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Overview

The following 14 galleries represent Mona Serageldin’s 35mm film slide collection on participatory budgeting and urban upgrading, as arranged in slide case M28, “Latin American,” and consists of color photographs of city contexts across Brazil.

This selection of photographs documents strategic planning programs for local municipal officials across Brazil, participatory budgeting initiatives for upgrading projects, and the rehabilitation of informal settlements. The galleries include views of meetings with local officials and community development teams, informal settlements and new housing developments, and examples of public facilities improvement initiatives.

Galleries 1, 6, and 14 cover cities in northern and northeast Brazil in the states of Ceará, Pará, and Pernambuco.

Galleries 2-5, 7, and 10 cover cities in the southeast in the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo.

Galleries 9, 11-13, and 15 cover cities in the southern states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.

Gallery 8 covers the capital city in the Federal District of Brazil in the central-west region.

Related materials

For more context and access to project reports from I2UD’s work in Brazil, see relevant projects in the I2UD Digital Library:

• “Strategic Planning and Management of Local Development,” Proposal for Executive Education Program for Brazilian Municipal Officials (Project ID: 2001_10_001)
• “Assessment of Participatory Budgeting in Brazil,” Research Assessment, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2001-2003 (Project ID: 2001_09_001)
• “Community-Based Urbanization and Favelas Rehabilitation Processes,” Case Study in Academy Editions for Fortaleza, Brazil, 1997 (Project ID: 1995_00_006)

Related image collections:

• MSDA Photograph Collection M03: Latin America (1989-1999)
• MSDA Photograph Collection M16: South Africa Infrastructure Programs (1998-1999)
• MDSA Photograph Collection M26, Gallery 3: Latin America (1987-2001)

Galleries

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GALLERY M28-1: Fortaleza, Brazil (1996)

87 images

Photographs of the city of Fortaleza in the state of Ceará in northeast Brazil from August 1996. The gallery covers urban contexts and communities, a state housing project, and the Banco Palmas community bank. Images show meetings with community members, housing overviews and interiors, various public facilities, and overviews of the city and coastline. Mona Serageldin is pictured.

Gallery M28-1. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized June 2022.

GALLERY M28-2: Juiz de Fora, Brazil (2001)

25 images

Photographs of the city of Juiz de Fora in the state of Minas Gerais in southeast Brazil from 2001. The gallery covers a participatory budget training program, housing projects, and a Young Gardeners program. Views primarily include housing interiors and exteriors and portraits of program participants. Serageldin is pictured.

Gallery M28-2. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized June 2022.

GALLERY M28-3: Barra Mansa and Volta Redonda, Brazil (Circa 2001)

30 images

Photographs of the neighboring municipalities of Barra Mansa and Volta Redonda, both in the state of Rio de Janeiro in southeast Brazil, from around 2001. The gallery shows a project to engaging young people in urban development topics, a rural agricultural project, and general views of both locations. Views include portraits of project participants, agricultural landscapes, school facades, and views over Volta Redonda from a hill. Mona Serageldin is pictured.

Gallery M28-3. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized June 2022.

GALLERY M28-4: Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2001)

72 images

This gallery covers the city of Belo Horizonte in the state of Minas Gerais in southeast Brazil from 2001. Photographs document general views of the city, favelas (informal settlements) on the urban periphery, housing projects, and a Mutirão housing update (collective effort of a community coming together to complete a project). It also shows an MSC meeting for housing organizing (Movimento dos Sem Casas). Views include portraits of community members, housing overviews and interiors, and housing construction.

Gallery M28-4. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized June 2022.

GALLERY M28-5: Belém, Brazil (Circa 2001)

40 images

Photographs of Belém, the capital city of the state of Pará state in northern Brazil from around 2001. The gallery documents an informal settlement improvement project and an urban river local development project. Views include streetscapes around informal settlements, housing facades and interiors, and portraits of community members.

Gallery M28-5. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized June 2022.

GALLERY M28-6: Santo André, Brazil (Circa 2001)

135 images

This gallery covers the city of Santo André in the state of São Paulo in southeast Brazil from around 2001. Photographs document general views of the city downtown (as well as some of São Paulo city), surrounding ecological zones and industrial zones, aerial views of various urban and natural landscapes, and examples of participatory budgeting for the city. These latter include a public open space project and a women’s training center. Views of these include portraits of meetings with community members, playground areas, and interiors of the training center.

Gallery M28-6. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized June 2022.

GALLERY M28-7: Brasília, Brazil (Circa 2001)

20 images

Photographs of Brasília, the capital city of Brazil in the central-western region of the country, from around 2001. The gallery displays general views of the city, including monuments and landmark architecture, plazas and parks, and aerial views of transportation infrastructure, the city skyline, and public facilities.

Gallery M28-7. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized June 2022.

GALLERY M28-8: Florianópolis, Brazil (2001)

29 images

This gallery covers Florianópolis, the capital city of the state of Santa Catarina state in southern Brazil, from 2001. It shows portraits with the government officials for Santa Catarina and Florianopolis, including the state Environment Office, and Florianopolis historic center and resort beach. Mona Serageldin is pictured.

Gallery M28-8. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized June 2022.

GALLERY M28-9: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2001)

75 images

Photographs of the city of Rio de Janeiro on southeast Brazil from December 2001. The gallery covers general views of the city as well as documents the Rocinha and Vidigal favelas (informal settlements). Images show coastal and urban landscapes, views of housing architecture, including views of residential neighborhoods from above, and examples of public facilities, transportation, and other infrastructure. Photography credit for later sections of the gallery go to I2UD members James Kostaras and Sameh Wahba.

Gallery M28-9. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized June 2022.

GALLERY M28-10: Porto Alegre, Brazil (Circa 2001)

95 images

This gallery covers Porto Alegre, the capital city of the state of Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil from around 2001. The photographs document participatory budgeting meetings and related initiatives, development corridor region of the city, and social inclusion projects. Views include portraits of municipal officials and meeting participants, landscapes showing natural reserves and reserve encroachments, and exterior views of housing and facilities projects, along with aerial views of river and urban environments. Images also show a land reform demonstration encampment of the MST Landless Workers’ Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra). Mona Serageldin is pictured.

Gallery M28-10. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized June 2022.

GALLERY M28-11: Caxias do Sul, Brazil (Circa 2001)

31 images

This gallery covers participatory budgeting improvements for the municipality of Caxias do Sul in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil from around 2001. It documents meetings with municipal officials, housing projects and examples of traditional housing architecture, and a variety of facilities improvements. These include road infrastructure, drainage, a school, and a health center. Views show streetscapes, surrounding landscapes, and interior and exterior views of buildings.

Gallery M28-11. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized June 2022.

GALLERY M28-12: Gravataí, Brazil (Circa 2001)

22 images

This gallery documents community development in the municipality of Gravataí in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil from around 2001. Images include portraits of the community development team and municipal officials, as well as examples of municipal facilities improvements through participatory budgeting, including a health center and park. Serageldin is pictured.

Gallery M28-12. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized June 2022.

GALLERY M28-13: Olinda and Recife, Brazil (Circa 2001)

43 images

Photographs of the historic city of Olinda in the coastal metropolitan region of Recife, in the state of Pernambuco in northeast Brazil from around 2001. The gallery shows buildings and streetscapes of the city’s historic center, including landmarks like the Catedral Metropolitana São Salvador do Mundo and the Basílica e Mosteiro de São Bento. These images also include views of street markets, hillside views of city and waterfront below, and examples of urban infrastructure.

Gallery M28-13. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized June 2022.

GALLERY M28-14: Taquara, Brazil (Circa 2001)

33 images

This gallery contains photographs of a participatory budgeting forum “Orçamento Participativo: Participar é Construir” for the municipality of Taquara, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil, from around 2001. Views include meeting participants, presenters and presentation slides, and musicians, as well as landscape views of fields. Mona Serageldin is pictured.

Gallery M28-14. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized June 2022.

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