The One-Sided Tale of Poor Latin America

Authors

  • Luiza Cerveira Kampff Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i2.4826

Keywords:

Latin America, internacionalization in Higher Education, decolonial perspectives, bordering politics

Abstract

The experience of participating in a mobility program is both enriching and shocking. While facing different identities and asymmetrical relations of power, the international student from the Global South is forced to reanalyze his or her identity in the world. The politics of racialization and the dichotomy between the politics of belonging and of bordering make those who study abroad realize the stereotypes of the country they are nationals of and the prejudice their co-citizens may suffer. As such, this text is my narrative as a Brazilian student in the Middle East living in a community predominantly constituted by Europeans, describing the process of realization of my identity as a Global South and Latin American citizen.

Author Biography

  • Luiza Cerveira Kampff, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

    LUIZA CERVEIRA KAMPFF, B.A. in International Relations, is a student in the Law School at PUCRS. Her major research interests lie in the area of post-colonial theories, international relations in the Global South, migration and multiculturalism. Email: luiza.kampff@edu.pucrs.br

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Published

2023-05-31

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Vol. 13 No. 4 (2023): Journal of International Students

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The One-Sided Tale of Poor Latin America. (2023). Journal of International Students, 13(4), 221-226. https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i2.4826