Origins and challenges of gender studies centers in higher education in NorthERN and Northeastern Brazil
In higher education, interdisciplinary gender studies centers deconstruct traditional androcentric positivist academic knowledge, making it possible to apply the gender perspective to all objects of knowledge. However, they suffer from insufficient recognition and weak institutionalization in Brazil...
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| author | Maria Eulina Pessoa de Carvalho Alejandra Montané-Lopez Glória Rabay Adenilda Bertoldo Alves de Morais Mayanne Julia Tomaz Freitas |
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| description | In higher education, interdisciplinary gender studies centers deconstruct traditional androcentric positivist academic knowledge, making it possible to apply the gender perspective to all objects of knowledge. However, they suffer from insufficient recognition and weak institutionalization in Brazilian academia. This paper focuses on the trajectories of the gender studies centers affiliated to the North/Northeast Gender Studies Feminist Network (REDOR), and of their founders. The analysis is based on documentary data and biographical and autobiographical narratives. The histories of the centers and women intertwine personal and institutional dimensions: the involvement with feminist studies influenced their personal and professional lives; many of them suffered from prejudice and discrimination for researching gender; practically all of them continue their activism within the universities in order to sustain their centers. The research was supported by CNPq and Capes grants.
Keywords: Gender studies centers. Higher education. Feminist academics. REDOR/Brazil. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed2dabc58dd845969becb7630a932d0b2022-12-22T00:51:49ZporUniversidade Federal de SergipeRevista Tempos e Espaços em Educação2358-14252017-03-01102116317610.20952/revtee.v10i21.63404612Origins and challenges of gender studies centers in higher education in NorthERN and Northeastern BrazilMaria Eulina Pessoa de CarvalhoAlejandra Montané-LopezGlória RabayAdenilda Bertoldo Alves de MoraisMayanne Julia Tomaz FreitasIn higher education, interdisciplinary gender studies centers deconstruct traditional androcentric positivist academic knowledge, making it possible to apply the gender perspective to all objects of knowledge. However, they suffer from insufficient recognition and weak institutionalization in Brazilian academia. This paper focuses on the trajectories of the gender studies centers affiliated to the North/Northeast Gender Studies Feminist Network (REDOR), and of their founders. The analysis is based on documentary data and biographical and autobiographical narratives. The histories of the centers and women intertwine personal and institutional dimensions: the involvement with feminist studies influenced their personal and professional lives; many of them suffered from prejudice and discrimination for researching gender; practically all of them continue their activism within the universities in order to sustain their centers. The research was supported by CNPq and Capes grants. Keywords: Gender studies centers. Higher education. Feminist academics. REDOR/Brazil.https://seer.ufs.br/index.php/revtee/article/view/6340 |
| spellingShingle | Maria Eulina Pessoa de Carvalho Alejandra Montané-Lopez Glória Rabay Adenilda Bertoldo Alves de Morais Mayanne Julia Tomaz Freitas Origins and challenges of gender studies centers in higher education in NorthERN and Northeastern Brazil Revista Tempos e Espaços em Educação |
| title | Origins and challenges of gender studies centers in higher education in NorthERN and Northeastern Brazil |
| title_full | Origins and challenges of gender studies centers in higher education in NorthERN and Northeastern Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Origins and challenges of gender studies centers in higher education in NorthERN and Northeastern Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Origins and challenges of gender studies centers in higher education in NorthERN and Northeastern Brazil |
| title_short | Origins and challenges of gender studies centers in higher education in NorthERN and Northeastern Brazil |
| title_sort | origins and challenges of gender studies centers in higher education in northern and northeastern brazil |
| url | https://seer.ufs.br/index.php/revtee/article/view/6340 |
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