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By Mariana Gomes, in partnership with RioOnWatch.org
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Rio de Janeiro’s wealth of artistic talent includes many under-represented voices from favelas, whose work should and can be available to a wider audience with the right coordination and support, according to a coalition of historians and favela artists who spoke at the first City, Favela, and Heritage Forum. The Forum’s 2020 three-day Annual Meeting, discussed the challenges and possibilities of such coordination.
A youth music group in Cantagalo performed during the virtual event. Photo: City, Favela, and Heritage Forum/Facebook. (Photo internet reproduction)
The meeting was included in the program of the 27th World Congress of Architects, scheduled for 2020 in Rio de Janeiro but delayed to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. At November’s virtual Forum, realized by the Favela Museum in the favelas of Cantagalo and Pavão-Pavãozinho, overlooking Ipanema, guests were invited to discuss propo