Professor at Escola Superior de Publicidade e Marketing, ESPM (São Paulo). Coord. of the research group Interculturality, Citizenship, Communication and Consumption. Researcher at the Institute of Communication of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Given the continuing migratory flows and the growth of the far right in the country, it is likely that immigration will remain a central issue in Portuguese political debate.
What impact has the consolidation of "immigrant hero" narratives on the collective dimension of migration struggles, on the production of gaps, as well as on immigrant rights?
Coauthors Amanda Alencar and Julia Camargo
The far-right often accuses migration of all misfortunes for political gain. But in the recent elections, Bolsonaro's campaign strategy used Venezuelan migration as an example of what would happen to Brazilians if Lula won.
Since the 1990s, the digitalization of communication has reordered the political action of global resistance movements and social and cultural collectives, including migrants.
