Cocco, Giuseppe

Becoming Cities of the Favelas - 2011.


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Reflecting on Brazilian cities falls in line with the new relationships between Brazil and the world, and the development crisis. Mike Davis condemns this globalization, describing it as a “Brazilianization” of the world whereas favelas, on the contrary, are the dynamic power of metropolitan development with the becoming-slum of the cities and the becoming-city of the slums.