In “Grande Sertão: Veredas,” the “sertão” is a dry, harsh land crossed by vital streams called “veredas.” My path through European academia as a Brazilian scholar has followed a pattern of marginalization, where my knowledge, language, and presence were constantly contested, interrupted by rare, nourishing collaborations. To change academia built
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Every year, millions of students leave their homes to study abroad, but where they go is changing. While most still head to well-known higher education destinations such as North America, Europe, or Australia, over the past two decades, new academic centers have emerged in places like China, Malaysia or South
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Si les normes et les attentes sociales façonnent nos vies à tou·te·s, elles ne s’appliquent pas de la même manière à chacun·e. Une nouvelle étude montre que les migrant·e·s en Suisse sont soumis·es à des normes plus strictes que le reste de la société, notamment en matière d’engagement social local et ...
+ WeiterlesenSoziale Normen und Erwartungen prägen zwar unser Leben, gelten jedoch nicht für alle gleichermaßen. Eine neue Studie zeigt, dass für Migrant*innen in der Schweiz strengere Normen gelten als für den Rest der Gesellschaft, beispielsweise in Bezug auf lokales soziales Engagement und die Einhaltung der Rechtsordnung. Dieser Doppelstandard bestätigt, was die ...
+ WeiterlesenWhile social norms and expectations shape all our lives, they do not apply to everyone in the same way. A new study shows that migrants in Switzerland are held to higher standards than the rest of society, for example, with regard to local social engagement and compliance with the legal ...
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