Banca de DEFESA: MARIA JANAINA SILVA DOS SANTOS

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : MARIA JANAINA SILVA DOS SANTOS
DATE: 06/03/2026
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Auditório B do CCHLA e Google Meet
TITLE:

WHEN WE BECAME QUILOMBOLA: an ethnography of the Black people of Talhado

KEY WORDS:

Quilombos; Afro-Brazilian populations; Traditional communities.

PAGES: 285
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Antropologia
SUBÁREA: Antropologia das Populações Afro-Brasileiras
SUMMARY:

This study aims to analyze the quilombos of Talhado from an autoethnographic perspective, focusing on the Black people of Talhado as citizens seeking collective rights. Specifically, it seeks to analyze the trajectory of struggle and resistance, as well as the lived experiences of this population in the territories from their social formation to their becoming political citizens; the transition from rural territory to rural quilombo and from rural quilombo to urban, while maintaining ancestral roots; and how the sociopolitical formation of rural Talhado, urban Talhado in the São José neighborhood, and Monte São Sebastião unfolds. This trajectory is narrated through my experiences as a member of that community, long viewed as subaltern, presenting an outside-in narrative. The thesis will offer an inside-out narrative, as an autoethnography, an approach that breaks with the illusion of scientific neutrality to celebrate the researcher's subjectivity as a legitimate source of knowledge. Based on Conceição Evaristo's (2018) concept of "escrevivência" (writing-life), this research takes on a visceral and reflective character, in which my personal trajectory, as a direct heir to the founding lineage of the Quilombo do Talhado, serves as a compass for the investigation. The method does not separate the subject from the object; on the contrary, it uses oral memory, territorial belonging, and ancestry to narrate history, aiming to deconstruct academic stereotypes and give protagonism to quilombola voices in understanding their own struggles, identities, and resistances, demonstrating how a quilombo is formed, organized, and projects itself politically.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - ***.963.294-** - ANAXSUELL FERNANDO DA SILVA - UNILA
Externa ao Programa - 1364826 - ANDRESSA LIDICY MORAIS LIMA FREITAS - UFRNExterna à Instituição - JORDANIA DE ARAUJO SOUZA GAUDENCIO - UFAL
Interna - 1138251 - MARIA DE LOS ANGELES ARIAS GUEVARA
Externa à Instituição - MARINALVA DE SOUSA CONSERVA - UFPB
Externa à Instituição - PATRICIA ALVES RAMIRO - UFPB