Olhos que condenam: um estudo sobre as malhas de vigilância em mulheres negras nos ambientes públicos da cidade de Maceió

Abstract

The present study addressed surveillance networks - actors responsible for the control and maintenance of order in public spaces - as mechanisms of control over black women in the city of Maceió/Alagoas. The aim was to understand surveillance conducted by public and private agents as a form of social control that perpetuates structural racism. The objective of this study was to present surveillance, whether formal or informal, as a racialized mechanism stemming from a colonial and slave legacy. Regarding methodological aspects, it was a qualitative research that privileged participant observation, with recording in a field diary, and "escrevivência," inspired by Conceição Evaristo, as a method of analysis and, more than that, as a diasporic phenomenon of writing. Furthermore, this research highlights the need to decolonize academia and knowledge production, and it was not possible without my active engagement in it. Therefore, there was no intentional distancing of my personal experiences from the production of knowledge. For us, Black individuals, lived experiences are constitutive of intellectual engagement.