THE AFRICAN DESCENDANT AND ITS SOCIOSPATIAL RELATIONS IN UEPG: SPACES OF LUMINOSITY AND SPACES OF INVISIBILITY

Authors

  • Anna Paula Paula Lombardi Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa
  • Cicilian Luiza Löwen Sahr Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa

Keywords:

African descendant. Quota policy. Social inclusion. Forbidden spaces. UEPG.

Abstract

The policy statement has been seeking the inclusion of African descendant in various segments of society. At universities such policy is evidenced by both the influx of teachers, students and staff as well as their inclusion in the places of education, research and extension, and also in administrative units. Although a policy with homogenizing guidelines, this does not guarantee its spatial extent, demonstrating spaces of more “luminosity” and spaces of total invisibility. Thus, this study seeks to analyze the spatial inclusion of African descendant in Ponta Grossa State University (UEPG), identifying areas of inclusion and forbidden spaces. For this purpose, secondary data are collected primarily alongside the different Deans’ offices of this institution (legislation, notices, statistics, etc.) as well as from the literature that has been produced within and outside the “walls” related to the issue. Secondly, it deepens into research by qualitative research with the “subject” of this process. Although affirmative action falls into policies of inclusion, they bring with themselves contradictions, also exacerbating prejudices and therefore bans.

Author Biographies

Anna Paula Paula Lombardi, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa

Geógrafa, Mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia - Mestrado em Gestão do Território - da UEPG.

Cicilian Luiza Löwen Sahr, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa

Geógrafa, Doutora em Geografia Humana pela Universität Tübingen (Eberhard-Karls). Docente nos Programas de Pósgraduação em Geografia da UEPG e da UFPR.

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Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2012): Julho-Dezembro de 2012

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ARTIGOS

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