Professoras-pesquisadoras negras: modos de fazer e experienciar a intelectualidade

Abstract

This research has as its theme the intellectuality of black women, specifically, the understanding of intellectual developed in academia by black female professor-researchers who are part of the process of construction and consolidation of the Center for Afro-Brazilian Studies at the Federal University of São Carlos (NEAB/UFSCar). The general objective of this research is to identify which elements characterize the intellectuality built and experienced by black female professor-researchers of NEAB/UFSCar. Specifically, we sought to analyze the contributions of their intellectual work to the field of ethnic-racial relations; to understand their definitions of Black intellectuality; and to identify networks and connections of study and research established. In methodological terms, the research is based on the content analysis proposed by Bardin (2011), and documentary research was conducted. The dissertation is divided into four chapters, in which we can verify the processes of continuity, expansion and complexification in relation to scientific production in the field of ethnic-racial relations. It was possible to observe how the creation and/or the performance of the interlocutors in study and research networks lead to a black intellectual experience focused on building a collective project that guarantees the promotion and the effective participation of black men and women researchers in the academic space.