Description
More than a concept, Integral Human Development (IHD) is a human-centred perspective based on the idea that to be human is to be more than human capital in an economic system. Since the IHD’s primary goal is the human ascent, we should comprehend it as the establishment of relationships of solidarity between all human beings towards the promotion of the common good. The Catholic Relief Services developed a diagram of the IHD conceptual framework to help the operationalization of relief and development programs. In this diagram, distinct assets (social, political, physical, spiritual, etc.) influence and are accessed by the different structures and systems of society. These structures and systems comprehend, for instance, institutions and power structures, and the political systems and beliefs that sustain them.Comprehending beliefs as ideologies whose social representations comprising them are controlled by the hegemonic groups of society, we advance in this presentation the necessity to broaden the IHD conceptual framework to tackle the beliefs’ subset that composes its ‘structure & system’ dimension. We will demonstrate it from the analysis of migration-related news pieces during the peak of Covid-19 in two Portuguese newspapers: the influential Expresso and the tabloid Correio da Manhã. The analysis of the migration phenomenon is an excellent opportunity to enrich the discussion since Portugal presents a historical position as simultaneously a country of emigration and immigration. In the pandemic context, this means that we can analyse how the Portuguese emigrants, the immigrants, the refugees, and the asylum seekers in Portugal are represented in news pieces related to Covid-19.
Considering the Portuguese peculiarity regarding migration, and the fact that the media are fundamental to the establishment of social representations, through the content analysis we could have a glimpse of the ideologies behind the perceptions about immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Portugal. Therefore, we aim to discuss ways of promoting IHD as a common shared ideology/belief system through the reporting on migration. Showing its inadequacies, and best practices, we will discuss the challenges in pursuing journalism more connected to humanism.
| Period | 6 Sept 2022 |
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| Event title | Integral Human Development Summer School: Contemporary Humanism Annual Seminar |
| Event type | Other |
| Location | Lisboa, PortugalShow on map |