Black Women Science: an experiment of insubmission

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present the ‘Science of Black Women’, a theory of black feminist knowledge developed in the light of experiences as a public activist, historian and professor and as coordinator of the Black Female Intellectual Studies and Research Group UFRJ. Organized in three, in the first part of the text I dedicate myself to characterize the 'Science of Black Women' as an alternative epistemology focused on the knowledge of black women. In the second, based on classroom situations, I present some curricular practices focused on black feminist thinking. Understood as ‘acts of insubmission’, these practices contribute to creating new knowledge linked to the intellectuality of black women and the history of Brazil. I conclude by assessing the challenges posed to the work of producing and validating black feminist knowledge in the scientific community.