Navegar el privilegio precario: experiencias de estudiantes-migrantes brasileños en Lisboa
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https://doi.org/10.14422/mig.24314.029Palabras clave:
migración estudiantil;, movilidad estudiantil internacional, migración de estilo de vida, espacios urbanos, aspiraciones cosmopolitasResumen
Este estudio explora las experiencias de estudiantes-migrantes brasileños en Lisboa, examinando la interacción entre privilegio y precariedad en sus trayectorias. Aunque la movilidad estudiantil internacional suele entenderse como una progresión académica y profesional, esta investigación muestra cómo estos migrantes transitan aspiraciones de estilo de vida más amplias, dificultades laborales e inseguridad residencial, empleando la lente analítica del privilegio precario. Mediante un enfoque etnográfico con observación participante, entrevistas y grupos focales, el estudio revela cómo negocian su doble condición de estudiantes y trabajadores en un contexto marcado por el aumento del coste de vida, prácticas abusivas en el acceso a la vivienda e inestabilidad laboral. Pese a su privilegio percibido como migrantes altamente cualificados, muchos afrontan vulnerabilidades: dificultades económicas, discriminación y empleo precario. Al situar estas experiencias en las transformaciones socioeconómicas de Lisboa, la investigación subraya sus implicaciones para la desigualdad urbana y las políticas migratorias.
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