Carla Malafaia
Biographic Data
| ID | 3605875 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carla Malafaia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carla |
| FAMILY NAME | Malafaia |
| SIGNATURE | MALAFAIA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade do Porto |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
For collective creativity, bold claims and discomfort: Generative technologies and sociological research
The labour of hope: Sociological practice and the public sphere in an age of democratic in communicability
Non peer reviewed
The emotional turn and the aesthetic challenges of sociological inquiry: Writing emotions in a time of upheaval
Sociologists began to reckon seriously with emotions in the later part of the 1970s. Theoretical propositions such as emotional labour and feeling rules (Hochschild, 1979, 1983) illuminated how our feelings emerge and make meaning in a social context (Bericat, 2016). Asserting that ‘what we feel is fully as important to the outcome of social affairs as what we think or do’ (Hochschild, 1990, p. 117), sociologists of emotion further showed how emo…
Intersectionality in youth climate activism as educational practice: Political, pragmatic, and pedagogical dimensions
Youth climate movements have increasingly adopted an intersectional approach to activism, highlighting how diverse social categories (inter alia, race, gender, social class, sexuality) intersect with power structures and systems of oppression. This article explores the educational value of practices of intersectionality as they unfold in activists’ everyday lives, both within the climate movement and in its relationship with other movements. Draw…
Relationships Between Activist Groups and Political Parties Shaping the Portuguese Climate Movement: Dynamics of Resistance and Collaboration
Aiming to better understand the relationship between youth activism and institutional politics, this article analyzes young climate activists’ interactions with political parties and how they shape the dynamics of the School Strike for Climate. Through a multi-sited ethnography in Portugal’s two major cities, we examined the participation experiences of young climate strikers from both chapters of the movement, revealing the contingent and comple…
Bedtime for democracy? Europe's political and cultural fault lines
What Drives Young Adults’ Populist Attitudes? An Analysis of the Predictors of Populism in Portugal
Portugal is a peculiar Southern European country regarding populism. Long considered immune to populist surges, it has recently become a fertile electoral ground for far-right populism, which garners strong support among younger generations. This article, based on a survey with 1047 people (aged 18–30) from all regions of Portugal, focuses on this under-researched geographic context and demographic group, aiming to understand the drivers of popul…
Evolving with care: Fostering openness and diversity at EJCPS
Editorial, issue 1/2025 of the European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology
Beyond the time of monsters: Keeping cultural and political sociology alive in a fragmenting world
Editorial. Issue 2/2025 of the European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology
The Artistic Methods as a Way to Look at the Possibilities of Construction of Gender and its Relations
The Artistic Methods as a Way to Look at the Possibilities of Construction of Gender and its Relations – Based on a collaborative action-research project with a high school class, we discuss the possibilities that artistic methodologies bring to collective analysis and reflec-tions in order to promote youth political consciousness. Through moments of aesthetic-political exploration, in which the Theatre of the Oppressed and Photovoice were mobili…
Os Métodos Artísticos como Forma de Olhar as Possibilidades de Construção do Género e suas Relações
Os Métodos Artísticos como Forma de Olhar as Possibilidades de Construção do Género e suas Relações – A partir de um projeto de investigação-ação colaborativa com uma turma do ensino médio, discutem-se as possibilidades que as metodologias artísticas trazem para análises e reflexões coletivas com vista à promoção da consciência política juvenil. Por meio de momentos de exploração estético-política, nos quais se mobilizou o Teatro do Oprimido e o …
Becoming activists: How young athletes use visual tools for civic action and meaning-making within participatory research
How can participatory research, combined with visual methods, enable young people to grow as engaged citizens in their communities? This article introduces an innovative methodological design that draws on a Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) approach with 33 young athletes aged 11 to 16 from two different educational settings. Based on both observation notes from the community profiling process and visual materials produced by the young …
Which Dimensions Are Related to Populist Attitudes: An Educational View Based on a Systematic Literature Review
In the last decade, we have witnessed increasing knowledge production on populism at the level of individuals. However, the systematization of these studies’ conclusions is still scarce. There is also little research on the relationship between populism and education. Based on a systematic literature review, this article contributes to this by first focusing on what studies have revealed about the relationship between populist attitudes and socio…
Educating for participatory active citizenship: An example from the ecological activist field
Based on a short-term ethnography with a grassroots group of young environmental activists in the city of Porto, Portugal, this paper describes and problematizes their use of participatory methodologies to engage individual, community and organizational actors in tackling the problems of global climate change. By initiating what they call a “friendship network” that seeks to achieve democratic and participatory forms of activism, the group brings…
Missing school isn’t the end of the world (actually, it might prevent it)’: Climate activists resisting adult power, repurposing privileges and reframing education
In the current climate crisis, young people are portrayed paradoxically: victims and stakeholders, political protagonists and school truants. Based on ethnographic research with the climate movement, this article explores how youths manage their activism as it interfaces with their socialisation contexts, tracing prevalent adult antagonisms: radicalism, condescension and individualism. Drawing on sociological conceptualisations of climate precari…
Perfis de envolvimento cívico e político juvenil nas redes sociais: Explorando atitudes e comportamentos
Considerando o potencial das redes sociais como contextos de participação, este artigo visa compreender modos de envolvimento cívico e político juvenil nestas plataformas. Para tal recorremos a uma metodologia sequencial mista, contemplando inquéritos por questionário e grupos de discussão com jovens estudantes. Dos dados quantitativos emergiram quatro perfis de envolvimento político online que incluem dimensões comportamentais e atitudinais: par…
Democratic Citizenship-in-the-Making: Dis/Engagement Profiles of Portuguese Youth
Coming to terms with the multidimensionsionality of civic and political engagement implies analyzing it in a comprehensive manner: not limited to conventional modes of expression, nor to dichotomic perspectives or observable acts of participation. Studies in this field tend to overlook cognitive and emotional dimensions as types of engagement which, alongside with behavior, constitute citizenship. In this article, we analyze data from the Portugu…
A cidadania europeia na escola: Complementando O Currículo
O projeto de criação de uma cidadania europeia comum pede aos sistemas educativos dos vários estados-membros da União Europeia (UE) que contribuam para a formação de cidadãos europeus críticos/as e ativos/as relativamente ao objetivo de prossecução e aperfeiçoamento do projeto europeu. Em Portugal, estudos anteriores ao nível do ensino secundário identificaram sérias lacunas, tanto nos currículos como nos manuais escolares de algumas disciplinas,…
Immigration and the Ambivalence of the School: Between Inclusion and Exclusion of Migrant Youth
This article examines the perceptions of young migrants (and non-migrants), their parents, and teachers to discuss whether the school is a device of inclusion or a device of exclusion that produces inequalities. It presents qualitative and quantitative data collected in the urban areas of Lisbon and Porto. First, we analyze data from 14 focus groups, involving 94 participants, and 12 interviews. Second, we consider survey data from a sample of 1,…
Being civic while disavowing politics: An ethnography of a youth NGO in Portugal
Civic and political participation are the vehicles through which citizens of democratic societies engage in the public sphere, identify and address matters of public concern, and monitor governments' activities. While the civic and the political are often regarded as two sides of the same coin, that assertion deserves questioning in times of an expanding voluntary sector and shrinking participation in institutional and electoral politics. Based o…
Europe as a Beacon of Democracy? Citizenship Policies Relating to Youth and Migrants in Portugal
This article aims to compare discourses about national and European policies on active citizenship and democratic participation, with a particular focus on youth and migrants. For this purpose we analysed official documents of public institutions and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in order to assess how the process of Europeanization has influenced national policies with regard to increasing political participation and citizens' civic aware…
Education and Citizenship: Redemption or Disempowerment? A Study of Portuguese-Speaking Migrant (and Non-Migrant) Youth in Portugal
The institution of the European Union has had important implications on educational policies throughout Europe, with a growing emphasis on ‘Citizenship Education’ since the mid-1990s. This can be interpreted as a response to phenomena such as the rise of ethnocentrism and xenophobia and of political disaffection of both older and younger citizens. Departing from Weiler's notion of educational reform as compensatory legitimation, this article anal…
Missing school isn’t the end of the world (actually, it might prevent it)’: Climate activists resisting adult power, repurposing privileges and reframing education
In the current climate crisis, young people are portrayed paradoxically: victims and stakeholders, political protagonists and school truants. Based on ethnographic research with the climate movement, this article explores how youths manage their activism as it interfaces with their socialisation contexts, tracing prevalent adult antagonisms: radicalism, condescension and individualism. Drawing on sociological conceptualisations of climate precari…
Being civic while disavowing politics: An ethnography of a youth NGO in Portugal
Civic and political participation are the vehicles through which citizens of democratic societies engage in the public sphere, identify and address matters of public concern, and monitor governments' activities. While the civic and the political are often regarded as two sides of the same coin, that assertion deserves questioning in times of an expanding voluntary sector and shrinking participation in institutional and electoral politics. Based o…
Europe as a Beacon of Democracy? Citizenship Policies Relating to Youth and Migrants in Portugal
This article aims to compare discourses about national and European policies on active citizenship and democratic participation, with a particular focus on youth and migrants. For this purpose we analysed official documents of public institutions and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in order to assess how the process of Europeanization has influenced national policies with regard to increasing political participation and citizens' civic aware…
Becoming activists: How young athletes use visual tools for civic action and meaning-making within participatory research
How can participatory research, combined with visual methods, enable young people to grow as engaged citizens in their communities? This article introduces an innovative methodological design that draws on a Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) approach with 33 young athletes aged 11 to 16 from two different educational settings. Based on both observation notes from the community profiling process and visual materials produced by the young …
Which Dimensions Are Related to Populist Attitudes: An Educational View Based on a Systematic Literature Review
In the last decade, we have witnessed increasing knowledge production on populism at the level of individuals. However, the systematization of these studies’ conclusions is still scarce. There is also little research on the relationship between populism and education. Based on a systematic literature review, this article contributes to this by first focusing on what studies have revealed about the relationship between populist attitudes and socio…
Immigration and the Ambivalence of the School: Between Inclusion and Exclusion of Migrant Youth
This article examines the perceptions of young migrants (and non-migrants), their parents, and teachers to discuss whether the school is a device of inclusion or a device of exclusion that produces inequalities. It presents qualitative and quantitative data collected in the urban areas of Lisbon and Porto. First, we analyze data from 14 focus groups, involving 94 participants, and 12 interviews. Second, we consider survey data from a sample of 1,…
Education and Citizenship: Redemption or Disempowerment? A Study of Portuguese-Speaking Migrant (and Non-Migrant) Youth in Portugal
The institution of the European Union has had important implications on educational policies throughout Europe, with a growing emphasis on ‘Citizenship Education’ since the mid-1990s. This can be interpreted as a response to phenomena such as the rise of ethnocentrism and xenophobia and of political disaffection of both older and younger citizens. Departing from Weiler's notion of educational reform as compensatory legitimation, this article anal…
Education and Citizenship: Redemption or Disempowerment? A Study of Portuguese-Speaking Migrant (and Non-Migrant) Youth in Portugal
The institution of the European Union has had important implications on educational policies throughout Europe, with a growing emphasis on ‘Citizenship Education’ since the mid-1990s. This can be interpreted as a response to phenomena such as the rise of ethnocentrism and xenophobia and of political disaffection of both older and younger citizens. Departing from Weiler's notion of educational reform as compensatory legitimation, this article anal…
Europe as a Beacon of Democracy? Citizenship Policies Relating to Youth and Migrants in Portugal
This article aims to compare discourses about national and European policies on active citizenship and democratic participation, with a particular focus on youth and migrants. For this purpose we analysed official documents of public institutions and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in order to assess how the process of Europeanization has influenced national policies with regard to increasing political participation and citizens' civic aware…
Being civic while disavowing politics: An ethnography of a youth NGO in Portugal
Civic and political participation are the vehicles through which citizens of democratic societies engage in the public sphere, identify and address matters of public concern, and monitor governments' activities. While the civic and the political are often regarded as two sides of the same coin, that assertion deserves questioning in times of an expanding voluntary sector and shrinking participation in institutional and electoral politics. Based o…
Immigration and the Ambivalence of the School: Between Inclusion and Exclusion of Migrant Youth
This article examines the perceptions of young migrants (and non-migrants), their parents, and teachers to discuss whether the school is a device of inclusion or a device of exclusion that produces inequalities. It presents qualitative and quantitative data collected in the urban areas of Lisbon and Porto. First, we analyze data from 14 focus groups, involving 94 participants, and 12 interviews. Second, we consider survey data from a sample of 1,…
Perfis de envolvimento cívico e político juvenil nas redes sociais: Explorando atitudes e comportamentos
Considerando o potencial das redes sociais como contextos de participação, este artigo visa compreender modos de envolvimento cívico e político juvenil nestas plataformas. Para tal recorremos a uma metodologia sequencial mista, contemplando inquéritos por questionário e grupos de discussão com jovens estudantes. Dos dados quantitativos emergiram quatro perfis de envolvimento político online que incluem dimensões comportamentais e atitudinais: par…
Democratic Citizenship-in-the-Making: Dis/Engagement Profiles of Portuguese Youth
Coming to terms with the multidimensionsionality of civic and political engagement implies analyzing it in a comprehensive manner: not limited to conventional modes of expression, nor to dichotomic perspectives or observable acts of participation. Studies in this field tend to overlook cognitive and emotional dimensions as types of engagement which, alongside with behavior, constitute citizenship. In this article, we analyze data from the Portugu…
A cidadania europeia na escola: Complementando O Currículo
O projeto de criação de uma cidadania europeia comum pede aos sistemas educativos dos vários estados-membros da União Europeia (UE) que contribuam para a formação de cidadãos europeus críticos/as e ativos/as relativamente ao objetivo de prossecução e aperfeiçoamento do projeto europeu. Em Portugal, estudos anteriores ao nível do ensino secundário identificaram sérias lacunas, tanto nos currículos como nos manuais escolares de algumas disciplinas,…
Missing school isn’t the end of the world (actually, it might prevent it)’: Climate activists resisting adult power, repurposing privileges and reframing education
In the current climate crisis, young people are portrayed paradoxically: victims and stakeholders, political protagonists and school truants. Based on ethnographic research with the climate movement, this article explores how youths manage their activism as it interfaces with their socialisation contexts, tracing prevalent adult antagonisms: radicalism, condescension and individualism. Drawing on sociological conceptualisations of climate precari…
Educating for participatory active citizenship: An example from the ecological activist field
Based on a short-term ethnography with a grassroots group of young environmental activists in the city of Porto, Portugal, this paper describes and problematizes their use of participatory methodologies to engage individual, community and organizational actors in tackling the problems of global climate change. By initiating what they call a “friendship network” that seeks to achieve democratic and participatory forms of activism, the group brings…
The Artistic Methods as a Way to Look at the Possibilities of Construction of Gender and its Relations
The Artistic Methods as a Way to Look at the Possibilities of Construction of Gender and its Relations – Based on a collaborative action-research project with a high school class, we discuss the possibilities that artistic methodologies bring to collective analysis and reflec-tions in order to promote youth political consciousness. Through moments of aesthetic-political exploration, in which the Theatre of the Oppressed and Photovoice were mobili…
Os Métodos Artísticos como Forma de Olhar as Possibilidades de Construção do Género e suas Relações
Os Métodos Artísticos como Forma de Olhar as Possibilidades de Construção do Género e suas Relações – A partir de um projeto de investigação-ação colaborativa com uma turma do ensino médio, discutem-se as possibilidades que as metodologias artísticas trazem para análises e reflexões coletivas com vista à promoção da consciência política juvenil. Por meio de momentos de exploração estético-política, nos quais se mobilizou o Teatro do Oprimido e o …
Becoming activists: How young athletes use visual tools for civic action and meaning-making within participatory research
How can participatory research, combined with visual methods, enable young people to grow as engaged citizens in their communities? This article introduces an innovative methodological design that draws on a Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) approach with 33 young athletes aged 11 to 16 from two different educational settings. Based on both observation notes from the community profiling process and visual materials produced by the young …
Which Dimensions Are Related to Populist Attitudes: An Educational View Based on a Systematic Literature Review
In the last decade, we have witnessed increasing knowledge production on populism at the level of individuals. However, the systematization of these studies’ conclusions is still scarce. There is also little research on the relationship between populism and education. Based on a systematic literature review, this article contributes to this by first focusing on what studies have revealed about the relationship between populist attitudes and socio…
Intersectionality in youth climate activism as educational practice: Political, pragmatic, and pedagogical dimensions
Youth climate movements have increasingly adopted an intersectional approach to activism, highlighting how diverse social categories (inter alia, race, gender, social class, sexuality) intersect with power structures and systems of oppression. This article explores the educational value of practices of intersectionality as they unfold in activists’ everyday lives, both within the climate movement and in its relationship with other movements. Draw…
Relationships Between Activist Groups and Political Parties Shaping the Portuguese Climate Movement: Dynamics of Resistance and Collaboration
Aiming to better understand the relationship between youth activism and institutional politics, this article analyzes young climate activists’ interactions with political parties and how they shape the dynamics of the School Strike for Climate. Through a multi-sited ethnography in Portugal’s two major cities, we examined the participation experiences of young climate strikers from both chapters of the movement, revealing the contingent and comple…
Bedtime for democracy? Europe's political and cultural fault lines
What Drives Young Adults’ Populist Attitudes? An Analysis of the Predictors of Populism in Portugal
Portugal is a peculiar Southern European country regarding populism. Long considered immune to populist surges, it has recently become a fertile electoral ground for far-right populism, which garners strong support among younger generations. This article, based on a survey with 1047 people (aged 18–30) from all regions of Portugal, focuses on this under-researched geographic context and demographic group, aiming to understand the drivers of popul…
Evolving with care: Fostering openness and diversity at EJCPS
Editorial, issue 1/2025 of the European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology
Beyond the time of monsters: Keeping cultural and political sociology alive in a fragmenting world
Editorial. Issue 2/2025 of the European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology
For collective creativity, bold claims and discomfort: Generative technologies and sociological research
The labour of hope: Sociological practice and the public sphere in an age of democratic in communicability
Non peer reviewed
The emotional turn and the aesthetic challenges of sociological inquiry: Writing emotions in a time of upheaval
Sociologists began to reckon seriously with emotions in the later part of the 1970s. Theoretical propositions such as emotional labour and feeling rules (Hochschild, 1979, 1983) illuminated how our feelings emerge and make meaning in a social context (Bericat, 2016). Asserting that ‘what we feel is fully as important to the outcome of social affairs as what we think or do’ (Hochschild, 1990, p. 117), sociologists of emotion further showed how emo…
Political science (15 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Law (11 works) · Politics (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Social Media and Politics (6 works) · Citizenship (5 works) · Democracy (5 works) · Art (4 works)