Pedro Freitas de Sá Sousa de Almeida
Biography
Pedro Sousa Almeida is a researcher at "The Center for Research in Anthropology" (CRIA) where he conducts research on racial issues. He coordinated the project "Racism and Xenophobia in Portugal: normalization of hate speech online", sponsored by the "Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology" (FCT). Pedro holds a P.hD in "Democracy in the Twenty-first Century" by the University of Coimbra (2019), institution where he also took his degree in Anthropology (2001). He holds a Master´s degree in "Family and Social Systems" by Miguel Torga Institute of Higher Education (2004), where he was a teacher between 2002 and 2010. From the idea that sport is a uniquely favourable field for studying social reality, his main research interests have centred on the relations between football, race, racism, postcolonialism and national identity. In recent years, he has been dedicated to studying racial hate speech in the digital space.
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Latest Publications
Article in Scientific journal
Almeida, Pedro; Pereira, Janainna; Candido, Diego (2023), "Online hate speech on social media in Portugal: extremism or structural racism?", Social Identities, 29, 5, 419-435
Book Chapter
Sousa de Almeida, Pedro Freitas de Sá (2021), Racismo e os órgãos de comunicação social: do suposto 'arrastão' à brutalidade policial na esquadra de Alfragide, in Silvia Rodríguez Maeso (org.), O Estado do Racismo em Portugal: racismo antinegro e anticiganismo no direito e nas políticas públicas. Lisboa: Tinta da China, 241-265
Article in Scientific journal
Sousa de Almeida, Pedro Freitas de Sá (2021), "Football, Race and National Identity in Portugal", Soccer & Society, 1-14
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