Feminismo negro acadêmico: resistência e práticas insurgentes nas trajetórias de professoras negras universitárias

Abstract

Most research on black university professors focuses on the analysis of trajectories prior to exercising teaching in higher education, as well as the process of becoming black. Recognizing the importance of these contributions, the present research approaches the trajectory of black professors at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), from a black and decolonial feminist theoretical perspective, aiming to understand academic training, the choice for higher education, the exercise of the profession, professional experiences prior to joining UFBA, academic and bibliographic production, as well as understanding the influence of race in the choices of research topics and academic approaches. The methodology of this research is qualitative, with interviews and participant observation during the years 2018 and 2019, therefore, prior to the Covid-19 pandemic; and also quantitative, from the analysis of data from the curricula of the teachers available on the Lattes/CNPq Platform. The results point to the commitment to the good training of students, in general, and particularly of black students, almost always a minority in the analyzed courses, as well as special attention to the training of critical awareness of the existing inequalities in our society. All this leads to the constitution of an area/field of action for Black Feminism that we call Academic Black Feminism.