“Collaborative services in informal settlements. A social innovation case in a pacified favela in Rio de Janeiro”
A paper related to IFC thematic cluster was presented the first Social Frontiers Research Conference.
Luta pela Paz (Fight for Peace)
Favela Complexo da Maré, Rio de Janeiro and Newham, East London / Context: The English researcher Luke Dowdney completed his Masters degree in Social Anthropology at Edinburgh University in 1995, writing his dissertation on the violence suffered by street children of Brazil, specifically in Recife. During his research, Luke lived with young people in situations...
“Da Roça”: Direct purchase of natural and organic products from farmers
Favela (Slum) Complexo da Maré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / Case idea: Da Roça is a store inside favela Complexo da Maré that sell natural products for local residents. Not all natural products are organic, but high quality and free of transgenic. The organic products come from producers who employ agroecological, organic procedures, or are...
Favela experience: home hosting service in favelas
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / Case idea: It is a service for tourist hosting and guiding in favelas (slums). Foment tourism in favelas’ areas, provide cultural interchange, deconstruct prejudices and generate income for the residents. / Context: There was no organized service for hosting in the slums with the own residents. Very few residents with...
Linkage Project: designing solutions for a Children´s residence
La Pintana’s Municipality /Santiago (Metropolitan Region) – Chile / Context: SENAME’s Residence is located in a commune with high rate of poverty and vulnerable community. They get subvention from SENAME equivalent to 60% of total expenses, and are supposed to get the rest by raising funds. As they can’t afford business staff for this, 60% become...
Dibapalwa Nageng Cooperative Trust: Adding value to natural resources
Gaborone, Botswana (Gabane village) / Context: Dibapalwa Nageng Cooperative Trust is made of six old women who collect the morula (sclerocarya birrea) fruits from the natural habitat and process them to add value in making organic sweets. This project aims at using local natural resources sustainably and in the process creates sustainable livelihoods of the women and...
Favela Orgânica: Total use of vegetables and fruits to cook and to fertilize home gardens
Favela da Babilônia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / Case idea: Service based on total use of vegetables and fruits (including skin/peels, generally considered as waste) to prepare buffets, teach how to cook and to create home gardens. / Context: Regina Tchelly cooks since she was 15 years-old. Eleven years ago, she decided to leave Paraíba, northeast...
IFC case collection: first round
The participants of the thematic cluster were invited to build and share a case collection of IFC cases in their local contexts. Considering the different regions involved and the specific agenda of each participant, the “case collection” activity will be managed in short “rounds”. Through these rounds it will be possible to increase the knowledge...
Formats for case collection
IFC thematic cluster begins its activities inviting participants to build and share a case collection. It aims at mapping a range of interesting existing initiatives (in terms of local experiences and projects) related to the topic. The case collection activity will be managed on “rounds”. Through these rounds it will be possible increase knowlegde exchange...
IFC Participants and its research interests
Each participant was asked to send a question, able to express its specific research interest.
Presentation IFC cluster at Cumulus Kalmar
Mariana Amatullo (Designmatters DESIS Lab) was present at the Cumulus Kalmar Conference on June 7/2013, on behalf of DESIS thematic cluster: Informal, Formal, Collaborative: Designing in Underserved Communities. The DESIS thematic cluster presentations occurred at the end of the 2nd day of the conference programming and were very well attended: it was a full room...