The claim of a diasporic intellectuality and epistemic diversity as a strategy

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5212/PraxEduc.v.17.19393.085

Abstract

This article intends to understand the bases of the European colonial thought, seeing how the process of constitution of the University develops under the aegis of this paradigm. In this way, it was observed, from a literature review, that racial inclusion, promoted mainly by affirmative action policies, is not accompanied by structural reforms, from an epistemic, pedagogical and methodological point of view, that embrace the ontology of a diasporic student. However, the presence of minorities in Universities encourages denunciations about the consolidated Western universalism in the production of scientific knowledge. The University was also considered as a dislodging space for these existences and sought to make black insurgencies visible in the Academy, as well as to ventilate possibilities to encourage a truly emancipatory black intellectual activity.

Author Biographies

  • Érika de Sousa Mendonça, University of Pernambuco

    Doutora em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Professora adjunta do curso de Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE). Professora do Mestrado Profissional em Culturas Africanas, da Diáspora e dos Povos Indígenas da UPE.

  • Amilson de Carvalho Gominho Filho, University of Pernambuco

    Graduando em Psicologia pela Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE).

  • Ana Letícia Cordeiro de Melo, University of Pernambuco

    Graduanda em Psicologia pela Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE).

Published

2022-07-07

Issue

Section

Dossiê: Relações étnico-raciais: práticas e reflexões pedagógicas

How to Cite

The claim of a diasporic intellectuality and epistemic diversity as a strategy. Práxis Educativa, [S. l.], v. 17, p. 1–19, 2022. DOI: 10.5212/PraxEduc.v.17.19393.085. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/praxiseducativa/article/view/19393. Acesso em: 30 apr. 2026.