Este artigo revisa a literatura científica sobre representação-migração no Sul Global e outras regiões, enfatizando estudos comparativos no Brasil (BR) e na África do Sul (SA) e sugerindo perspectivas menos eurocêntricas. Resultados sugerem que a pesquisa sobre representação da migração opera sob influência do paradigma macro-micro. Investigações comparativas oriundas da SA através de meta-estudos e sua tendência quantitativa; juntamente com a influência da Análise do Discurso Francesa, das proposições discursivas de Bakhtin e Greimas no BR, indicam como as investigações da representação da migração precisam se expandir no Sul Global. Recomenda-se construção de análises mais sistemáticas com base no conteúdo e na exploração de diferentes graus/formas através das quais as representações dos migrantes são projetadas na mídia dos países em desenvolvimento. Deslocamento de uma perspectiva sociocognitiva dominante rumo a abordagens intersemióticas/sociolinguísticas é aconselhável. Sugere-se que o Pan-Africanismo/abordagens africanas e/ou filosofias latino-americanas façam parte dessa base de críticas relativas à migração.
This paper reviews scientific literature about representation on migrants in Global South media and in other parts of the world, focusing on comparative studies in Brazil and South Africa, and providing suggestions for less Eurocentric perspectives relating to such topic. We resort to a critical review on theoretical references and multiple studies published between the second half of the last century and the beginning of this century. South African comparative research through meta-studies and their quantitative tendency —alongside French Discourse Analysis, Bakhtinian Circle and Greimas’ influence in Brazil— indicate how this type of research needs to be expanded in the Global South. This paper recommends the construction of more systematic content-based analyses and the exploration of the different degrees and forms through which balanced or patronizing portrayals on migrants are projected in media. Dislocation from a dominant sociocognitive perspective towards inter-semiotic/sociolinguistic approaches is advisable. This work also suggests that Pan-Africanism, African approaches, and/or Latin-American philosophies should be part of this foundation for migration criticism, especially if these migratory processes are analyzed in media or communication context
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