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Seminar Nilma Lino Gomes, Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais School of Education, Brazil May 13th, 2010, 16:00, CES Seminar Floor, 2nd Floor, Coimbra Within the Democracy, Multicultural Citizenship and Participation (NEDCMP) Research Group Free entrance – Participants will receive a certificate of participation This seminar intends to present partial data from an ongoing research, supported by CNPq (National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development), that develops studies about the discourses used in History and Portuguese language school manuals in Portuguese-speaking African countries – Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique, São Tomé e Príncipe – and also Portugal and Brazil. The aim is to analyze textual, verbal and visual genres, chosen to compile those works, as well as the students’ activities, in relation to representations of black people and ethnic-racial relationships, approaching racism and discourse and the discursive centrality of white as humanity standard. This lecture reflects an ongoing research coordinated by Aracy Alves Martins (UFMG).
Nilma Lino Gomes holds a PhD in Social Anthropology/USP. Currently, she is Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais School of Education. She is also General-Coordinator of the Affirmative Actions Program at the UFMG and of the Racial Relationships and Affirmative Actions Research Group (NERA – CNPq) and member of the Centre for Social Studies of Latin America (CESAL). She has several published works. |