Afroternidade: análise das práticas científicas como cuidado entre mulheres negras

Abstract

Historiography, the notoriety attributed to the traditional and ancestral wisdom black women experience, conveys important elements about the care established between them. This care was considered a way of coping with the multiple violence experienced by these women based on the question of race and gender. The theoretical framework of this research is structured in three axes: on black women and black scientists is guided by Anna Benite (2018), Lélia Gonzalez (1984), Flávia Rios (2019) and Oyèrónkẹ Oyěwùmí (2004); in relation to the popular pharmacy in the Cerrado, Lucely M. Pio (2021); finally, the theoretical framework considers the history of the NGO Dandara in the Cerrado as a non-formal teaching space, inaugurating the concept of Afroternity, producing reflections on the health care of black women. Our strategy was to implement a Popular Domestic Pharmacy based on the knowledge of research by contemporary black scientists in line with the traditional knowledge of the Popular Pharmacopoeia of the Cerrado. This was participatory research, whose instruments consisted of questionnaires, recording and transcription of the workshops. Nine meetings were held with 75 participants (60 black women) and the transcripts are being analyzed in the light of the conversation analysis technique. For analysis in this dissertation, the second, third, fifth and sixth meetings held with the group were considered. The partial result indicates the integration between the participants of the research-action, the cataloging of 156 plants that were made available for different uses according to their culture. This cataloging allows a systematic study for their inclusion in the program for teaching science and the development of a Popular Domestic Pharmacy at the headquarters of the NGO Dandara in the Cerrado. With this, it is expected to enhance non-formal teaching spaces, expanding dialogues between black women, deepening the different strategies for care, and enabling access and understanding to some scientific practices. It is believed that it is possible to strengthen the participation of black women in the production of knowledge and in the mitigation of gender, racial and class violence, encouraging the dissemination of scientific knowledge of the sciences made by black women.