Passeio

Notas do Quotidiano 5 [Daily Notes 5] – Fragmentos do urbano [Fragments of the urban]

In the fifth volume of the “Notas do Quotidiano” [Daily Notes] series, Passeio presents “Fragmentos do urbano” [Framents of the urban], a book that brings […]

Helena Pires & Zara Pinto-Coelho

2025

“(Re)Adapting to Resist: The Case of Brazil’s Urban Quilombo Aparelha Luzia (2022)” by Lucas Novais | Master Thesis

Abstract: “The following master thesis discusses a contemporary phenomena in Brazil: the creation of self-titled urban quilombos. If in the past, the quilombos were created […]

Lucas Novais

Prof. Dr. Amélia Polónia & Prof. Miguel Filipe Silva

2022

“A Ira da Medusa: Resistências feministas na música de Capicua (2025)” [The Wrath of Medusa: Feminist acts of resistance in Capicua’s music] by Lara Piedade Barbosa Gonçalves | Master Thesis

Abstract: “Societies, both current and extinct, operate based on the historical condition of subordination and oppression of the female gender. Patriarchy is a system that […]

Lara Piedade Barbosa Gonçalves

Prof. Dr. Paula Guerra

2025

Urban Nation | Platform

Abstract: “URBAN NATION is an initiative of the non-profit Foundation Berliner Leben, which was founded by Gewobag AG. The work of URBAN NATION is intended […]

Urban Nation

2013 - Atualmente

Coletivo Poro [Poro Collective] | Platform

Summary: ” Created by the artist duo Brígida Campbell and Marcelo Terça-Nada!, Poro is also known as Grupo Poro or Coletivo Poro. Active since 2002, […]

Coletivo Poro

2002 - Atualmente

“On the margins and peripheries: An introduction to the female voices of rap made in Portugal (2019)” by Federica Lupati | Article

Abstract: “The success of Hip Hop culture allows us to observe the outcomes of the struggle between centers and peripheries, subcultures and mainstream cultures, in […]

Federica Lupati

Faces de Eva. Estudos sobre a Mulher

2019

“Cultura juvenil contemporânea, práticas culturais e ciberespaço: Contornos geográficos da cultura juvenil otaku no Brasil (2023)” [Contemporary youth culture, cultural practices and cyberspace: geographic contours of otaku youth culture in Brazil] by Hugo de Almeida Alves | Article

Abstract: “The objective of this article is to understand the determinations and influences that the different geographic contexts exert on the construction process of “references” […]

Hugo de Almeida Alves

GeoAtos

2023

“Transglobal Sounds: Music, Youth and Migration (2016)” by João Sardinha & Ricardo Campos (Eds.) | Book

Abstract: “Through a transnational, comparative and multi-level approach to the relationship between youth, migration, and music, the aesthetic intersections between the local and the global, […]

João Sardinha & Ricardo Campos

2016

“Racionais McS’: Sobrevivendo No Inferno – 33 1/3 (2021)” by Derek Pardue | Book

Abstract: “In 1997 the rap group Racionais MCs (the ‘Rational’ MCs) recorded the album Sobrevivendo no Inferno (Surviving in Hell), subsequently changing the hip-hop scene in São […]

Derek Pardue

Jason Stanyek

2021

“São Paulo, fora de alcance (2018)” [São Paulo, out of reach] by Mauro Restiffe | Book

Abstract: “The publication is part of the São Paulo, fora de alcance [São Paulo, out of reach] project, an exhibition on display at IMS Rio […]

Mauro Restiffe

IMS (Instituto Moreira Salles)

2018

Boy and the World (2013) | Film

Synopsis: “In Boy and the World, a boy lives with his father and mother in a small house in the countryside. Faced with a lack […]

Alê Abreu

2013

Botinada: The Rise of Punk Rock in Brazil (2006) | Documentary

Synopsis: “Botinada: The Rise of Punk Rock in Brazil is a documentary that tells the story of the beginning of the punk movement in Brazil […]

Gastão Moreira

2006

Dust to dust – a book to be savoured

“Dirty Narciso loved his cock he’d stroke it 5 times at 5 o’clock while having builders tea jam scones and jizz in the wide open […]

Ana Janeiro / Teresa Lima

Officium Lectionis

2025

Beat Street (1984) | Film

Synopsis: “Beat Street is a 1984 American dance drama film, directed by Stan Lathan, featuring New York City hip hop culture of the early 1980s. […]

Stan Lathan

MGM Studios

1984

“Subway Art (1984/2016)” by Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant | Book

Abstract: “In 1984 the groundbreaking Subway Art brought graffiti to the world, presenting stunning photographic documentation of the burgeoning movement in New York. Thirty years later, this […]

Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant

Thames & Hudson

1984/2016

“Whiteness and nostalgia: Twenty-First-Century German representations of Techno’s beginnings in Berlin and Detroit (2021)” by Tom Smith | Book Chapter

Abstract: “This chapter investigates nostalgia for the 1990s as a cultural practice of whiteness in Germany’s techno scene. While scholarship on Detroit techno focuses on […]

Tom Smith

Uwe Schütte

2021

The Beat Diaspora (2022) | Documentary Series

Synopsis: “The Beat Diaspora seeks to understand how drum beats born in Africa spread throughout the diaspora, modernized technologically, and live in constant feedback between […]

Coy Freitas

MyMama Entertainment & KondZilla

2022

“Heavy Metal, guitarras em fúria (1997)” [Heavy Metal, guitars on fire] by Tom Leão | Book

Abstract: “Heavy Metal, guitarras em fúria [Heavy metal, guitars on fire] by Tom Leão is a must-read for every self-respecting headbanger. It all starts with […]

Tom Leão

Editora 34

1997

“Really Techno (2018)” by Julia Bell | Article

Abstract: “[…] I’ve been here before, outside this colossal power station in Friedrichshain, just over the Spree in the old East, very near to where […]

Julia Bell

The White Review

2018

Coletivo Transverso | Plataform

Abstract: “Our initial motivation was simple: to take our poems to the streets. It was along the way that we identified (or produced) other reasons. […]

Coletivo Transverso

2011 - Atualmente

Paris is Burning (1990) | Film

Synopsis: “Paris Is Burning is a landmark 1990 documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston that explores the underground subculture of ballroom dance and performance in […]

Jennie Livingston

1990

“The Berlin Techno Myth and Issues of Diversity (2020)” by Bianca Ludewig | Book Chapter

Abstract: “In this chapter I will give an overview of diversity issues within the field of electronic (dance) music and Berlin club cultures. This perspective […]

Bianca Ludewig

Springer Nature

2020

“Graffiti as a Catalyst for Urban Creativity: Exploring Agency, Participation, and the Right to the City in Nairobi (2024)” by Craig Halliday | Article

Abstract: “This article examines graffiti as a catalyst for urban creativity in Nairobi, focusing on how young people use it to assert agency and reshape […]

Craig Halliday

European Journal of Development Studies

2024

Street Photography International (SPi) | Platform

Street Photography International (SPi) is a platform created by photographers for photographers, dedicated to promoting the best of spontaneous urban photography globally. Its Instagram presence […]

Street Photography International (SPi)

“Transit between closets: encounters between activism, HIV and art in Brazil (2023)” by Salvador Pereira Campos Corrêa Junior | PhD Dissertation

Abstract: “This thesis results from an investigation with the general objective of understanding the transits between art, activism, and health in the life narratives of […]

Salvador Pereira Campos Corrêa Junior

Prof. Dr. Marcos Antônio Ferreira do Nascimento

2023

Obra (2014) | Film

Synopsis: “In the populous city of São Paulo, a young architect involved in the construction of his first major project witnesses the discovery of a […]

Gregório Graziosi

2014

Júlia ist (2017) | Film

Synopsis: “Before going to Berlin for Erasmus, the future seemed very clear for Júlia, a 21-year-old architecture student. Once there, all alone for the first […]

Elena Martín

Marta Cruañas, Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno

2017

A Cidade no Brasil [The City in Brazil] (2018) | Documentary

Synopsis: “Inspired by the book A Cidade no Brasil [The City in Brazil], by Antonio Risério, the series explores the historical, cultural and aesthetic aspects […]

Isa Grinspum Ferraz

2018

Lisboa, cidade triste e alegre (2022) [Lisbon, happy and sad city] | Documentary

Synopsis: “Directed by João Trabulo, ‘Lisboa, cidade triste e alegre’ [Lisbon, happy and sad city] is a visual poem that portrays the city of Lisbon […]

João Trabulo

2022

Rap Sem Fome [Hungerless Rap] | Project

Summary: “Rap Sem Fome [Hungerless Rap] is a collective that uses Hip Hop to express itself and support residents of the Pedreira region, in the […]

Rap Sem Fome

2024 - Atualmente

Mediateca

Sources of information and research

Notas do Quotidiano 5 [Daily Notes 5] – Fragmentos do urbano [Fragments of the urban]

“(Re)Adapting to Resist: The Case of Brazil’s Urban Quilombo Aparelha Luzia (2022)” by Lucas Novais | Master Thesis

“A Ira da Medusa: Resistências feministas na música de Capicua (2025)” [The Wrath of Medusa: Feminist acts of resistance in Capicua’s music] by Lara Piedade Barbosa Gonçalves | Master Thesis

Urban Nation | Platform

Coletivo Poro [Poro Collective] | Platform

“On the margins and peripheries: An introduction to the female voices of rap made in Portugal (2019)” by Federica Lupati | Article

“Cultura juvenil contemporânea, práticas culturais e ciberespaço: Contornos geográficos da cultura juvenil otaku no Brasil (2023)” [Contemporary youth culture, cultural practices and cyberspace: geographic contours of otaku youth culture in Brazil] by Hugo de Almeida Alves | Article

“Transglobal Sounds: Music, Youth and Migration (2016)” by João Sardinha & Ricardo Campos (Eds.) | Book

“Racionais McS’: Sobrevivendo No Inferno – 33 1/3 (2021)” by Derek Pardue | Book

“São Paulo, fora de alcance (2018)” [São Paulo, out of reach] by Mauro Restiffe | Book

Boy and the World (2013) | Film

Botinada: The Rise of Punk Rock in Brazil (2006) | Documentary

Dust to dust – a book to be savoured

Beat Street (1984) | Film

“Subway Art (1984/2016)” by Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant | Book

“Whiteness and nostalgia: Twenty-First-Century German representations of Techno’s beginnings in Berlin and Detroit (2021)” by Tom Smith | Book Chapter

The Beat Diaspora (2022) | Documentary Series

“Heavy Metal, guitarras em fúria (1997)” [Heavy Metal, guitars on fire] by Tom Leão | Book

“Really Techno (2018)” by Julia Bell | Article

Coletivo Transverso | Plataform

Paris is Burning (1990) | Film

“The Berlin Techno Myth and Issues of Diversity (2020)” by Bianca Ludewig | Book Chapter

“Graffiti as a Catalyst for Urban Creativity: Exploring Agency, Participation, and the Right to the City in Nairobi (2024)” by Craig Halliday | Article

Street Photography International (SPi) | Platform

“Transit between closets: encounters between activism, HIV and art in Brazil (2023)” by Salvador Pereira Campos Corrêa Junior | PhD Dissertation

Obra (2014) | Film

Júlia ist (2017) | Film

A Cidade no Brasil [The City in Brazil] (2018) | Documentary

Lisboa, cidade triste e alegre (2022) [Lisbon, happy and sad city] | Documentary

Rap Sem Fome [Hungerless Rap] | Project