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, feather and paintbrush (rio, pena e pincel), is a book expressing an artistic account of the both the natural and societal history of the city of rio de janeiro - text pieces by writer heloisa seixas are combined with reproductions of paintworks by leonel brayner and subtitles by editor ruy castro to depict the city of rio de janeiro in significant periods of times in both the near and distant past.