Banca de DEFESA: YURI BRAZ PEREIRA SANTOS

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : YURI BRAZ PEREIRA SANTOS
DATE: 11/05/2026
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Remoto - Google Meet
TITLE:

Dear White People: Um Estudo Sobre a Branquitude no curso de Pós-Graduação da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (2015-2025)

KEY WORDS:

Whiteness; Hegemonic territories; Blackness; Geography

PAGES: 120
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:
Interna - 1657619 - ANITA LOUREIRO DE OLIVEIRA
Interna - 1253262 - GENY FERREIRA GUIMARAES
Externo à Instituição - DIOGO MARÇAL CIRQUEIRA - UFF