“…The complex processes of othering, crucial in the formation of identities in Europe and beyond, are investigated here through the analyses of social representation understood as both an epistemological and a political issue. (Hallam & Street, 2000, p. 1) From this perspective, in this book, the authors examined the ways in which visual and textual forms operate in the treatment of "cultural difference and explore further how 'otherness' provoke fundamental questions with regard to the nature of social knowledge, an issue of particular concern to contemporary anthropologists" (Hallam & Street, 2000, p. 1) and other disciplines, e.g, applied linguistics, education, and sociology (Sito & Mosquera, 2021;Szundy, Castanheira, Green, 2020;Santos, 2019;Bloome et al, 2018;Castanheira, Street & Carvalho, 2015;Carter, 2007;Hall, 1992;Spivak, 2010;Zavala & Córdova;2010).…”