A alegoria de cases inspiradores que ultrapassam barreiras: uma análise cartográfica do refugiado dentro do modelo neoliberal na mídia

Abstract

Following a linearity in research presupposes the idea that, as researchers, we have total, absolute and rigid control over the entire process, from start to finish, exhaustively trying to achieve as much as possible about what we are investigating. However, the Cartographic Analysis of Discourse (Deusdará; Rocha, 2021) brought me a new perspective on how to view the research process during my two-year master's degree. Immersion in this process also involves the conflicts along the way: in group discussions, in the choice of corpus and, above all, in the maturing of the work during this period. Research is not a straight, predetermined path, but a process in which we become researchers, not because we are born as such, but because we make ourselves along the way. I therefore see in the restlessness and impasses a way of accessing the infinite possibilities of mapping out this path. The aim of the research is not to draw a straight line, but to bring out the ramifications, recognizing that the “while” in the research is legitimate, with all our readings, the disciplines and the interactions that cross us and provoke us, even allowing us to unveil concepts that were previously plastered over. My research began with the aim of analyzing refugees and their integration into a country that is often distant from their culture, with language as the fundamental axis for an effective welcome. However, I soon realized that the issue is more complex. Is it enough to make these people feel they belong? In this sense, the process-research was expanded, following the cartography, to include the analysis of discourses that highlighted the body as a power relationship. The research therefore seeks to observe how the media acts on the refugee's body, trying to make it productive, useful and efficient, even at the cost of that body's freedom. I also identified the attempt to construct a narrative of heroic subjects, capable of reinventing themselves in the face of destruction. This debate is crucial, as I believe that forced displacement deserves more discussion. Therefore, for this research, I will investigate the refugee's body as a place of meaning in social functioning, going beyond the biological body. In order to think about the subjectivity present in these journalistic discourses, in addition to Michel Foucault (1989), this work draws on the conceptions of Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattarian (1980) and Suely Rolnik (2018), arguing that it is not just a question of choosing entrepreneurship as resistance, but of a colonial project that precedes current neoliberalism