The social impact of the work of Brazilian braider and intersectional black feminist activism

The text discusses the black feminist activism of braiders in the African diaspora in Brazil and the social impact of their practice. Although the movement of black women braiders is still struggling to formalize this category, the effects of their actions are remarkable in society. Through intersec...

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Autores: Areias Nicolau Siqueira, Ana Carolina, Rocha Mattos, Amana
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Recursos:Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM)
Repositorio:Diálogo com a Economia Criativa
Idioma:portugués
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OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.dialogo.espm.br:article/540
Acesso em linha:https://dialogo.espm.br/revistadcec-rj/article/view/540
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Braids
Braiders
Black Feminism
Intersectionality
Creative Economy
Tranças
Trancistas
Feminismo Negro
Interseccionalidade
Economia Criativa
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Resumo:The text discusses the black feminist activism of braiders in the African diaspora in Brazil and the social impact of their practice. Although the movement of black women braiders is still struggling to formalize this category, the effects of their actions are remarkable in society. Through intersec- tional black feminist thinking, we have built a theoretical-methodological foundation, focusing on what has been developed by different braiders, taking lived experience as the criterion for valid knowledge among black women. In this sense, this paper aims to present some aspects ob- served in the analysis of field research with braiders from different regions of Brazil. The results show that black women braiders preserve the ancestral knowledge of braiding, developing their knowledge connected to their historical time, expressing intersectional black feminist activism by guaranteeing individual and collective subsistence; participating in social transformation projects and dialoguing with their territory in different Brazilian institutions.