IDENTITY CROSSROADS: BLACK WOMEN PROFESSORS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Keywords: Women; Blackness; Race; Identity; Teaching
Regarding the presence of black women in the sciences and in the teaching profession, there are several studies engaged in identifying our access and permanence in academic and scientific spaces. However, it is emergent that, beyond the recognition of underrepresentation, we understand how the constructions of our social and professional identities are crossed by ethnic-racial and gender markers. Thus, this research aims to analyze how the categories of gender and race influence the formative process of professional identity of black researchers, working in higher education teaching in Teixeira de Freitas-BA, through a literature review and the collection of narratives. Methodologically, the study is located in the field of biographical and oral history research, analyzing the constitution and transformation of subjects in the social space through discourse. Through the encounter of these women's voices and memories with my own, a photobiographical book will be elaborated, where I will retell their stories weaving discussions about the crossroads of the collaborators' teaching, racial and gender identities.