Paola Berenstein Jacques

Paola Berenstein Jacques works as a professor at the Architecture and Urbanism as well as the Visual Arts graduate programs at the Federal University of Bahia. She also works as a researcher for CNPq (National Council of Scientific and Technological Development), coordinating the Laboratório Urbano (Urban Laboratory) research group. She is the author of Les favelas de Rio (Slums in Rio), Paris, l’Harmattan, 2001; Estética da Ginga (The Aesthetics of Sway, Rio de Janeiro, Casa da Palavra, 2001; Esthétique des favelas (The Aesthetics of the Slums), Paris, l’Harmattan, 2003; co-author of Maré, vida na favela (Maré, Life in the Slums), Rio de Janeiro, Casa da Palavra, 2002, and the organizer of Apologia da Deriva (An Apologetics of Drifting), Rio de Janeiro, Casa da Palavra, 2003, Corps et Décors Urbains (Urban Bodies and Decorations), Paris, l’Harmattan, 2006, Corpos e cenários urbanos (Urban Bodies and Sceneries),Salvador, Edufba, 2006, and Corpocidade: debates, ações e articulações (Corpocidade: debates, actions, and articulations),Salvador, Edufba, 2010.