Banca de DEFESA: LÍVIA MACHADO OLIVEIRA

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : LÍVIA MACHADO OLIVEIRA
DATE: 19/12/2025
TIME: 10:00
LOCAL: Canal do Legesex no Youtube
TITLE:

Black Motherhood and State Violence: Narratives of (Re)Existence

KEY WORDS:

Black motherhood, Violence, State, Struggle, Mourning, Reparation

PAGES: 160
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Educação
SUMMARY:

The present thesis aims to investigate the experiences of women who lost their children as a result of violence perpetrated by the armed wing of the State, seeking to understand how these women resignify the pain of mourning through their participation in collectives that demand justice and reparation in memory of their children. The motivation for this study emerges from data on violence in Brazil, which highlight the ongoing process of genocide against the country’s Black, young, and peripheral population. The study is grounded in the assumption that the voices of these women, who are predominantly Black, reveal the nuances of structural racism that violates the right to fully exercise motherhood, with the perpetrator being the very institution that should protect and ensure the right to life.The approach of this study is qualitative, with an exploratory–explanatory methodological design and a longitudinal focus. Its main methodological instrument was the conversation circle, conducted with three mothers who are members of the Rede de Mães e Familiares da Baixada Fluminense (Network of Mothers and Relatives of Baixada Fluminense). Data analysis is guided by the perspectives of escrevivência and these mothers’ place of speech, supported by foundational contributions from theorists in Black feminist studies, the sociology of mourning, and the anthropology of violence. Authors such as Angela Davis, Achille Mbembe, Conceição Evaristo, Chimamanda Adichie, Françoise Vergès, and Stuart Hall, among others, served as central references for building the theoretical framework of this study, contributing significantly to a critical understanding of the social, political, and historical dynamics that shape the research object.The narratives of these women are understood not as individual accounts but as political acts of resistance in the face of a reality that exterminates bodies and emotionally harms subjects historically relegated to subaltern positions, revealing the necropolitical logic that determines which lives are deemed disposable. The results point to the urgent need for the implementation of public policies that value life, provide psychosocial support, and offer legal assistance to families who face the loss of their children.The study concludes that listening to and strengthening these narratives constitutes an essential political gesture for ensuring the full realization of human rights, without distinctions of race, gender, or social class. Therefore, this work indicates that it is imperative to replace the politics of death with a politics of life: investing in education, culture, sports, health, and care is more effective and humane than financing tanks and rifles. A society that naturalizes the extermination of its Black youth is condemned to reproduce barbarity. Furthermore, the study fosters collective awareness, encouraging reflections on justice, human rights, and the urgent need to transform institutional practices that perpetuate racial inequalities.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1742750 - JOYCE ALVES DA SILVA
Externa à Instituição - ÉRIKA ELIZABETH VIEIRA FRAZÃO - UFF
Externa à Instituição - JONÊ CARLA BAIÃO - UERJ
Externa à Instituição - ROSANGELA APARECIDA HILÁRIO - UNIR
Externa à Instituição - SANDRA REGINA DE OLIVEIRA FAUSTINO - SME