Migration issue in political speeches: empathization and decentering

Understanding the migration issue goes well beyond seeing immigration as a “society problem”, as a threat to the well-being of a people or to their identity and cultural characteristics. Political speeches often represent immigrants in a reductionist way. When the migration process becomes a topic o...

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Autor: Emediato, Wander
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)
Repositorio:Fragmentum (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/86430
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufsm.br/fragmentum/article/view/86430
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Immigration
Empathy
Political discourse
Imigração
Empatia
Discurso político
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Sumario:Understanding the migration issue goes well beyond seeing immigration as a “society problem”, as a threat to the well-being of a people or to their identity and cultural characteristics. Political speeches often represent immigrants in a reductionist way. When the migration process becomes a topic of political discourse, it begins to represent, and at the same time incite, antithetical views and attitudes, which we will call here empathetic and non-empathetic. The objective of this article is to analyze the ways in which political discourses talk about immigration and reflect on the importance of empathy for a better understanding of the place of immigrants and immigration.