This is it: my last post from Brazil. For now. I leave Manaus on November 30th, not knowing when I will return. As I consider a professional future in which I split time between Brazil and the United States, I have been thinking about how interconnected the two countries have become. Just last week[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Brazil’
O Jeitinho Brasileiro
Last week, I traveled to Brasília to reunite with the other Fulbright English Teaching Assistants who have been living in Brazil. Earlier this year, the twenty-nine of us met in São Paulo for a week as we prepared to deploy across the country. The stated purpose of last week’s conference was to [...]
Hello!
Bom dia from Manaus, Brazil! I am thrilled to join this impressive group of cosmopolitan do-gooders. I look forward to sharing ideas with y’all. For the past six months, I’ve observed Northern Brazil’s work culture, the importance of family, regional differences within Brazil, race relati[...]
Boxing Like Rocky: Spotlight on Cleber Santana
I first met Cleber Santana, a 30-year-old Rocinha resident and boxing coach, on a chilly September eve. I was struggling to keep up with one of my English students, Jose, who was weaseling his way through an intricate maze of tiny streets in an unfamiliar part of Rocinha. Huffing and puffing after a[...]
A Leap Into the Forest…
So here begins the travel log of two Dubai girls who have fled the luxuries of the Middle East for rainforest-clad Brazil. Rewind two months back: “That’s the problem with creative agency folk,” my father complained, “one minute you’re happily working the next you have quit and booked a fl[...]
World Urban Forum: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Between March 22 and 26, the city of Rio de Janeiro will host the 5th edition of the World Urban Forum (WUF), sponsored by the United Nations agency for human settlements, UN-Habitat. It is the first time this event will be held in Latin America. A record number of people from over 170 countries hav[...]
Favela Tourism: Harmful or Helpful?
When I told people I was going on a favela tour in Rio de Janeiro, I received a lot of strange looks. After all, those aren’t two words you often hear together. Reactions ranged from, “Why would you want to do that?” to “They are just people living in a different situation. W[...]
