Who speaks for the homeless population of big cities? There are public policies aimed at this excluded population, there are the positions of different citizens in relation to the problem, and there are also the legal-administrative positions of the municipality. An analysis is made about the polemic coverage in Folha de S. Paulo regarding this population. … Read More →
Conflicting voices: speaking and keeping silent
Is speaking or being silent a choice? Faced with the multiplicity of spoken and silent voices in our world, the “experience of language” in a period of political repression, as shown in the work Retrato calado [Silenced Portrait], by Salinas Fortes, is the starting point to reflect on the limits between the duty of speaking/writing and witnessing. … Read More →
Language Sciences and Discourses about the Pandemic: the Question of Ethics
The difficult pandemic moment we have been facing demands an ethical posture from every citizen, a position defended by Bakhtiniana (16.4), in “Pandemic, Ethics and Discourses”. The search for and the recognition of these varied ethically responsible postures can be seen in this issue, which focusses on analyzing a variety of speeches in circulation in the period, and the social values they promote. … Read More →
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