Banca de DEFESA: WALLACE SILVA DE SA

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : WALLACE SILVA DE SA
DATE: 11/12/2025
TIME: 09:30
LOCAL: Plataforma Google Meet da UFRRJ
TITLE:

Ilerá: health in Candomblé Ketu and Jung's complex psychology. 

KEY WORDS:

health, candomblé, complex psychology, Afro-Brazilian subjectivity.

PAGES: 91
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Psicologia
SUBÁREA: Psicologia do Desenvolvimento Humano
SPECIALTY: Processos Perceptuais e Cognitivos; Desenvolvimento
SUMMARY:

Candomblé is an African-rooted religion that has a complex system of care that understands health as a process that integrates physical, psychological, spiritual, social, and environmental dimensions. However, little is appreciated about the effects of this process on the psychosocial health of its practitioners, in addition to being historically marginalized and subject to prejudice. Considering that its perspective resembles that of Carl Gustav Jung’s Complex Psychology, which also recognizes the importance of harmony among various aspects of an individual’s life for their integral health, this research aims to establish a dialogue between both views – Complex Psychology and Candomblé Ketu – to promote an expanded understanding of Ilerá (health) that is not limited to biomedical and Eurocentric parameters. It also promotes the recognition and appreciation of Afro-Brazilian ancestral knowledge, particularly in the fields of health and psychology, contributing to the fight against the prejudice faced by this knowledge. Thus, justifying this research for its social, academic, and political relevance. To achieve this purpose, an “from within” ethnographic study was conducted, an immersive approach inspired by the method of Juana Elbein dos Santos and grounded in Jung's epistemology. In this model, the researcher is directly immersed in the universe of the studied object, breaking with the idea of subject-object separation. Therefore, the research integrates the perspectives of Candomblé and Complex Psychology, and we conclude that by discarding or even disregarding ancestral knowledge, we are wasting rich understandings of human existence and well-being. Although this knowledge can be (re)discovered and presented in new forms, it is of utmost importance to recognize their roots.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1226849 - NILTON SOUSA DA SILVA
Interno - ***.480.675-** - RICARDO DE QUEIROS BATISTA RIBEIRO - UFRRJ
Externo à Instituição - JOSE JORGE DE MORAIS ZACHARIAS