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Estabelecidos e recém-chegados: complexidades da emigração portuguesa em Londres
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Problematizando a cidade do ponto de vista das migrações, e em particular a migração
de portugueses para Londres, a presente dissertação visa contribuir para o
conhecimento da atual emigração portuguesa para o Reino Unido, e em especial para
Londres, procurando compreender a relação dos portugueses com o espaço, com os
seus habitantes e as suas perceções sobre a «comunidade» portuguesa emigrante.
A partir dos dados recolhidos através de entrevistas e do trabalho de campo foi-nos
possível identificar a existência de dois discursos que separam portugueses
estabelecidos dos emigrantes recém-chegados, dicotomia que servirá de base à nossa
análise. Estas dissemelhanças manifestam-se sobretudo em relação a: i) perceções da
cidade; ii) formas de interação (com outros portugueses, com outros migrantes e com
os autóctones); iii) discursos sobre identidade.
Tendo como base esta análise, ao longo deste trabalho iremos desenvolver três
argumentos principais: em primeiro lugar, defenderemos a impossibilidade de retratar
os emigrantes portugueses em Londres enquanto membros de uma «comunidade»
homogénea; em segundo lugar, argumentaremos que esta fragmentação se reflete no
espaço originando diferenças tanto nos padrões residenciais dos estabelecidos e dos
recém-chegados como nos espaços ocupados por estes; em terceiro lugar,
enfatizaremos a imensa complexidade da atual migração portuguesa e a sua
reprodução nas diferentes conceções de «comunidade» na própria forma como cada
um vive a sua portugalidade.
While problematizing the city from the migration perspective and particularly the Portuguese migration to London, this dissertation aims to contribute to the knowledge of the ongoing Portuguese migration to the United Kingdom, especially to London. Simultaneously it grasps the Portuguese people's relation with their surrounding space, its inhabitants and their perceptions of the Portuguese emigrant “community”. From the data collected through interviews and field work we were able to identify the existence of two groups among Portuguese emigrants: established and newcomers. This dichotomy will serve as the basis for our analysis. These dissimilarities stand out particularly in relation to: i) perceptions of the city; ii) forms of interaction (with other Portuguese people, with other migrants and with natives); iii) discourses on identity. Based on this analysis we will develop three main arguments throughout this paper. Firstly, we will defend the impossibility of portraying Portuguese emigrants in London as members of a homogeneous “community”. Secondly, we will argue that this fragmentation is reflected upon the space itself creating differences in the residential patterns of established emigrants and newcomers, as well as the spaces they occupy. Lastly, we will emphasise the current complexity of Portuguese migration in its depiction of the different conception of “community” translated into how each person embraces its own “Portugueseness”.
While problematizing the city from the migration perspective and particularly the Portuguese migration to London, this dissertation aims to contribute to the knowledge of the ongoing Portuguese migration to the United Kingdom, especially to London. Simultaneously it grasps the Portuguese people's relation with their surrounding space, its inhabitants and their perceptions of the Portuguese emigrant “community”. From the data collected through interviews and field work we were able to identify the existence of two groups among Portuguese emigrants: established and newcomers. This dichotomy will serve as the basis for our analysis. These dissimilarities stand out particularly in relation to: i) perceptions of the city; ii) forms of interaction (with other Portuguese people, with other migrants and with natives); iii) discourses on identity. Based on this analysis we will develop three main arguments throughout this paper. Firstly, we will defend the impossibility of portraying Portuguese emigrants in London as members of a homogeneous “community”. Secondly, we will argue that this fragmentation is reflected upon the space itself creating differences in the residential patterns of established emigrants and newcomers, as well as the spaces they occupy. Lastly, we will emphasise the current complexity of Portuguese migration in its depiction of the different conception of “community” translated into how each person embraces its own “Portugueseness”.
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Emigração Portugal Londres Cidade Reabilitação urbana emigration City Urban regeneration London