Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: YURI BRAZ PEREIRA SANTOS

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : YURI BRAZ PEREIRA SANTOS
DATE: 10/07/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Remoto - Google Meet
TITLE:

Study on whiteness in undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Geography at the Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

 

KEY WORDS:

Whiteness; Hegemonic territories; Blackness; Geography.

PAGES: 37
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Geografia
SUMMARY:

This study proposes an investigation into the presence and effects of whiteness in
undergraduate and graduate programs in Geography at the Federal Rural University
of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). The research seeks to understand how whiteness,
historically associated with positions of power and privilege, manifests itself in
academic daily life, shaping relationships, practices, and knowledge produced in this
institution.
The research is justified by the need to unveil the power structures that naturalize
whiteness in the academic space, often camouflaged under the discourse of merit
and impartiality. By analyzing the racial composition of faculty and students, the
dynamics of power relations, such as advising between students and professors,
competition for grades, and the curricular organization itself, the research aims to
investigate how whiteness influences the production of geographical knowledge and
the formation of future teachers and graduate students.
Based on interviews with the academic community and a theoretical analysis of
whiteness, race, and hegemonic territories, the goal is to understand how geography,
as a field of knowledge, has been used to legitimize and reproduce racial
inequalities. By "geographizing" the discussion about whiteness, the research will
contribute to a critical reflection on these spaces and territories constructed and
sustained by the power structures of whiteness, especially in the context of a public
university located in a peripheral and Black region of the state of Rio de Janeiro.

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1253262 - GENY FERREIRA GUIMARAES
Interna - 1657619 - ANITA LOUREIRO DE OLIVEIRA
Externo à Instituição - DIOGO MARÇAL CIRQUEIRA - UFF