The space of waves: Reflections on epistemic places and black women

Taking into consideration black women as a construct, this paper aims, from an intersectional perspective, to reflect on their social, political and identity locations, in order to think if a theory of knowledge, that puts black women at the heart of its researches, tends to stress the importance of...

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Author: Maciel, Ruth Anne Santos
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2021
Country:Brasil
Institution:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repository:Oficina do Historiador
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/40430
Online Access:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/oficinadohistoriador/article/view/40430
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Epistemology
Intersectionality
Black Women
Epistemologia
Interseccionalidade
Mulheres Negras
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Summary:Taking into consideration black women as a construct, this paper aims, from an intersectional perspective, to reflect on their social, political and identity locations, in order to think if a theory of knowledge, that puts black women at the heart of its researches, tends to stress the importance of other epistemic directions for the production and validation of knowledge, which could question some versions of prevailing truths that claim for universality.