This text works as an introduction for the special issue “The legacy of Paulo Freire. Contemporary reflections on participatory communication and civil society development in Brazil and beyond”. The text outlines the contribution that each of the six articles constituting this issue makes, examining how they state the relevance of Paulo Freire’s ideas for the development and understanding of a notion of participatory communication and the articulation of bottom-up development processes. In addition, each contribution looks at the significance that the legacy of Paulo Freire has for contemporary debates about politics not only in Brazil, but also in other settings.

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特刊：保罗·弗莱雷 (Paulo Freire) 的遗产。对巴西及其他地区参与式传播和公民社会发展的当代思考

本文作为特刊“保罗·弗莱雷的遗产”的介绍。关于巴西及其他地区参与式传播和公民社会发展的当代思考”。文本概述了构成该问题的六篇文章中的每一篇所做的贡献，研究了它们如何陈述保罗·弗莱雷的思想与参与式交流概念的发展和理解以及自下而上的发展过程的阐述的相关性。此外，每篇文章都着眼于保罗·弗莱雷 (Paulo Freire) 的遗产对当代政治辩论的重要性，不仅在巴西，而且在其他环境中。