Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: LARISSA DE OLIVEIRA SANTOS

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : LARISSA DE OLIVEIRA SANTOS
DATE: 13/10/2025
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Videoconferência
TITLE:

Mothering, Race, and Science: Imagetic Intersections in Short Films about Black Female Professors at UFRRJ

KEY WORDS:

Mothering; Race; Science; Intersectionality; Decoloniality.

PAGES: 54
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Educação
SUBÁREA: Currículo
SPECIALTY: Currículos Específicos para Níveis e Tipos de Educação
SUMMARY:

The insertion of women into academic and scientific spaces has increased in recent decades, yet it remains marked by gender and racial inequalities that limit the full participation of Black women. This dissertation aims to understand how mothering, race, and science intersect in the trajectories of Black female professors at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), through the analysis of short films produced by the Study Group on Audiovisual Didactics for Teaching and Childhood (DAUDI). The research adopts intersectionality as a central perspective, recognizing that gender and race do not operate in isolation but produce overlapping experiences of oppression and resistance. Here, mothering is understood not only as biological motherhood but also as a symbolic and relational device that shapes women’s experiences, imposing social norms of care while also enabling practices of solidarity and mutual support among Black women in academia. Drawing on feminist, decolonial, and intersectional theoretical frameworks, the study problematizes how patriarchal and racist structures continue to naturalize the exclusion of Black women from science, while networks of care and mutual support generate strategies of permanence, resistance, and collective knowledge production. Methodologically, the investigation is grounded in Creative Analysis (Bergala, 2008), articulated with film analysis of the short films, seeking to capture not only verbal narratives but also visual, sound, and affective elements that reveal meanings of care, resistance, and belonging. The research shows that when mothering is redefined as a collective and political practice, it opens pathways to challenge the individualistic and Eurocentric logic of science, affirming Black and plural epistemologies. Thus, this dissertation seeks to contribute to debates on gender, race, and science by expanding the visibility of Black female professors and their experiences within the university, while also proposing care as a structuring axis of knowledge production.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1410642 - FABIO JOSE PAZ DA ROSA
Interna - 1230788 - ADILBENIA FREIRE MACHADO
Externo à Instituição - LEANDRO TEÓFILO DE BRITO - UFRJ