Through her investigations of the representations, images and vocabulary used at different times by different social actors, she hopes to rescue the social history of the favela and restore it to its deserved position in the nation's political and social memory.

Presented by the  Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, the study Inadequação habitacional em favelas urbanizadas: Um Desafio para a Sustentabilidade Urbana no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (Inadequate Housing in Upgraded favelas - a Challenge for Urban Sustainability in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), by Solange Carvalho and Mauro Santos shows how In the last decade, Brazil has gained significant experience in reducing the indices of inadequate housing.