Revista Periferias: Justice and rights in South-South migration

Periferias 9, Justice and rights in South-South migration is being launched during the MIDEQ Hub International Symposium in the city of Rio de Janeiro.  Migration between countries in the Global South —  a term which brings together countries mostly in non-hegemonic positions in the world economic and politics system — is one of the most present and, paradoxically, most unseen, phenomenon of today. In effect, migration narratives are still dominated by the representations, interests, and logic of the Global North.

Within this context, holding an event of this scale in Rio de Janeiro carries two distinctive aspects with a strong symbolic and material weight: the first is the fact that UNIperiferias is hosting the MIDEQ Symposium — a think tank arising in the favela, and founded by peripheral intellectuals and activists. The second major aspect that marks the event is that it effectively contributes to strengthening an innovative and powerful network of researchers and activists from various peripheral countries. This network is dedicated to the construction of new epistemological, ethical, and political references, to address the migratory issue, which surpasses colonial, Eurocentric, and hegemonic logic. Since we believe it is the only way we will achieve the central objective that underpins our journey: effectively improving migrant communities’ living conditions and expanding the possibilities of building a full humanity by overcoming the various forms of violence which are still present, dissolving national barriers, and celebrating new forms of living.