In the introduction we aim to explore the multiple uses and consequences of different technologies and infrastructures in the context of migrations and how such uses and consequences inhabit and transform migrants’ rights and subjectivities. We seek to review relevant literature at the intersection of citizenship, critical migration studies and science and technology studies (STS), focusing in particular on the...
On March 12, 2020, the Ukrainian citizen Ihor Homenyuk died, having been abused and tortured while in the custody of the Foreigners and Borders Office in Lisbon airport. This crime exposed what several NGOs and institutional reports had long denounced: the climate of impunity that enabled the denial of basic human rights to immigrants in closed spaces at the Portuguese border. Understanding the media as a pivot...
This article aims to explore the multiple uses and consequences of different technologies and infrastructures in the context of migrations and how such uses and consequences inhabit and transform migrants’ rights and subjectivities. It reviews relevant literature at the intersection of citizenship, critical migration studies and science and technology studies (STS), focusing in particular on the current debates...
This article aims to explore the multiple uses and consequences of different technologies and infrastructures in the context of migrations and how such uses and consequences inhabit and transform migrants’ rights and subjectivities. It reviews relevant literature at the intersection of citizenship, critical migration studies and science and technology studies (STS), focusing in particular on the current debates...
This paper examines the choice between English lingua franca and Portuguese (a pluricentric language in research article publishing), a choice which presents both a challenge and an opportunity to authors operating within the semiperipheral space of Portuguese research communities. Data on articles from three disciplinary areas: Linguistics, Information Science and Library Science, and Pharmacology and Pharmacy...
Revisitando o artigo “Literatura e emigração: poetas emigrantes nos estados de Massachusetts e Rhode Island” (Capinha, 1993), este artigo, escrito a quatro mãos e três olhares distintos, ilustra como o olhar da literatura de/na emigração contribui para entender atos de identificação e significação nas sociedades contemporâneas permeadas por mobilidades. A escrita poética abre possibilidades de estudar espaços d...
Por todo o mundo, os/as académicos/as tentam entrar na corrida para dar visibilidade e reconhecimento à sua produção científica de forma a construírem carreiras internacionais. Investigadores/as em início de carreira podem sentir-se perdidos/as enquanto são pressionados/as a publicar muito, rápido e em edições de elevado prestígio académico. Como podem estes/as contribuir para o debate internacional da investig...
This paper examines the choice between English lingua franca and Portuguese (a pluricentric language in research article publishing), a choice which presents both a challenge and an opportunity to authors operating within the semiperipheral space of Portuguese research communities. Data on articles from three disciplinary areas: Linguistics, Information Science and Library Science, and Pharmacology and Pharmacy...
Neste ensaio pretende-se analisar o uso da linguagem visual na fotografia, bem como a sua interação com as legendas e os títulos de notícias sobre a crise de refugiados/as, tal como foi retratada pelos meios de comunicação social em Portugal e na Rússia. Entre os vários tipos de fotografia, a documental – utilizada nas ciências sociais e humanas – é muitas vezes considerada como um mero registo da realidade. No...