Edited Collection Proposal for Building the Barricades, a 250 page book reflecting on the process, findings and dissemination of the research project. To be edited by HERITAGE, proposed for publication in 2021. (Book proposal translated into English).

Quantitative survey data: generated from surveys undertaken with 1,200 Maré residents and 200 people who frequent Maré’s four open-use drug sites [combined spreadsheet]. Data collection undertaken between February and June 2019. This includes sensitive data and is not for publication.

Qualitative data (16 transcripts): generated from 40 semi structured interviews and five focus groups undertaken with Maré residents, people who use drugs and professionals from social services and health centres in Maré. Data collection undertaken between July and August 2020.

This includes sensitive data and is not for publication.

Creative research process and outputs

In Study 3, HERITAGE established a series of performance-based and visual arts practices to produce new narratives about people with mental health and substance-use disorders in relation to the territory of Maré with a focus on how such practices build resilience and recovery:

• Creative workshops with people who use drugs (PWUD) at Espaço Normal

• Creative workshops with six young poets from Maré

• Creative workshops with six young photographers from Maré.

Video 1 of 3. This video, also indexed at 1.1.3.1.2, documents both process and insights of the creative workshops with people who use drugs at Espaço Normal.

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Video 2 of 3. This video, also indexed at 1.1.3.1.3, documents both process and insights of the creative workshops with people who use drugs at Espaço Normal.

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Video 3 of 3. This video, also indexed at 1.1.3.1.4, documents both process and insights of the creative workshops with people who use drugs at Espaço Normal.

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Becos - a four-part audio drama by six spoken-word poets from Maré, with dramaturgy, editing and direction by HERITAGE and Catherine Paskell. 

This hour long four-part immersive ‘play for voices’ - resulting from HERITAGE's/Paskell’s workshops with poets - was recorded in August 2020 under the direction of HERITAGE. Launched in December 2020, the audio drama is publicly available from the dedicated project website. 

Part 1 of 4 (in Portuguese) is included above. For the convenience of reviewers, the physical box includes a complete version of the audio drama that includes English subtitles (contextual subtitles produced between 31st December 2020 - 31st March 2021 as part of preparations for the project's final seminar).

Satellite (2020). An album written, produced and released by Rafael Rocha in collaboration with HERITAGE, inspired by the six poets’ texts, videos and recordings. 

Publicly available on the Becos website.

A Maré de Casa (July-August 2020). Publicly available from the dedicated project website (screenshot above).

The photographic workshops were expanded into an open call where local residents were invited to join a photographic competition, documenting their daily experiences and what they saw from their windows. The general public then voted on the winners.

Quantitative data from surveys carried out as part of COVID-19 Study One.

This includes sensitive data and is not for publication.

Comments from social media and diaries from staff members working on the frontline of Maré’s public health campaign as part of COVID-19 Study Two. 

This includes sensitive data and is not for publication.

Quantitative data from two surveys carried out as part of COVID-19 Study Three – responses from individual creatives and responses from arts organisations.

This includes sensitive data and is not for publication.

Edited by HERITAGE as part of papers for the project's final seminar, this report provides a summary of the insights gained from the three consecutive studies about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Complexo da Maré, originally published in Portuguese in December 2020.

Due to COVID-19, the choir project with people who use drugs at Espaço Normal was suspended in April 2020. In response HERITAGE devised a creative programme to engage people with experience of using drugs and to understand their experiences of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Six members of the choir were given disposable cameras, notebooks and provocations to document their experiences.

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CREATIVE PRACTICE RESEARCH OUTCOME: a short film of the 6 digital arts workshops curated by HERITAGE with two spoken word poets from Complexo da Maré. 

In response to the preliminary findings of this multicomponent output - that community arts organisations play a vital role in promoting mental wellbeing by supporting young people using different art forms and methodologies - HERITAGE set up six arts workshops in collaboration with two spoken word poets from Maré (Thais Ayomide and Matheus de Araújo).  Led by young artists, the ambition of the workshops was to employ creative methodologies to understand young people’s experiences of of COVID-19 in Complexo da Maré, and develop a creative output to share their experiences of how the pandemic is affecting their lives with wider audiences.