Race, History, and Education in Brazil and in Portugal: challenges and perspectives

Authors

  • Amilcar Araujo Pereira Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro/RJ
  • Marta Araújo Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra

Keywords:

Racism and Eurocentrism. History Teaching. Public Policies. Brazil. Portugal.

Abstract

This article proposes a dialogue between the political and academic debates on race, identity, and history in the Brazilian and Portuguese contexts. In order to do so, it examines the myth of racial democracy (as it was known in Brazil) and the idea of a national vocation for interculturality in Portugal to explore how they shape the contemporary debate on racism and Eurocentrism, as well its evasion, focusing on education - which is understood as an arena for important political struggles. By addressing crucial moments in these debates, this article seeks to contribute to wider discussions on race and power in the teaching of history, and to challenge the depoliticization of contemporary narratives that continue to take refuge in the tropes of the historical specificities of each of the national contexts.

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Author Biographies

Amilcar Araujo Pereira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro/RJ

Amilcar Araujo Pereira holds a PhD in history from Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), and was a Capes-Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, in New York, USA (2015-16). He is a professor at the School of Education, in the Graduate Program in Education (PPGE) and in the Graduate Program in History Teaching, of Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

Marta Araújo, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra

Marta Araújo holds a PhD in sociology from London University, and is currently Principal Researcher at the Center for Social Studies of Universidade de Coimbra - where researches on Eurocentrism, racism, education and public policy and teaches in several doctorate programs. She is also a guest lecturer in the Black Europe Summer School (International Institute for Research and Education, Amsterdam).

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Published

2016-12-30

How to Cite

Pereira, A. A., & Araújo, M. (2016). Race, History, and Education in Brazil and in Portugal: challenges and perspectives. Educação & Realidade [Education & Reality], 42(1). Retrieved from https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/educacaoerealidade/article/view/61127

Issue

Vol. 42 No. 1 (2017)

Section

Educação e Relações Étnico-Raciais

License

This journal uses Creative Commons license Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

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