Editorial 44

Abstract

Starting the summer of 2022, a time traditionally marked by the return of emigrants to Portugal for the holidays, the 44th issue of CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios presents a thematic dossier dedicated to Return migration to Portugal, organized by Liliana Azevedo, Amandine Desille and Filipa Pinho. Revisiting the past to understand the present is not just a support subtitle to the dossier’s theme. It is above all an approach to overcome the less worked research perspectives on return migration. According to the organizers, the set of texts that comprise the dossier results from a collective reflection initiated four years ago and which has been gaining more robustness, with the contributions of researchers from various disciplines and professional backgrounds. This diversity, along with the quality of the texts, merits an attentive reading of the multiple and opportune reflections on the concept of Return. Apart from the thematic dossier, five articles, two essays and a book review complete the array of the 44th issue of CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios.