As identidades dos alunos quilombolas da Universidade Federal de Pelotas: trajetórias, construções e articulações.

Abstract

The University Federal of Pelotas, since 2015, are realizing a specific selective process for quilombolas in the graduation courses that are considered necessary to quilombolas’ comunities. The main purpose of this research is to understand how quilombolas students of UFPEL are constructing and articulating their identities as of their new identifications and differentiation relationships, that at times are conflicting, confronted in the university’s ambient. With theoritical contribution bases about quilombolas, affirmative actions in higher education, perspectivies about identity in post colonials and interseccionalities theories, this research disscussed the ways that this students are constructing and articulating their identities considering the relationships between them and their classmates that are not quilombolas, the academic community and their own quilombola community. This reseach’s purpose was complied through oral history metodology. The narratives was classified in four categories and analized by content analysis method. It was possible to identify that the students had experiences that provides new identifications at the same time that they valued their own quilombola identities, although they have had lived some prejudice situations. Moreover, the admission in university provided new oportunities that before was being dificulted by social class, gender and race obstacles.