“Estão sempre a pôr-me nas coisas da raça”: A racificação de académicos/as negros/as brit-ânicos no complexo industrial EDI
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Este artigo centra-se no complexo industrial da Igualdade, Diversidade e Inclusão (EDI), bem como nos discursos antirracistas e decoloniais que têm lugar no Ensino Superior (ES) em Inglaterra. Introduz a racificação como um processo em que os/as académicos/as negros/as são, em permanência, produzidos/as e reproduzidos/as como peritos/as raciais no ensino superior. Este enquadramento ocorre através de um olhar colonial e de branquitude hegemónica, moldando a forma como os/as académicos/as negros/as e os seus conhecimentos são vistos. A colonialidade no meio académico é explorada através da experiência vivida por académicos/as negros/as brit-ânicos/as que trabalham no ensino superior em Inglaterra. No centro desta discussão estão as identidades “brit-ânicas”, um termo hifenizado que reflete a pertença complexa e ténue das pessoas negras que vivem na metrópole e trabalham em instituições coloniais como as universidades. Baseei-me numa metodologia inspirada no Ubuntu e utilizei a narração de histórias para documentar e analisar as experiências de 19 académicos/as negros/as brit-ânicos. Também me baseei nas minhas próprias experiências como académica negra (zimbabuana brit-ânica), utilizando um diário de investigação reflexiva autoetnográfica, o que me tornou na 20.ª colaboradora do estudo. As sessões de narração de histórias tiveram lugar durante novembro de 2022 e abril de 2023 (principalmente online) com académicos/as negros/as localizados/as em Inglaterra como parte da investigação de doutoramento na Universidade de Sussex. Este artigo refletirá as principais conclusões da pesquisa: a racificação como reprodução colonial e a racificação como um dever e fardo que afeta os/as académicos/as negros/as brit-ânicos/as que trabalham na universidade colonial liberal em Inglaterra.
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