An analysis of the campaign #MyRefugeeFriend: experiences of interculturality and cosmopolitanism on Christmas Eve

Authors

  • Sofia Cavalcanti Zanforlin Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/contracampo.v0i0.1050

Keywords:

Mídia, Refugiados, Cosmopolitismo.

Abstract

We propose a study of the campaign Meu Amigo Refugiado (My Refugee Friend) launched in December 2016 by Migraflix. It consisted of the reception of refugees by a Brazilian family for the Christmas dinner. After the meetingswere held, we sent specific questionnaires to both the refugees and participating families by e-mail. The hypothesis is that the campaign's attention can be explained by the context of the so-called global refugee crisis, guided by the national and interna tional media, and by the empathy that this theme can arouse. From the analysis of the answers, we realize that the commitment to the refugee cause is translated by the moral appeal to the atrocities propagated by the media as by the possibility of contact and exchange with foreigners possessing a civil history of struggle and overcoming. Keywords: Media; Refugees; Cosmopolitanism; Empathy.

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Author Biography

  • Sofia Cavalcanti Zanforlin, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasil
    Pós- Doutorado pela ESPM - SP. Doutora em Comunicação e Cultura pela Escola de Comunicação da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2011), mestrado em Comunicação pela Universidade de Brasília (2004) e graduação em Comunicação com habilitação em Jornalismo pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (2001). Autora do livro Rupturas Possíveis. Representação e Cotidiano na série Os Assumidos (queer as folk), lançado em setembro de 2005 pela editora Annablume. Atualmente, trabalha com os temas da Migração, Interculturalidade e Comunicação.  Professora da Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB).

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Published

2018-04-30

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 1 (2018): Entangled Temporalities in the Global South II

Section

Dossiê

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