Reconstructing History in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro and Dharavi, Mumbai
In affiliation with the CSSD working group, Geographies of Injustice
Project Directors: Ana Paulina Lee, Anupama Rao
The CSSD Geographies of Injustice: Gender and the City group will build on its collaborative working relationships with Sankofa Museum of Rocinha, Observatorio de Favelas, and Instituto Moreira Salles in Rio de Janeiro on the Reconstructing History project. In collaboration with these organizations, this project will complete a podcast series on “Sounds of the Favela,” to be housed on the Instituto Moreira Salles’ web radio Radio Batuta, one of the most widely recognized and accessed online radio stations in Brazil. “Sounds of the Favela” will consist of 20 interviews with musicians/performers based in Rio de Janeiro, and Mare and Rocinha-based historians, archivists, and geographers will use the podcast as a teaching tool for teenagers and young adults to learn about the histories of these two largest informal settlements from the perspective of music and artistic production by residents. This podcast will also inform performance and memory research in Mumbai in collaboration with URBZ, and completes a critical stage of a larger project to foster equitable access to the city, memory, and education.
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