EFEITOS DE SENTIDO SOBRE O SUJEITO-IMIGRANTE EM POLÍTICAS DE ACESSO E PERMANÊNCIA NA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA FRONTEIRA SUL

Abstract

In this work, we analyze effects of meaning on the modes of subjectivation of immigrant-subjects that emerge from a special selection process announcement. for the allocation of supplementary positions to meet the Program for Access and Permanence of Immigrant Students - Pro-Immigrant, at the Federal University of Fronteira Sul. The Pro-Immigrant program was approved and instituted in 2019 through Resolution n. 16/CONSUNI/UFFS/2019, catering to immigrant students of all nationalities. Specifically, the research corpus consists of the evaluation criteria for the letter of intent, a component of the selection process announcement. We undertake the analysis of institutional discourse on immigrants from the theoretical-methodological perspective of discourse studies, drawing on the works of Foucault (2008a, 2008b, 2014), Coracini (2007, 2010), and Da Rosa (2018, 2021, 2023). The study unfolds in three main stages. First, we address theoretical issues related to subjectivity, governmentality, and power relations. Second, we outline the methodological approach that led us to the analysis corpus. Thirdly, we mobilize analyses in conjunction with affiliated theory, engaging with notions of representation, language, subject, and governmentality. We understand that immigrants are portrayed as individuals in a provisional state who must provide benefits and be useful both to their country of origin, where they may return, and to the institution they are part of, subject to the laws and language of that place. The institutional discourse operates forms of governmentality that place and manage bodies within delimited spaces in accordance with power relations.