Territories and Frontiers of Alterity in São Paulo: Theoretical Considerations for the Study of Segregation Processes, Vulnerability, and Tensions Among Foreigners in the Metropolis
摘要
The theme of immigration has garnered numerous studies and deeper exploration, further fueled by contemporary transformations that entail ongoing global movements of people. New waves of migrants are added to the traditional ones in Brazil at the beginning of the twentieth century, now contextualized within globalization. A preliminary description may shed light on the coexistence of diverse groups in the city, the dynamics of sociability, and integration into the metropolis in the twenty-first century, shaping territories of belonging while simultaneously revealing processes of distancing and segregation. In the annals of immigration history in São Paulo, one finds a nuanced cartography depicting the presence of foreigners within the metropolis. However, capitalist relations have currently transformed urban agglomerations, orchestrating social processes of competition and exclusion among different population segments, notable for their movements of displacement and expulsion, in constant processes of (de)territorialization and interculturality.