You are here: Homepage Countries Brazil Themen All Themes From To filter [Translate to English:] Die Cidade De Deos ist eine Favela im Osten von Rio de Janeiro in Brasilien Foto: Cristian Lourenço/ Getty Images Brasil | Favelas No to scarcity and yes to power Favelas are a hotbed of innovation. This is where the Expo Favela business trade fair comes in, working to showcase companies from Brazil's informal settlements By Angelica Mari 01/01/2025 The Brazilian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz Portrait: Victor Boyko / Getty Images Personal history | Brazil A new world in every film The Brazilian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz has always been drawn to distant horizons. From Brazil via New York, he found his way to Berlin By Karim Aïnouz 03/14/2024 Earn digital tokens for social engagement? That is the goal of the Muda community Photo: Getty Images Social innovation | Brazil My language course for your tarot session? Anyone who is socially active in Brazil can earn themselves “Muda” tokens. But how does the alternative currency really work? A quick look By Flávia Macêdo 12/11/2023 Brazilian writer Itamar Vieira Junior is a geographer and ethnologist – and a descendant of the quilombolas, an afrobrazilian community whose ancestors were escaped slaves Photo: Uendel Galter Fiction | Brazil The fight of the quilombolas Politics clashes with everyday life in Brazil, in a story of sisterhood, race and religion. Itamar Vieira Junior’s debut novel thrives on this colourful mix By Michael Ebmeyer 01/09/2023 Fruits and vegetables for a vegan lifestyle Photo: Javier Zayas Photography / Getty Images Food cultures | Brazil It’s time to rethink veganism Going vegan seems to be an answer to many problems – from health to climate change. But who can even afford a vegan lifestyle? Barbara Miranda discusses indigenous perspectives By Barbara Miranda 01/07/2022 Welket Bungué in Rio de Janeiro Foto: Kristin Bethge Personal history | Guinea-Bissau Hamlet, Hackman and homeland Welket Bungué, born in Xitole in the south of Guinea-Bissau in 1988, is an actor and filmmaker. After living and working in Portugal and Brazil, he now lives in Berlin. By Welket Bungué 10/01/2021
[Translate to English:] Die Cidade De Deos ist eine Favela im Osten von Rio de Janeiro in Brasilien Foto: Cristian Lourenço/ Getty Images Brasil | Favelas No to scarcity and yes to power Favelas are a hotbed of innovation. This is where the Expo Favela business trade fair comes in, working to showcase companies from Brazil's informal settlements By Angelica Mari 01/01/2025
The Brazilian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz Portrait: Victor Boyko / Getty Images Personal history | Brazil A new world in every film The Brazilian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz has always been drawn to distant horizons. From Brazil via New York, he found his way to Berlin By Karim Aïnouz 03/14/2024
Earn digital tokens for social engagement? That is the goal of the Muda community Photo: Getty Images Social innovation | Brazil My language course for your tarot session? Anyone who is socially active in Brazil can earn themselves “Muda” tokens. But how does the alternative currency really work? A quick look By Flávia Macêdo 12/11/2023
Brazilian writer Itamar Vieira Junior is a geographer and ethnologist – and a descendant of the quilombolas, an afrobrazilian community whose ancestors were escaped slaves Photo: Uendel Galter Fiction | Brazil The fight of the quilombolas Politics clashes with everyday life in Brazil, in a story of sisterhood, race and religion. Itamar Vieira Junior’s debut novel thrives on this colourful mix By Michael Ebmeyer 01/09/2023
Fruits and vegetables for a vegan lifestyle Photo: Javier Zayas Photography / Getty Images Food cultures | Brazil It’s time to rethink veganism Going vegan seems to be an answer to many problems – from health to climate change. But who can even afford a vegan lifestyle? Barbara Miranda discusses indigenous perspectives By Barbara Miranda 01/07/2022
Welket Bungué in Rio de Janeiro Foto: Kristin Bethge Personal history | Guinea-Bissau Hamlet, Hackman and homeland Welket Bungué, born in Xitole in the south of Guinea-Bissau in 1988, is an actor and filmmaker. After living and working in Portugal and Brazil, he now lives in Berlin. By Welket Bungué 10/01/2021