Black and trans professor: interview with Feibriss Cassilhas
This text is the result of an interview with professor Feibriss Henrique Meneghelli Casillas, from the Federal University of Bahia, and aims to understand her trajectory and map strategies of resistance that allowed her to enter the university space as a professor, breaking systems of colonial oppre...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) |
| Repository: | Revista Docência do Ensino Superior (Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/46953 |
| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/rdes/article/view/46953 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | professoras negras universitárias pessoa trans feminina interseccionalidade subjetividade profesoras universitarias negras transfemenina interseccionalidad subjetividad black professors transfeminine intersectionality subjectivity |
| Summary: | This text is the result of an interview with professor Feibriss Henrique Meneghelli Casillas, from the Federal University of Bahia, and aims to understand her trajectory and map strategies of resistance that allowed her to enter the university space as a professor, breaking systems of colonial oppression. The interview was carried out using a semi-structured script, based on the theoretical-methodological perspective of intersectionality. From this dialogue, we reflected on issues such as: challenges in being a black and trans professor at the university; strategies for confronting structural racism from teaching; importance of aquilombamento as a political strategy for strengthening black intellectuals in academia; reconstruction of a democracy in Brazilian society through the rupture with the cis-heteropatriarchal white supremacy that underpins the construction of modern science. Therefore, the meeting with Feibriss brings to light the understanding and strength of her trajectory as a trans female, black person and university professor, in order to help other black people, who intend to follow the academic path. Finally, the interview also aims to contribute to the area of gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity studies. |
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