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Finally there is an eBook published with all the information in detail about the ‘RadioFavela – The Sound of Rio’ in German. But there are a lot of plans and visual stuff that you might find interesting to look at.

Favelas are coming from Rio de Janeiro,
Samba is coming from Rio de Janeiro,
Drugs are coming from Rio de Janeiro,
I‘m coming from Germany – Should I meddle with that?

Worldwide we are confronted with megacities and squatter settlement with an extremely high density. To politicians, economists and sociologists these squatters are a nightmare, but artists love it as a treasure chest. I went to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to see what‘s going on – with my own eyes. The situation is not assumable (unfassbar), but very consumable (hörbar). Theatre, music, movies, (street) art, … the squatter indwellers did find so many ways to make themselves heard to finally make themselves comfortable in the formal city. My proposition/my reaction then is subsumable (fassbar): a RadioProductionCentre with satellites, the city furnitures. I wanted to tune (into) the process of intermunicipal communication. 140 pages, ca 95 pictures

The podcast is accomplished by a website in English and German, where you can find more information and photos – not in chronological but in content dued order.

Visit it at www.radiofavela.ar2com.de

Here you can listen to the podcasts of the RadioFavela-Project – categorized in three chapters:
Not assumable becomes consumable … becomes subsumable. Please notice that on the blog you will always start with the last posted podcast.

The project can be implanted in every megacity even though it is planned for Rio de Janeiro.
Could you imagine or even suggest other cities offering such a service like the RadioProductionCentre?

If my bank fails, will I still have access to my money? – Should I bail out of the stock market? – Are money market funds still safe? – What about other insurers? Should I be concerned about them? – Will I survive the financial crisis? -? -?

Meanwhile:
“Each year, over 1.6 million people world-wide lose their lives to violence. Violence is among the leading causes of death for people aged 15-44 years worldwide, accounting for 14% of deaths among males and 7% of deaths among females.”
- by WHO
“One of the most significant causes of fear and insecurity in many cities today is crime and violence. Between 1990 and 2000, incidents of violent crime per 100,000 persons increased from 6 to 8.8. Recent studies show that over the past five years, 60 per cent of all urban residents in the world have been victims of crime, with 70 per cent in Latin America and the Caribbean. Clearly, crime, whether violent or not, is a growing and serious threat to urban safety all over the world.”
- by UN habitat

Terry Lynn is scanning her urban environment; the output is music: strong beats, frank words, unfiltered images. She is from the ‘ghetto’ Waterhouse, Kingston, Jamaica. Her urban environment is violent.
“I’m a child of the soil, I was born in the ghetto — Where the gangstas roll by and then gunshot echo — You have to hide inna your place and tuck down like a gecko”
- by Terry Lynn
The world-wide crisis is not just a money issue. There are not just banks dying – there are actually human beings dying in a great many. The situation is alarming; the people are desperate getting violent. But we don’t want to see guns and knifes. Terry Lynn and her creative partner Russell ‘Phred’ Hergert created a language (visual and audio) to transmit that reality straightforward. Hard to digest? But how do you speak about a topic not allowed to show/name it? Softness risks to not seeing the problem, which makes it impossible to solve it.

Listen to her own words here in the interview or in her music if you like the beat. Watch the videos – it’s not made for voyeurism – it’s a scan of everyday life in a neighbouring district.

interesting links:
a report on the public viewing of kingstonlogic 2.0
a report of Jamaica from amnesty international
a black production kingstonlogic 2.0
a white production kingstonlogic 1.0
a visual production
a creative production
a show in switzerland Frauenfeld OpenAir CH -JULY 10

“The intellectual, artistic, scientific freedom of opinion and press is guaranteed without censure or authorisation.” From the Brazilian constitution, Article 5
So any citizen has the right to express himself – even favelados. It is a basic right like breathing, thinking, living.

Why are local radio stations so important for favelados?

The statistics ‘level on education’ and ‘matters of local radio stations’ can be viewed on the RadioFavela site.
Auf könnt Ihr Lokalradios hier nachlesen. Dort findet Ihr auch die Statistiken über Ausbildungsniveau und Themen der Lokalradios in Brasilien.

Related Posts and Sites
- World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters available in English, français y español
- Interviews with Ruben César Fernandes, executive director of Viva Rio.
- other posts on the RadioProductionCentre (RPC)