Design, favela, and activism: experiences and learning with \'Redes da Mare\' in Rio de Janeiro.

Author(s)

Bruna Ferreira Montuori

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU/SBI)
• Defense date: 2018-04-12

Examining board members

Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos; Zoy Anastassakis; Marcos Leite Rosa

• Advisor: Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos

Abstract

The community initiatives in informal urban settlements and metropolitan suburban areas have been resisting questions of social vulnerability by way of culture, art, education and other practices that result in social engagement and spatial transformation for decades. In that sense this study chose as its subject the action of a collective of cultural activists - active in the axis \"Culture and Art\", \"Territorial Development\" and \"Communication\" - of the non-governmental organization Redes da Maré. This community initiative acts since 2007 in diverse spaces of collective use in Complexo da Maré, a grouping of seventeen favelas located in the north side (Zona Norte) of the city of Rio de Janeiro. This practice-led research study has the objective of introducing relevant aspects that emerged from three phases of collaboration executed in Complexo da Maré in the past two years of research. From the day to day exchange of knowledge and living experiences of the design researcher partnering with coordinators, staff and participants of the initiative, the research was supported by social participatory design, codesign and design anthropology approaches. Focusing on forms of improvisation and modes of cooperation present in actions that permeate in the initiative\'s activities, this research study sought to generate learning and reflections for brazilian designers and architects with the purpose of opening pathways for co-creation processes in the urban space by way of procedural, experimental and collaborative approaches. Furthermore, the investigation aims to give relevance to popular and suburban practices in the metropolitan spaces of collective use, and in parallel enrich the field of action of informal and urban design. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 16/16585-6 - Exchange of experiences and learning between designers and grassroots initiatives in public spaces: the case of Coletivo Maré in Rio de Janeiro / RJ
• Grantee: Bruna Ferreira Montuori
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master