Transatlantic mobility and indigenous studies: An analysis of doctoral theses in Portugal

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Published: 01-09-2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24840/esc.vi71.1433
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Transatlantic mobility, Indigenous studies, Systematic review, Cross-border knowledge

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Kenia Adriana Reis e Silva
CIIE - Centre for Research and Intervention in Education, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6995-3721
Luciana Ribeiro Conz
Federal University of Rondônia – UNIR
Maria José Magalhães
Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto
Margarida Louro Felgueiras
CIIE - Centre for Research and Intervention in Education, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto
Susana Coimbra
CPUP-Psychology Centre of the University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7738-4757
Luciana Maria Maia
University of Fortaleza – UNIFOR

Abstract

This article presents an analysis of transatlantic mobility within the academic context, focusing on doctoral theses produced in higher education institutions in Portugal, specifically in the field of Indigenous Studies. The research aims to explore the contributions of researchers to the field, examining the theoretical perspectives adopted and the topics addressed in these theses over 10 years (2013-2023). Through a systematic review, the study analyses theses found in Portugal’s Open Access Scientific Repositories, seeking to investigate the academic output related to Indigenous peoples in the country. This analysis aims to reflect on transatlantic mobility, cross-border knowledge, and critical and emerging perspectives, evaluating whether the themes and theoretical-methodological approaches employed are genuinely committed to social transformation and the recognition of Indigenous peoples. By examining the exchange of ideas and methodologies across different cultural and academic contexts, this research seeks to highlight the importance of transatlantic mobility in fostering a more pluralistic and inclusive science that engages with the needs and knowledge of Indigenous peoples.

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No. 71 (2025): Transatlantic Mobility in the New Geopolitics of Knowledge: (Inter)Dependencies in Higher Education Brazil/Portugal

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Special issue | Transatlantic Mobility in the New Geopolitics of Knowledge: (Inter)Dependencies in Higher Education Brazil/Portugal
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Author Biographies

Kenia Adriana Reis e Silva, CIIE - Centre for Research and Intervention in Education, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto

Kenia Silva is a PhD candidate in Education Sciences at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto (FPCEUP), where she holds a doctoral scholarship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Ref.: 2022.12124.BD). She serves as the Scientific Coordinator of the International Network of Black Feminist Pedagogy and is a member of the HERSTORY research project (FCT/Portugal). Additionally, she is a non-doctoral integrated researcher at the Center for Research and Intervention in Education (CIIE/FPCEUP), in Portugal.

She holds a Master's degree in Education Sciences from the University of Porto (2020) and a Bachelor's degree in Pedagogy with an emphasis on Basic Education from the State University of Bahia (2006). She also completed a postgraduate specialization in Clinical and Institutional Psychopedagogy at São Bento da Bahia College (2011).

In Brazil, Kenia worked as a pedagogical coordinator in schools located in indigenous and quilombola territories. She also served as a pedagogical coordinator in Youth and Adult Education and as a trainer for the National Literacy Program at the Right Age (PNAIC), providing continuous training for pedagogical coordinators and teachers. Furthermore, she was the director of the Department of Early Childhood Education at the Municipal Department of Education, contributing to the development of educational public policies and strategic projects.

Beyond her experience in educational management and training, Kenia has published in scientific journals, book chapters, and eBooks and has presented at national and international conferences. She has also served as an editor of published works and as an organizer of scientific events in Brazil and Portugal.

Her research interests include gender studies, social inclusion, and ethnic-racial issues, with a particular focus on decolonial and feminist pedagogies.

Luciana Ribeiro Conz, Federal University of Rondônia – UNIR

Permanent professor in the Department of Administration at the Federal University of Rondônia Foundation (UNIR) - Guajará-Mirim campus. PhD candidate in the Graduate Program in Psychology at the University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR). Holds a degree in Psychology from São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2009) and a Master's degree in Psychology from the Federal University of Ceará (2017). Currently undertaking a PDSE/CAPES Doctoral Sandwich Program at the University of Porto, Portugal.

Has experience in the fields of Psychology, Social Psychology, Public Health, and Psychology applied to Administration. Areas of interest include social psychology, public health, feminisms, decolonial studies, and Indigenous and Native Peoples.

Maria José Magalhães, Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto

Completed her PhD in Education Sciences in 2005 in University of Porto - Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences on life stories of 60 years old women about their experiences and subjectivities in the 25th of April onwards. Completed her master dissertation on the contributions of the Portuguese feminist movement for education (1995). Is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of University of Porto. Has published many articles in peer-reviewed journals, scientific books and chapters in books and received 2 awards. Has coordinated and currently coordinates international projects around gender violence, domestic violence, and femicide. Has been the Principal Investigator in several international Projects, such as: Cultural Encounters in Intervention Against Violence (CEINAV); Bonds, Boundaries and Violence: Longitudinal study on school-based violence prevention (BO(U)NDS); Developing bystanders responses to sexual harassment among Young People (BYSTANDERS); FEM_United: Preventing IPV/DV femicide in Europe (FEM_UNITED); ATHENA-BEGIN: preventing DV /G-BV against women and girls with intelectual disabilities; among others. She has been teaching several disciplines, such as: Action-Research on Education (Degree on Sciences of Education), History of Contemporary Education (Degree on Sciences of Education), Theory and History of Gender, Body and Violence (Master in Sciences of Education), Violences in Contemporary Times (Master in Sciences of Education); Patriarchal Culture Deconstruction for Gender Violence Prevention (Master in Sciences of Education); Gender, Feminism and Education (a module in Doctoral Course on Gender Studies - CIEG/UL). She is supervising and has supervised several thesis (PhD) and Master dissertations on gender studies, feminist movement, LGBTIQA+ movement, gender-based violence prevention, feminist visual studies, among others.

Margarida Louro Felgueiras, CIIE - Centre for Research and Intervention in Education, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto

Margarida Maria Pereira Santos Louro Felgueiras was born in 1951 and graduated in History from FLUP (Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto). She began her academic career in 1984 at the University of Minho (UM), later teaching at FLUP and currently serving as an Associate Professor at FPCE-UP (Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto). She coordinated the Master’s program in Education and Cultural Heritage (2005-2007) and is the coordinator of the Education, History, and Museology Research Group at CIIE (Center for Research and Intervention in Education). She also served as Coordinator of the History of Education Section of SPCE (Portuguese Society of Educational Sciences) from 2007 to 2010 and as Coordinator of the VIII Luso-Brazilian Congress on the History of Education.

As the author of the project to create a Living Museum of Primary Education (PAXIS XXI), her work encompasses the History of Education, cultural intervention in heritage preservation, and teacher training. She has been involved as an author and researcher in national and international research projects, focusing on the social history of education, material culture, and school daily life. Her research interests include philanthropy in education, particularly schools donated to the state, educational institutions with boarding regimes, agricultural education, and school museology.

A visiting professor at USP (University of São Paulo), she has conducted seminars and conferences at various Brazilian universities. Among her recent works are: Cultura Escolar, Migrações e Cidadania (ed. et al). Porto: SPCE, 2010; Escolas Conde Ferreira (ed. et al). Sesimbra: Assembleia Municipal de Sesimbra, 2009; Para uma História Social do Professorado Primário em Portugal no Século XX. Porto: Campo das Letras/FPCEUP, 2008; Catálogo Manuais Escolares da Biblioteca Pública Municipal do Porto (coord. et al). Porto: Universidade do Porto/Câmara Municipal do Porto, 2008; and contributions to Buildings Telling European Heritage. Pedagogical Perspectives, Coimbra: UC/CEIS20, 2008.

Susana Coimbra, CPUP-Psychology Centre of the University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto

Susana Coimbra has been a teacher at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Porto since 1996, where she has taught courses in the field of differential psychology and quantitative methodologies. She is an integrated member of the Culture, Normativity and Diversity Research Group at the Psychology Center for Psychology at of the University of Porto. Her research interests include resilience, discrimination and intergenerational family relationships of young people and adults. She has participated in projects and supervised master's and doctoral studies that focus on the protective factors that can promote resilience in situations of violence and inequality, particularly among populations in situations of vulnerability (sexual and gender minorities, migrants, refugees and people in situations of poverty and social exclusion). More recently, as part of these projects, she is using the methodological approach of digital storytelling.

Luciana Maria Maia, University of Fortaleza – UNIFOR

 

She holds a degree in Psychology from the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), a master’s degree in Social Psychology from UFPB, and a PhD in Social Psychology from UFPB in collaboration with the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon. Currently, she is a Full Professor at the University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR), where she serves as a faculty member and coordinator of the Graduate Program in Psychology.

She coordinates the Laboratory of Studies on Processes of Social Exclusion (LEPES) and is a member of the Working Group "Social Psychology and Its Theoretical-Methodological Diversity" of the National Association for Research and Graduate Studies in Psychology (ANPEPP). She is a CNPq research productivity fellow (Pq2).

Her teaching, research, and outreach activities focus on the field of Social Psychology, with an emphasis on stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination against social minorities, processes of social exclusion, intergroup relations, social identity, and political activism.

How to Cite

Silva, K. A. R. e, Conz, L. R., Magalhães, M. J., Felgueiras, M. L. ., Coimbra, S., & Maia, L. M. (2025). Transatlantic mobility and indigenous studies: An analysis of doctoral theses in Portugal. Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, 71. https://doi.org/10.24840/esc.vi71.1433

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