ABSTRACT: Dominant social groups describe favelas based on negative stereotypes, which are increasingly being challenged by various collective actors. Originating from a collaborative effort carried out by academics and favela residents, the Marielle Franco Favela Dictionary is an online platform that aims to spread alternative narratives regarding these territories and their populations through collective knowledge building. This article discusses the common ground and points of contention regarding the different forms of knowledge held by academics, activists, and favela residents. Furthermore, we reconstruct the trajectory of the Dictionary’s creation, and in so doing overcome certain tensions and incorporate other languages and registers able to support the production of memory in favelas.

RESUMEN Los sectores dominantes de la sociedad describen las favelas a partir de definiciones negativas a priori, que han sido cuestionadas por diversos actores colectivos. A partir de una iniciativa conjunta de la comunidad académica y quienes residen en las favelas, se crea el Diccionario de Favelas Marielle Franco como una plataforma en línea que, a través de la construcción colectiva del conocimiento, busca difundir diferentes narrativas sobre estos territorios y sus poblaciones. En este artículo, discutimos cómo se produjeron los acuerdos y divergencias entre el conocimiento de la comunidad académica, activistas y habitantes de barrios marginalizados; y presentamos la trayectoria de la construcción del Diccionario, que busca superar tensiones y así incorporar otros lenguajes y registros capaces de sustentar las producciones y memorias de las favelas.

RESUMEN Los sectores dominantes de la sociedad describen las favelas a partir de definiciones negativas a priori, que han sido cuestionadas por diversos actores colectivos. A partir de una iniciativa conjunta de la comunidad académica y quienes residen en las favelas, se crea el Diccionario de Favelas Marielle Franco como una plataforma en línea que, a través de la construcción colectiva del conocimiento, busca difundir diferentes narrativas sobre estos territorios y sus poblaciones. En este artículo, discutimos cómo se produjeron los acuerdos y divergencias entre el conocimiento de la comunidad académica, activistas y habitantes de barrios marginalizados; y presentamos la trayectoria de la construcción del Diccionario, que busca superar tensiones y así incorporar otros lenguajes y registros capaces de sustentar las producciones y memorias de las favelas.

ABSTRACT: Dominant social groups describe favelas based on negative stereotypes, which are increasingly being challenged by various collective actors. Originating from a collaborative effort carried out by academics and favela residents, the Marielle Franco Favela Dictionary is an online platform that aims to spread alternative narratives regarding these territories and their populations through collective knowledge building. This article discusses the common ground and points of contention regarding the different forms of knowledge held by academics, activists, and favela residents. Furthermore, we reconstruct the trajectory of the Dictionary’s creation, and in so doing overcome certain tensions and incorporate other languages and registers able to support the production of memory in favelas.

RESUMO Este texto discute a (re)produção de Copacabana, reconhecida no imaginário carioca como “cartão-postal” do Rio de Janeiro, em um contexto de violência urbana e informalidade capaz de atualizar as disputas por territórios e fronteiras da cidade. A partir da análise de reuniões do Conselho Comunitário de Segurança de Copacabana e Leme (CCSCL) e dos discursos e representações de camadas médias moradoras desse bairro a respeito do atual conflito urbano, é possível perceber que os termos de distinção de Copacabana são postos em xeque por meio de diferentes concepções de segurança e de novas formas de se fazer políticas perpassadas pelo medo da favelização.

ABSTRACT From “Postcard” to “Risk Area”: The (Re)Production of Copacabana amidst New Disputes and Territorialities discusses the (re)production of Copacabana, recognized in Rio de Janeiro’s imaginary as the “postcard” of the city, in a context of urban violence and informality capable of updating disputes over Rio’s territories and borders. From the analysis of meetings of the Community Security Council of Copacabana and Leme (CCSCL) and the discourses and representations of the middle classes living in this neighborhood regarding the current urban conflict, it is possible to see that Copacabana’s terms of distinction are called into question under different security concepts and new ways of making policies pervaded by the fear of favelization.