Do Quilombo ao Ensino Superior: as experiências de universitários/as pertencentes à Comunidade Remanescente Quilombola “Os Rufinos” de Pombal - PB.

Abstract

This research addresses the theme of Quilombolas in Higher Education, with a view to realizing how much some questions are needed to break with the silencing and erasure of the black/quilombola population at the university. In this way, it aimed to understand the academic trajectory of university students belonging to the Quilombola Remnant Community “Os Rufinos” in Pombal - PB. Given this, it makes it possible to analyze the existing reality about black bodies/quilombolas at the University, and concomitantly, the quilombamento as subjects of rights. In this research, we seek to answer the following problematizing question: What was the academic path in the graduation of university students from the Quilombola Remnant Community “Os Rufinos” of Pombal-PB for insertion in the university? We reaffirm the hypothesis that the Quilombo is a place of resistance, and therefore, the quilombola narratives in Higher Education make it possible to understand and break with the silencing of this marginalized collective in this space of knowledge production. The methodological route of the research has an exploratory field study in the Quilombola Remnant Community “Os Rufinos”, based on a qualitative research in Oral History. As theoretical contributions, the following authors were studied: Moura (2020); Gomes (2005; 2017); Cunha Junior (2012) Meihy and Holanda (2017); between others. As a data collection instrument, a semistructured interview was applied with an emphasis on quilombola narratives. Thus, the quilombola identity assumption and the dialogue about affirmative policies for the black/quilombola body at the University are constituted. Content analysis was carried out based on the categorization fundamentals of Meihy and Holanda (2017). In this investigation, as a result of the analyses, it is concluded that the university needs to dialogue with black/quilombola students, in order to understand more about the resistance process of this people, and thus rethink their administrative and pedagogical practices for the promotion of equity. Therefore, one can see the relevance of this study to reflect the place of black/quilombola bodies in Higher Education.