DOSSIÊ DOI: 10.20396/etd.v22i3.8659331
INTERNATIONALIZATION AIMED AT GLOBAL SOCIAL JUSTICE: BRAZILIAN UNIVERSITY INITIATIVES TO INTEGRATE REFUGEES AND DISPLACED POPULATIONS INTERNACIONALIZAÇÃO VOLTADA À JUSTIÇA SOCIAL GLOBAL: INICIATIVAS DE UNIVERSIDADES BRASILEIRAS PARA INTEGRAR REFUGIADOS E POPULAÇÕES DESLOCADAS INTERNACIONALIZACIÓN ENFOCADA EN LA JUSTICIA SOCIAL GLOBAL: INICIATIVAS DE LAS UNIVERSIDADES BRASILEÑAS PARA INTEGRAR A LOS REFUGIADOS Y LAS POBLACIONES DESPLAZADAS Hans De Wit1, Fernanda Leal2, Lisa Unangst3
ABSTRACT The increased immersion of global higher education in a competitive, economy-oriented paradigm calls for perspectives on international interaction that are explicitly aimed at shaping cooperative, sustainable, and alternative futures. In Brazil, higher education internationalization efforts driven by the Brazilian government have historically been attached to the State’s development interests. As these efforts have consolidated in a hegemonic way, initiatives pursued by individual higher education institutions themselves gain relevance in that context. In this article, we explore the projects developed by two Brazilian federal universities – the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and the Federal University of Parana (UFPR) – seeking to integrate refugees and displaced populations into higher education and the Brazilian society more generally. Our approach combines bibliographic and document analysis with interviews of key actors. Based on the results, we emphasize: 1. The role of Brazilian higher education institutions’ autonomy in order to develop internationalization strategies that are both contextually relevant and aimed at promoting global social justice; 2. The importance of linking existing university outreach/extension activities aimed at marginalized groups to institutional policy for internationalization, so that internationalization efforts do not end up suppressing the more direct social role of those institutions. KEYWORDS: Higher Education. Internationalization. Social justice. Displaced populations.
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Doutor pela Universidade de Amsterdã. Consultoria para organizações internacionais (Parlamento Europeu e o Banco Mundial). Professor e diretor do ‘Centro de Educação Superior Internacional’ (CIHE) do Boston College, EUA. Membro Associado da International Association of Universities (IAU) e membro fundador e expresidente da European Association for International Education (EAIE). E-mail: dewitj@bc.edu 2
Doutora em Administração pela Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), com doutoradosanduíche no Center for International Higher Education (CIHE), Boston College (BC), Estados Unidos (20182020). Mestre em Administração e bacharel em Secretariado Executivo Inglês pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Secretária-executiva na Pró-Reitoria de Gestão de Pessoas da UFSC. E-mail: fernanda.leal@ufsc.br 3
Doutoranda em Educação Superior Internacional, Boston College. Mestre em Educação, Harvard Graduate School of Education (2014). E-mail: unangstl@bc.edu Submetido em: 04/05/2020 - Aceito em: 02/08/2020
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