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Boca de Rua (Talk of the Street)
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The Boca de Rua newspaper (in english, Talk of the Street) has been produced and sold by people who live in the streets of Porto Alegre City since 2000. Texts, photos and illustrations are elaborated by homeless people in weekly meetings. In groups, they discuss selected issues, organize and make interviews, take photographs and produce texts collectively by turning oral language into written text or by recording and then selecting the content. The work is supervised by journalists, psychologists and university students. Only the publication and web design are performed by communication professionals. The revenue collected from newspaper sales returns in full to the participants, representing an alternative source of income. The team consists of 30 adults and 15 children/adolescents. Minors under 18 years old participate in art/communication workshops and produce a child-juvenile insert called O Boquinha (Small Talk). We are translating the past issues to english. You can read the texts already translated here: |
