Sofia Marques Da Silva
Biographic Data
| ID | 201406 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sofia Marques Da Silva |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sofia Marques |
| FAMILY NAME | Da Silva |
| SIGNATURE | DA SILVA S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade do Porto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2688-1171 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Portuguese perspectives for education and inclusion of young forced migrants through sport
As migratory waves increase and get more complex, social inequalities are likely to arise due to challenges associated with cultural differences, language or lack of supportive networks. Beside international laws and guidelines, responses have been developed for supporting young forced migrants inclusion in host countries. There are suggestions in the literature that sport, if intentionally used as an educational strategy with inclusive purposes,…
Inclusive Education: Factors Influencing Atypical Academic Pathways of Youth in Portugal
This research, framed theoretically within studies on school success, aims to generate knowledge about the successful academic pathways of students at risk of school failure and social exclusion in compulsory education. Employing a qualitative approach, a multi-case study was conducted in a municipality located in the north-eastern region of Portugal, within the framework of two national education interventions: the Priority Intervention Educatio…
Doctoral students’ season schools: Multi-national and intercultural enrichment experiences for learning and networking
Part of the work of universities worldwide is to train new doctors who can meet current and future challenges and who have the knowledge and skills required in academic life. There are many ways to achieve these goals, and it is necessary to explore these avenues. For the last decades, a diversity of spaces for learning and networking beyond formal ones has been provided to doctoral students. International seasonal schools, intensive programs, in…
Educação, liberdade e democracia: Celebrar 50 anos do 25 de Abril
Celebrar 50 anos é escrever de memória vários pontos de interrogação aos caminhos feitos: social, político, económico, cultural. Faz meio século que Portugal colocou um ponto final em quatro décadas de ditadura fascista. As transformações ocorreram nos diferentes setores da nossa sociedade e, em alguns deles, como no da educação, procurámos compensar em poucas décadas séculos de atraso e de desinvestimento intencional. Consolidou-se uma escola pú…
What can I do for my community? Contributing to the promotion of civic engagement through participatory methodologies: The case of young people from border regions of mainland Portugal
This article explains how participatory approaches can promote civic engagement among young people, resulting from their active involvement in the research process, namely identifying their communities' priorities and problems. Five project‐building sessions were held with young people from five contexts located in the border regions of mainland Portugal. The data supporting this article were collected during sessions dedicated to identifying and…
Ethnography and education in the South: The emergence of alternative schools of thinking
O que as paredes nos dizem: Arte De Rua E Potencialidades Para O Desenvolvimento Do Pensamento Crítico
A cultura grafite preserva desde as suas origens uma função comunicacional de carácter interventivo e de denúncia. Aquela cultura materializa-se principalmente nas grandes cidades e em espaços públicos que podem ser ao mesmo tempo periféricos e de grande visibilidade. Reconhecendo que esta forma de expressão não perdeu suas características de génese, tem sofrido alterações que, acompanhando mudanças sociais, políticas, culturais e económicas das …
Práticas socioeducativas inclusivas: Concetualizações E Tendências De Produção Científica No Campo Da Educação
Este estudo apresenta um mapeamento e análise de literatura no campo da educação sobre como o tema das práticas socioeducativas inclusivas associadas a medidas para a promoção do sucesso escolar e da inclusão social tem sido abordado 4 . O procedimento metodológico adotado foi o mapeamento sistemático da literatura, na linha de Kitchenham e Charters e de Petersen et al., fazendo pesquisa na Web of Science, Scopus e B-on. Após a aplicação dos crit…
Could this really be a place for me?' Women's experiences in game jams and video game communities
Video game communities, as new emerging creators of contemporary culture, have been identified as paradigmatic gendered contexts and are considered essential for understanding gendered contextual dynamics in contemporary society. This research is based on a multi-sited ethnography study of five game jams as contexts of creation and participation in video game communities, to which was added discussion from eight focus groups and an online forum w…
‘There are two types of faith’: Exploring young Portuguese people’s participation in world youth day
The present study aimed to examine the significance of young Portuguese people’s experiences of participating in a global Catholic event, the World Youth Day, by discussing their motivations and learning opportunities. World Youth Day is seen as a major experience full of many small experiences that become part of the lifelong process of socialisation. These may include non-formal and informal educational experiences. The literature has pointed t…
“Community” in Video Game Communities
The concept and experience of community have been changing in contemporary societies, from a traditional concept in an idealistic, homogeneous context, characterized by union, to the exploration and experience of new forms of organization and participation. The specific characteristics and dynamics of emerging video game (VG) communities can help us better understand the importance of game cultures. Based on an ethnographic study of five game jam…
Promoting Academic Success and Social Inclusion in Non-Formal Education Contexts: The Case of a North-East Region of Portugal
The processes leading to school failure and early school leaving are complex and involve multidimensional factors. In Portugal, as in other European countries, in the last decade, several policies, programmes, and practices have been developed to address this issue. This article focuses on a socio-educational practice of the study support type developed within a national programme aimed at social inclusion and educational success located in the c…
Understanding the public participation of young people in border regions of mainland Portugal: Youth as Local Development Agent
Although young people are recognized as stakeholders who should be involved in public participation, engagement by youth advocates in local development and decision-making is scarce. Young people's input tends to be seen as less valuable, especially when the prevailing positions on development overemphasize economic interests. This article is based on research conducted in rural border regions in mainland Portugal. We conducted semi-structured in…
Game Jams: Novos Lugares Educativos
A existência de vários lugares para o educativo está sendo reconhecida na sociedade contemporânea. As game jams (GJ), contextos de criação de videojogos, vêm sendo estudadas como lugares onde o educativo pode ser emergente. Este artigo apresenta uma revisão da literatura, que integra estudos acerca das relações entre game jams e educação. Poucos estudos têm sido realizados, mobilizando métodos qualitativos e explorando as percepções e perspectiva…
Interdisciplinary and collaborative experiences while developing a mobile app for young people
Policies and Practices on Intercultural Education in Portuguese Schools
Intercultural Education focuses on reciprocal relationships and dialogue among people, in contexts where there is a shared understanding and appreciation of different cultures. The northern region of Portugal is becoming a host region for migrants and refugees. This article aims to understand how intercultural policies and practices are being developed in the region’s schools. The study is based on data collected from 13 schools, located in the M…
Culturas de participação de jovens: O caso das regiões fronteiriças em Portugal
Este artigo busca fazer o retrato de culturas de participação de jovens do ensino secundário e residentes em regiões de fronteira em Portugal continental. Essas regiões são, em geral, marcadas por desigualdades económicas, sociais e culturais que se traduzem em menores oportunidades de oferta educativa, emprego e espaços de participação. A partir de uma perspetiva da sociologia da juventude, analisam-se dados de um questionário aplicado a 3968 jo…
Grupos de jovens católicos: Um estudo sobre identidades vivências e práticas religiosas no norte de Portugal
Este artigo tem como objetivo refletir sobre identidades, vivências e práticas religiosas de participantes em grupos de jovens católicos (GJC). Os grupos de jovens católicos constituem-se como espaços de sociabilidade e socialização relevantes, nos quais se podem desenvolver significativos processos de formação, com impacto na construção de uma identidade religiosa. Ainda que se reconheçam as potencialidades destes grupos, no quadro de um process…
Building trust, resilient regions, and educational narratives: Municipalities dealing with Covid-19 in border regions of Portugal
This article recounts how municipalities from border regions in mainland Portugal interacted with the population in the face of the new social order brought about by COVID-19. Our aim is to interpret new educational spaces, beyond schools, emerging from community-level strategies to build trust during the pandemic lockdown and state of emergency. The material consists of 1503 posts from 38 Facebook pages of municipalities that were analysed and o…
Retos de los centros educativos transfronterizos de Portugal y Espan?a a favor de las “Competencias para el siglo XXI”
En el ámbito del Marco Estratégico de Educación y Formación 2020, la recomendación de Competencias para el siglo XXI define competencias clave que los centros educativos de los estados miembros de la Unión Europea deben desarrollar con niños y jóvenes. Este artículo explora el trabajo de los centros públicos de educación secundaria ubicados en los territorios fronterizos del norte de Portugal-Galicia (España) en torno a dichas competencias. Las r…
Responsabilidade Social da Universidade
Formas de participação de jovens com origem migrante em associações em Portugal
A participação cívica de jovens com origem imigrante é uma área de estudo que carece de atenção académica em Portugal. Este artigo pretende analisar as várias formas de envolvimento e participação de jovens afrodescendentes, e de origem ucraniana e romena em associações de imigrantes em Portugal. O trabalho empírico centrou-se num conjunto de nove associações de imigrantes. Através de um estudo de caso múltiplo realizámos entrevistas semiestrutur…
Belonging among young people with migrant background in Portugal: Local, National, and Transnational Identifications
Belonging is a timely and highly relevant social phenomena both in youth studies and within migration research. Drawing on a multi-sited qualitative study carried out in Portugal, this article aims to discuss the sense of belonging that young Afro-descendants, Ukrainians, and Romanians forge in relation to their national and local context, and to their cultural heritage. The findings indicate that most young people with migrant background develop…
Cada um no seu canto!”: Olhares de jovens do ensino profissional sobre homossexualidade e masculinidade
In this article, we study processes of social construction of homosexuality in an educational context, employing both quantitative and qualitative methods. Our research attempts to fill a gap in the existing literature on homophobia and homosexuality by focusing on the neglected area of professional training. We employ the concepts of sexuality, heteronormativity and homophobia to analyse the perspectives of young boys and young girls regarding h…
Wiley Handbook of Ethnography of Education
Doing educational ethnography in an online world: Methodological challenges, choices and innovations
On any given day, most of us find ourselves using technology and the Internet in a variety of ways. From communicating with a colleague on Skype or sending a message to a student via email to teach
Young People Engaging in Volunteering: Questioning a Generational Trend in an Individualized Society
Today young people experience a world that is being significantly changed by large-scale transformations in education and labour markets. Youth, as a generation, is most affected by those changes, since they are more likely to reshape their ways of living in response to the conditions they face, which inevitably produce inequalities in their lives. Volunteering is one of their responses. This paper aims to discuss the generational motivations and…
Promoting Academic Success and Social Inclusion in Non-Formal Education Contexts: The Case of a North-East Region of Portugal
The processes leading to school failure and early school leaving are complex and involve multidimensional factors. In Portugal, as in other European countries, in the last decade, several policies, programmes, and practices have been developed to address this issue. This article focuses on a socio-educational practice of the study support type developed within a national programme aimed at social inclusion and educational success located in the c…
Belonging among young people with migrant background in Portugal: Local, National, and Transnational Identifications
Belonging is a timely and highly relevant social phenomena both in youth studies and within migration research. Drawing on a multi-sited qualitative study carried out in Portugal, this article aims to discuss the sense of belonging that young Afro-descendants, Ukrainians, and Romanians forge in relation to their national and local context, and to their cultural heritage. The findings indicate that most young people with migrant background develop…
Para uma visão complexa do bullying homofóbico: Desocultando o quotidiano da homofobia nas escolas
bullying homofbico em abarcar todas as formas de violncia homofbica e heteronormativa da e na escola. A maior expressividade do fenmeno relaciona-se com os seus processos de construo da masculinidade no contexto das culturas juvenis, cuja incidncia quotidiana nos desafia a questionar as oportunidades para a construo de uma cidadania inclusiva da diversidade sexual na escola
Figuras e configurações da estranheza: O Mundo Da Vida E O Mundo Da Escola
Um estudo etnográfico realizado numa escola do 2o e 3o Ciclos do Ensino Básico (EB2/3) do distrito do Porto permitiu o reconhecimento de três eixos de estranheza em contexto escolar: a estranheza sócio-antropológica, a estranheza sócio-institucional e a estranheza estratégica e que dão a conhecer os compromissos e as estratégias que jovens assumem na escola entre grandezas em conflito. Considerando-se que no âmbito do que se definiu como estranhe…
Doing educational ethnography in an online world: Methodological challenges, choices and innovations
On any given day, most of us find ourselves using technology and the Internet in a variety of ways. From communicating with a colleague on Skype or sending a message to a student via email to teach
Growing Up in Europe’s Backyard: Researching on Education and Youth in Portuguese Poor Suburban Settings
Para uma visão complexa do bullying homofóbico: Desocultando o quotidiano da homofobia nas escolas
bullying homofbico em abarcar todas as formas de violncia homofbica e heteronormativa da e na escola. A maior expressividade do fenmeno relaciona-se com os seus processos de construo da masculinidade no contexto das culturas juvenis, cuja incidncia quotidiana nos desafia a questionar as oportunidades para a construo de uma cidadania inclusiva da diversidade sexual na escola
Wiley Handbook of Ethnography of Education
Young People Engaging in Volunteering: Questioning a Generational Trend in an Individualized Society
Today young people experience a world that is being significantly changed by large-scale transformations in education and labour markets. Youth, as a generation, is most affected by those changes, since they are more likely to reshape their ways of living in response to the conditions they face, which inevitably produce inequalities in their lives. Volunteering is one of their responses. This paper aims to discuss the generational motivations and…
Cada um no seu canto!”: Olhares de jovens do ensino profissional sobre homossexualidade e masculinidade
In this article, we study processes of social construction of homosexuality in an educational context, employing both quantitative and qualitative methods. Our research attempts to fill a gap in the existing literature on homophobia and homosexuality by focusing on the neglected area of professional training. We employ the concepts of sexuality, heteronormativity and homophobia to analyse the perspectives of young boys and young girls regarding h…
Building trust, resilient regions, and educational narratives: Municipalities dealing with Covid-19 in border regions of Portugal
This article recounts how municipalities from border regions in mainland Portugal interacted with the population in the face of the new social order brought about by COVID-19. Our aim is to interpret new educational spaces, beyond schools, emerging from community-level strategies to build trust during the pandemic lockdown and state of emergency. The material consists of 1503 posts from 38 Facebook pages of municipalities that were analysed and o…
Retos de los centros educativos transfronterizos de Portugal y Espan?a a favor de las “Competencias para el siglo XXI”
En el ámbito del Marco Estratégico de Educación y Formación 2020, la recomendación de Competencias para el siglo XXI define competencias clave que los centros educativos de los estados miembros de la Unión Europea deben desarrollar con niños y jóvenes. Este artículo explora el trabajo de los centros públicos de educación secundaria ubicados en los territorios fronterizos del norte de Portugal-Galicia (España) en torno a dichas competencias. Las r…
Responsabilidade Social da Universidade
Formas de participação de jovens com origem migrante em associações em Portugal
A participação cívica de jovens com origem imigrante é uma área de estudo que carece de atenção académica em Portugal. Este artigo pretende analisar as várias formas de envolvimento e participação de jovens afrodescendentes, e de origem ucraniana e romena em associações de imigrantes em Portugal. O trabalho empírico centrou-se num conjunto de nove associações de imigrantes. Através de um estudo de caso múltiplo realizámos entrevistas semiestrutur…
Belonging among young people with migrant background in Portugal: Local, National, and Transnational Identifications
Belonging is a timely and highly relevant social phenomena both in youth studies and within migration research. Drawing on a multi-sited qualitative study carried out in Portugal, this article aims to discuss the sense of belonging that young Afro-descendants, Ukrainians, and Romanians forge in relation to their national and local context, and to their cultural heritage. The findings indicate that most young people with migrant background develop…
Interdisciplinary and collaborative experiences while developing a mobile app for young people
Policies and Practices on Intercultural Education in Portuguese Schools
Intercultural Education focuses on reciprocal relationships and dialogue among people, in contexts where there is a shared understanding and appreciation of different cultures. The northern region of Portugal is becoming a host region for migrants and refugees. This article aims to understand how intercultural policies and practices are being developed in the region’s schools. The study is based on data collected from 13 schools, located in the M…
Culturas de participação de jovens: O caso das regiões fronteiriças em Portugal
Este artigo busca fazer o retrato de culturas de participação de jovens do ensino secundário e residentes em regiões de fronteira em Portugal continental. Essas regiões são, em geral, marcadas por desigualdades económicas, sociais e culturais que se traduzem em menores oportunidades de oferta educativa, emprego e espaços de participação. A partir de uma perspetiva da sociologia da juventude, analisam-se dados de um questionário aplicado a 3968 jo…
Grupos de jovens católicos: Um estudo sobre identidades vivências e práticas religiosas no norte de Portugal
Este artigo tem como objetivo refletir sobre identidades, vivências e práticas religiosas de participantes em grupos de jovens católicos (GJC). Os grupos de jovens católicos constituem-se como espaços de sociabilidade e socialização relevantes, nos quais se podem desenvolver significativos processos de formação, com impacto na construção de uma identidade religiosa. Ainda que se reconheçam as potencialidades destes grupos, no quadro de um process…
‘There are two types of faith’: Exploring young Portuguese people’s participation in world youth day
The present study aimed to examine the significance of young Portuguese people’s experiences of participating in a global Catholic event, the World Youth Day, by discussing their motivations and learning opportunities. World Youth Day is seen as a major experience full of many small experiences that become part of the lifelong process of socialisation. These may include non-formal and informal educational experiences. The literature has pointed t…
“Community” in Video Game Communities
The concept and experience of community have been changing in contemporary societies, from a traditional concept in an idealistic, homogeneous context, characterized by union, to the exploration and experience of new forms of organization and participation. The specific characteristics and dynamics of emerging video game (VG) communities can help us better understand the importance of game cultures. Based on an ethnographic study of five game jam…
Promoting Academic Success and Social Inclusion in Non-Formal Education Contexts: The Case of a North-East Region of Portugal
The processes leading to school failure and early school leaving are complex and involve multidimensional factors. In Portugal, as in other European countries, in the last decade, several policies, programmes, and practices have been developed to address this issue. This article focuses on a socio-educational practice of the study support type developed within a national programme aimed at social inclusion and educational success located in the c…
Understanding the public participation of young people in border regions of mainland Portugal: Youth as Local Development Agent
Although young people are recognized as stakeholders who should be involved in public participation, engagement by youth advocates in local development and decision-making is scarce. Young people's input tends to be seen as less valuable, especially when the prevailing positions on development overemphasize economic interests. This article is based on research conducted in rural border regions in mainland Portugal. We conducted semi-structured in…
Game Jams: Novos Lugares Educativos
A existência de vários lugares para o educativo está sendo reconhecida na sociedade contemporânea. As game jams (GJ), contextos de criação de videojogos, vêm sendo estudadas como lugares onde o educativo pode ser emergente. Este artigo apresenta uma revisão da literatura, que integra estudos acerca das relações entre game jams e educação. Poucos estudos têm sido realizados, mobilizando métodos qualitativos e explorando as percepções e perspectiva…
Doctoral students’ season schools: Multi-national and intercultural enrichment experiences for learning and networking
Part of the work of universities worldwide is to train new doctors who can meet current and future challenges and who have the knowledge and skills required in academic life. There are many ways to achieve these goals, and it is necessary to explore these avenues. For the last decades, a diversity of spaces for learning and networking beyond formal ones has been provided to doctoral students. International seasonal schools, intensive programs, in…
Educação, liberdade e democracia: Celebrar 50 anos do 25 de Abril
Celebrar 50 anos é escrever de memória vários pontos de interrogação aos caminhos feitos: social, político, económico, cultural. Faz meio século que Portugal colocou um ponto final em quatro décadas de ditadura fascista. As transformações ocorreram nos diferentes setores da nossa sociedade e, em alguns deles, como no da educação, procurámos compensar em poucas décadas séculos de atraso e de desinvestimento intencional. Consolidou-se uma escola pú…
What can I do for my community? Contributing to the promotion of civic engagement through participatory methodologies: The case of young people from border regions of mainland Portugal
This article explains how participatory approaches can promote civic engagement among young people, resulting from their active involvement in the research process, namely identifying their communities' priorities and problems. Five project‐building sessions were held with young people from five contexts located in the border regions of mainland Portugal. The data supporting this article were collected during sessions dedicated to identifying and…
Ethnography and education in the South: The emergence of alternative schools of thinking
Sociology (23 works) · Political science (20 works) · Pedagogy (11 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Humanities (8 works) · Public relations (8 works) · Art (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Social science (7 works) · Geography (6 works)