“Demarcating universities”: indigenous peoples and affirmative actions in Brazilian Graduate Studies courses
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5212/PraxEduc.v.17.19422.009Abstract
In recent decades, there has been a gradual increase in the presence of indigenous students in Brazilian universities. This growth is mainly due to the actions and claims of indigenous peoples who, among other strategies, have invested in higher education as a political space for the recognition of their identities, as well as the affirmation of their sciences and their ancestral knowledge. Thus, a large number of graduates can pursue their studies at the postgraduate level. However, the Brazilian graduate program is marked by intense inequalities, an aspect that justifies the creation of affirmative action policies. The objective of this study is to discuss actions aimed at the admission of indigenous students to master's and doctoral courses in Education at public universities. The document-based research carried out the analysis of resolutions from university councils of 35 public universities and the selection notices for their respective postgraduate programs (master's and doctorate), published between 2017 and 2021. The analysis shows that self-declaration is the main strategy access to reserved places, but the forms of validation of indigenous belonging vary. It also shows that different types of vacancies are created, respecting regional and institutional differences and thus safeguarding university autonomy.
Keywords: Indigenous people. Affirmative action policies. Graduate studies.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2021 Práxis Educativa
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish in this journal agree with the following terms:
a) Authors keep the copyrights and concede the right of its first publication to the magazine. The work piece must be simultaneously licensed on the Creative Commons Attribution License which allows the paper sharing, and preserves both the author identity and the right of first publication to this magazine.
b) Authors are authorized to assume additional contracts separately, to not-exclusively distribution of the paper version published in this magazine (e.g.: publish in institutional repository or as a book chapter), with the author identity recognition and its first publication in this magazine.
c) Authors are permitted and stimulated to publish and distribute their papers online (e.g.: in institutional repository or on their personal webpage), considering it can generate productive alterations, as well as increase the impact and the quotations of the published paper.
d) This journal provides public access to all its content, as this allows a greater visibility and reach of published articles and reviews. For more information on this approach, visit the Public Knowledge Project, a project that developed this system to improve the academic and public quality of the research, distributing OJS as well as other software to support the publication system of public access to academic sources.
e) The names and e-mail addresses on this site will be used exclusively for the purposes of the journal and are not available for other purposes.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
