Identidade negra/quilombola: diálogos intergeracionais de autoafirmação em uma comunidade do sertão nordestino

Abstract

This work registers a research carried out in an extension project, developed in 2019. Based on the field work carried out in a community territory with quilombola children, this work presentes specifically the following topic: the construction processes of black and quilombola identities and self-naming, by children and elder people. The research aims to learn, through intergenerational dialogues, about some racial- and cultural-defined factors of these individuals’ identities; presenting the relations between racial identity and quilombola identity, in order to comprehend how such social constructions are related to each other and how They are managed by individuals from different generations. This work has arisen from our interest in learning about the belonging feelings and affiliation of children of new quilombo generations. The research was conducted at the quilombola community called Serra das Viúvas, in Água Branca - AL. A group of 37 childrenand preadolescents, aged from 4 to 12 and 2 elder people of the community participated in theresearch. The results show how they have been constructing their blackness by identifying generational factors through racial self-naming. In some situations, it was observed whitening attempts from some children. This work presents the influence of education on those identity processes, in terms of practices and discourses that contribute to racism and discrimination. This is a relevant research for the community where it was carried out due to its contribuition towards building the collective quilombola identity.