Banca de DEFESA: VALESCA RODRIGUES DE SOUZA

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : VALESCA RODRIGUES DE SOUZA
DATE: 03/02/2026
TIME: 10:00
LOCAL: https://meet.google.com/eou-tcab-avj
TITLE:

 

THE IFNMG NEABI AND THE QUOTA LAW: LIMITS, CHALLENGES, AND SHIFTS IN THE EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT

 

KEY WORDS:

Affirmative action; Quota Law; Vocational education; NEABI.

PAGES: 241
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Educação
SUBÁREA: Tópicos Específicos de Educação
SPECIALTY: Educação em Periferias Urbanas
SUMMARY:

 

This thesis investigates the contribution of the Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Studies,
Research, and Extension Center (NEABI) at the Federal Institute of Northern Minas Gerais
(IFNMG) to the implementation of the affirmative action policy established by Law No.
12,711/2012 (Quota Law), updated by Law No. 14,723/2023, focusing on the Black
population (pretos and pardos). Grounded in the “escrevivências” (life-writing) of the author,
a Black woman, teacher, and mother with a trajectory at IFNMG since 2006, the study asks
whether, and to what extent, NEABI makes the Quota Law effective, examining the processes
of policy introduction and implementation between 2012 and 2025. A qualitative approach is
adopted, with phenomenological inspiration and an action-research character. The research
setting comprises the IFNMG Rectory and the Araçuaí, Arinos, Salinas, and Januária
campuses, and the participants are institutional managers and NEABI representatives involved
in the implementation of the Quota Law and of the nuclei themselves. Methodological
procedures included documentary analysis of legislation and internal regulations, a
questionnaire applied to NEABI members, and semi-structured interviews with managers and
NEABI representatives. The theoretical framework articulates Stephen J. Ball’s policy cycle
analysis, relating macro contexts (legislation and national guidelines) and micro contexts
(institutional practices and lived experiences), with contributions from Nilma Lino Gomes,
Paulo Freire, and Stuart Hall, as well as Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus, field, and
reproduction of inequalities. The results indicate that NEABI acts as a central driver of antiracist
practices—such as the establishment of racial verification committees, the promotion of
Education for Ethnic-Racial Relations, and the production of institutional racial literacy—yet
its effectiveness in implementing the Quota Law is constrained by power disputes,
discontinuities, and institutional fragilities. The study concludes that NEABI’s actions
produce significant, though partial, shifts within IFNMG, especially by challenging curricula,
admission procedures, and management practices. Consolidating an effectively inclusive and
anti-racist institutional culture requires full institutionalization of NEABI, stronger
articulation with decision-making bodies, and structured permanence policies for quota
students.

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1305552 - AHYAS SISS
Interno - 2131782 - AMAURI MENDES PEREIRA
Externa à Instituição - CARINA ELISABETH MACIEL - UFMS
Externo à Instituição - DELTON APARECIDO FELIPE - UEM
Externa à Instituição - LORENA FARIA - IFSP