All three authors have considerable experience in social development programs and have worked tirelessly to create physical and ideological space for marginalized citizens, believing that the city can only be re-invented if conventional narratives are re-written.

O Novo Carioca (The new Carioca) is available via livraria travessa on this link, or via Mórula Editorial here.

Published by Casa da Palavra Rio Botequim (Rio street taverns), by Guilherme Studart is a regularly updated text, providing readers with a guided tour of traditional botequims, or 'taverns', all around the city, including pacified communities.

William Studart, economist and author of the esteemed book, has assuaged the beer and bar food lovers that, 'the bar has everything to with the carioca soul, they will never cease to exist.'