The favela movement in Belo Horizonte and the Department of Housing and Popular Neighborhoods (1956-1964)

Authors

  • Samuel Silva Rodrigues Oliveira Fundação Getúlio Vargas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-9222.2012v4n7p100

Keywords:

Favelas, Social movement, Citizenship

Abstract

This article discusses the social movement organized by Favelados Workers Federation of Belo Horizonte and its relation with the Department of Housing and Popular Neighborhoods. This was one of the main entities of “desfavelamento” policy in the passage of 1950’s to 1960’s, and offered opportunities and constraints for the construction of the citizenship of the people who lived in favelas.

Author Biography

Samuel Silva Rodrigues Oliveira, Fundação Getúlio Vargas

Formado em História pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2005), mestre em "História, tradição e modernidade" na linha História e Culturas Políticas (2008) pela UFMG, doutorando em História, Política e Bens Culturais na Fundação Getúlio Vargas, orientado por Dulce Chaves Pandolfi.

Published

2012-09-03

How to Cite

OLIVEIRA, Samuel Silva Rodrigues. The favela movement in Belo Horizonte and the Department of Housing and Popular Neighborhoods (1956-1964). Revista Mundos do Trabalho, Florianópolis, v. 4, n. 7, p. 100–120, 2012. DOI: 10.5007/1984-9222.2012v4n7p100. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/mundosdotrabalho/article/view/1984-9222.2012v4n7p100. Acesso em: 12 dec. 2025.

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