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| September 3rd, 2012
As my internship comes to an end I will try to evaluate how in these past three months our work has made a difference in the way in which public policies are being implemented in the community of Vidigal. The process has been and is still a very... -
| August 8th, 2012
For these past two weeks I took advantage that my boss and her assistant were on holidays to pursue a project that I hope will be helpful for my experience and for all those who are making it happen. I have recorded several hours of interviews with... -
| July 23rd, 2012
It is often seen how some sectors of Brazilian society historically display a paternalistic behavior. When I was studying abroad at the University in Rio de Janeiro, our Portuguese teacher explained us that such behavior comes from the times... -
| July 13th, 2012
On Wednesday I joined another manager from the program I work in, Territories of Peace, and her assistant to accompany their work in a community of the north area of Rio de Janeiro. There is a great difference between the “zones” in which locals... -
| July 4th, 2012
One of the aspects that I enjoy the most about this job is that I get to work on all the stages of the process, and thus I am able to see how the reintegration of this territories works from the two sides of the equation: from the point of view of... -
| June 27th, 2012
In the past few days at work and as I have reflected in the past blog entries, I have been very careful not to disrespect the differences on the way in which things function in this context where I am now working and living. I have tried to adapt... -
| June 23rd, 2012
In 1980, in the midst of the rise of drug violence in the favelas, the Pope John Paul II visited the favela of Vidigal. There, he made it through rough alleys into a small chapel that had been recently built by the residents. He blessed the chapel,... -
| June 20th, 2012
On Wednesday the 13th, a UPP release informed that there were approximately 300 people gathered in Vidigal’s square at the peak of the pre-event. Residents and visitors from all ages performed and crowded the audience. In a community of 50,000... -
| June 13th, 2012
20 is approximately as many people as were reunited yesterday in the UPP (Pacification Police Unit) meeting room in the community of Vidigal. +20 it makes 40, the approximate number of people who are working and volunteering to put up this event. +...
Carolina Barry Laso
Profile
I am originally from Galicia, a northwest region of Spain. I studied for two years in Costa Rica in the United World College of Costa Rica. In my junior year at Brown I took the fall semester abroad and went to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I became very engaged with the culture and during the six months I spent there I became involved with several issues, particularly with the practice of democracy in the favelas. This summer I won the Swearer Centre scholarship to come back and work on that same topic hoping to achieve and learn from the process that few of these communities that have been "pacified" are currently going through as they are being, through these recently implemented initiatives, brought back into the State.
