Left to right - Film Director Carlos Fraga, Researcher Irene Rodrigues, AspirE Project Team Amaya Langreo and Sofia Gaspar
On February 10, China celebrated the entry into the year of the Dragon, one of the most imposing and noble animals of the Chinese zodiac, which represents discovery and a great willingness to accomplish the impossible.
To celebrate this new Chinese year, the AspirE/CIES-Iscte research project organized the "Ways of seeing China" film series in February. The films chosen reveal many of the complexities and contradictions of today's China and explore the experiences of its migrants in Portugal. The filmmakers were present to talk to the audience at the end of the screening.
It was a unique opportunity to delve into Chinese culture not only within academia but also outside it.
The research project AspirE-Decision making os Aspiring (re) migrants to/within the EU: the case of labor market-leading migrations from Asia, funded by the European Commission, developed in Portugal by CIES-Iscte and coordinated locally by researcher Sofia Gaspar, analyzes the decision-making of aspiring (re)migrants from Southeast and East Asian countries (China, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam) to and within EU member countries (Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Finland).
Still from the short movie "We Outlaws"
Left to right - Amaya Langreo, Sandra Saleiro and Sofia Gaspar
Photos by Sofia Rocha and Amaya Langreo
