Coordinator: Profª Anna Paula Uziel

Description: In the last decade we have witnessed a resurgence of ultraconservative positions with exclusionary and reactionary ideologies both in Latin America and in Europe, with nationalist, racist, sexist, and authoritarian state inferences similar to the Nazi-fascism of the past. In this scenario, human rights, previously considered a secondary expression, attributed only to a leftist ideological construction, have become an influxion for social movements and the critique of society. The recognition of chauvinism, xenophobia, homophobia and persecution of ethnic minorities has required forms of defense in all segments of society. Social Psychology is a field of knowledge that, articulated with the other social sciences, can contribute to the reflection and confrontation of this phenomenon. This project brings together various social situations that, because they are in danger, call us to a careful look at updating and reconfiguring our practices. The risks to democratic principles and human rights that are being experienced by both the Latin American and European countries involved in this proposal have devastating and sometimes indelible consequences. Increased migratory processes, psychic suffering from this expatriation, growing mass incarceration, violence at schools with learning losses, pressures on varied family forms, violence against racial, gender, and sexual minorities pose a threat not only to human rights, but to our survival as a society. These are aspects to consider in this research whose main focus is human rights. Our proposal is to act in the various segments described here, creating new possibilities for dealing with and constructing knowledge about an essential theme for the human and social sciences.