Produção de Conhecimento, Reparação Histórica e Construção de Futuros Alternativos. Entrevista Com Miguel de Barros

Rosa Cabecinhas; Miguel de Barros

doi:10.17231/comsoc.41(2022).3719

Authors

Rosa Cabecinhas Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1491-3420
Miguel de Barros Centro de Estudos Sociais Amílcar Cabral, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7435-2311

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17231/comsoc.41(2022).3719

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically exacerbated pre-existing social inequalities and added urgency to the awareness of the need for social transformation. Social movements for the decolonisation of knowledge and governance systems have gained new momentum and the demands for historical reparation and climate, health and food justice. Historical reparation has sometimes been equated only to restitution of material goods or financial compensation. Still, it is a much more complex endeavour that necessarily involves making knowledge production a more engaging and participatory process, inside and outside the academy, linking different knowledge to build fairer and more inclusive futures...

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Author Biographies

Rosa Cabecinhas, Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

Rosa Cabecinhas is a professor at the Department of Communication Sciences at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Minho and a researcher at the Communication and Society Research Centre. Her research focuses on intercultural communication, social memory, social representations, social identities and social discrimination. She is the author of Preto e Branco: A Naturalização da Discriminação Racial (Black and White. The Naturalization of Racial Discrimination; 2017, 2nd edition), co-author of De Outro Género: Propostas Para a Promoção de um Jornalismo Mais Inclusivo (On the Other Gender: Proposals for the Promotion of More Inclusive Journalism; 2014) and co-editor of several books and special issues in scientific journals, among which we highlight the works Comunicação Intercultural: Perspectivas, Dilemas e Desafios (Intercultural Communication: Perspectives, Dilemmas and Challenges; 2017, 2nd edition), Cinema, Migrations and Cultural Diversity (2019) and (In)visibilidades: Imagem e Racismo ((In)Visibilities: Image and Racism; 2020).

Miguel de Barros, Centro de Estudos Sociais Amílcar Cabral, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Miguel de Barros has a degree in sociology and a postgraduate degree in planning (University Institute of Lisbon) and is a Guinean editor and researcher. He is co-founder of the Centre for Social Studies Amílcar Cabral, a member of the Research Council for Social Sciences in Africa, and, since 2012, the executive director of the Guinean environmental non-governmental organisation Tiniguena. He has developed research on youth, volunteering, civil society, media, human rights, food security, human migration, literature, rural women, racism and rap music. He was recently awarded the Pan-African humanitarian award “Leadership in Research & Social Impact”. He is the author of Juventude e Transformações Sociais na Guiné-Bissau (Youth and Social Transformations in Guinea-Bissau; 2016) and co-author of A Sociedade Civil e o Estado na Guiné-Bissau: Dinâmicas, Desafios e Perspetivas (Civil Society and the State in Guinea-Bissau: Dynamics, Challenges and Perspectives; 2015), Tecendo Redes Antirracistas: Soberania Intelectual (Weaving Antiracist Networks: Intellectual Sovereignty; 2020); Media Freedom and Right to Information in Africa (2015); Sociedade Civil, Soberania e Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (Civil Society, Sovereignty and Food and Nutrition Security; 2014), A Participação das Mulheres na Política e na Tomada de Decisão na Guiné-Bissau: Da Consciência, Perceção à Prática Política (Women’s Participation in Politics and Decision-Making in Guinea-Bissau: From Awareness, Perception to Political Practice; 2013).

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