Políticas de ações afirmativas e educação das relações étnico-raciais no ensino superior : um estudo de caso na UFRPE

Abstract

The present work is part of the theoretical-conceptual and epistemological debate in the field of education of ethnic-racial relations in higher education, focusing on the incorporation of the debate of ethnic-racial relations in undergraduate courses at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE). We sought to understand how external and internal influences started to demand the creation of this discipline, which influenced its offer as a compulsory subject in undergraduate courses at UFRPE, starting in 2013. We hypothesized that the offer of this subject as a component was a result of a national discussion, which was mediated locally by the Center for Afro-Brazilian Studies of the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (NEAB-UFRPE). The purpose of this study was to analyze the process of institutionalization of the debate on the education of ethnic-racial relations in the undergraduate curriculum of undergraduate courses at UFRPE. For that, the research used methodological procedures that included a bibliographical survey on the subject, interviews with professors (s), and representatives from NEAB, PREG and the Licensure Forum. We support the theoretical perspectives of authors such as Munanga (1996), Gomes (2017, 2010, 2003), Gonçalves e Silva (1996, 2007) Quijano (2005), seeking to situate, in the light of the theoretical-conceptual debate of the area, challenges and perspectives for the affirmation of ethnic-racial relations in this university.