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Jail is justice — but Brazil’s far right is far from finished.
To uproot Bolsonarismo, the left must dismantle the conditions that allowed authoritarianism to flourish.
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Sonic Cartographies
Beyond the Tourist Snapshot: Bahia in Motion
A 1977 “field recording” tried to bottle Bahia as exotic ambience. The reality is a living current of capoeira, blocos afro, pagodão, and funk.
System Hacks
Lisbon: From Slave Port to Summit Stage
The Black Europeans Lisbon Summit forces Portugal to confront the history it has long silenced — and the racism that still shapes the present.
Ancestral Echoes
Ancient Grammar: When the Mind Speaks in Three Voices
How Tupi-Guarani philosophy mapped the mind long before psychology gave it a name.
Diaspora Aesthetics
Geometry of the Baile: Thiagson is dragging academia to the dancefloor
How a classically trained scholar turned internet educator became one of funk’s sharpest translators.
Shifting Grounds
No Borders on the Waves: Surf Farm Caparica Makes the Ocean a Space of Belonging
Once a pastime of the privileged, surfing is being reimagined as a tool of liberation for migrants and refugees.
Diaspora Aesthetics
Skamosa and the Pulse of Urban Amazon Resistance
A cultural collective reclaims Manaus’s forgotten spaces, pulsing with radiola traditions and Indigenous futures.
Street Syntax
Carreta Furacão: Brazil’s Meme Truck of Chaos and Joy
A truck, some dollar-store superhero suits, and pure chaotic energy—inside Brazil’s strangest pop-cultural export.
System Hacks
Flamengo on Trial: Racism, Football, and the Price of a Nation’s Game
A R$100 million lawsuit shows how Flamengo embodies the contradiction of Brazilian football: diverse on the pitch, exclusive off it.
Sonic Cartographies
Gilberto Gil: Doctor of Rhythm, Minister of Difference
From Tropicália to cultural policy, Brazil’s most visionary musician is honored not just for his songs, but for reshaping what democracy sounds like.
Ancestral Echoes
The Meteorite Underground: Brazil’s All-Female Team Fighting for Cosmic Heritage
How Brazil’s As Meteoríticas are battling black markets, bad laws, and burned archives to preserve the oldest rocks in the solar system.
Diaspora Aesthetics
Resistir Para Existir: An Artistic Rebellion Unfolds in Maputo
In Mozambique's capital, a radical artistic residency is rewriting the rules of cultural resistance.