuguese explorer. He is also the one who gave Rio de Janeiro the name that it still has now. 70 years later, Rio de Janeiro even became the…

tourism where the tourist is taken to meet the community, allowing an direct and in-depth insight into the culture and the day by day of a community, take Rio de Janeiro, for example, where foreigners are taken to the Rocinha, one of the biggest favelas of Latin America, visitors interested in alternatives to mass tourism, will have access to see in firsthand how the local economy and generate impacts on the daily life of the…

somewhere in the 1930s. People that were considered middle class within urban areas began to like this new rhythm that they were hearing. Styles of samba from the hills were typically used by those in the lower classes that lived in shantytowns or favelas. These styles included all forms of carnival samba (samba carnabalesco, samba baiana, and samba-enredo), samba de terreiro,…

1. Mexican Muralism – Mexican muralism is the term used to describe the revival of large-scale mural painting in Mexico during the 1920’s and 1930’s. The three greatest Mexican muralists were José Clemente, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Diego Rivera is known to be the most important painter of the movement. The Mexican muralism is also known as one of the greatest movements in Mexican territories as it gave a new way for painters to be able to paint in civic buildings and in…

is $335 USD, which seems to contradict the above figure. Though Brazil is credited for lowering its poverty rates and improving its position in the Gini index (54.7), it still shows a highly unequal distribution of the family income. The number of favelas is on the rise, and even with the burgeoning opportunities for Brazil and it’s ever rising GDP, these benefits are least felt by the Negro Jovene (Black Youth) living within. Approximately 16% of the Brazilian population lives below the poverty…

activities provide opportunities to young gang members to earn money, power and status which are lacking in the young member’s home environment. Take an example from the movie City of God, in which the characters Shaggy, Clipper and Goose live in Favela, a new housing project that has little access to electricity and water. They not only loot drivers who are driving a truck filled with gas tanks but also rob occupants in a motel in order to get money. Additionally, failure to realize what being…