Access Policies for Quilombolas in Graduate Psychology Programs at Federal Universities

Políticas de Acesso para Quilombolas nos Programas de Pós-graduação em Psicologia em Universidades Federais

Políticas de Acceso para Quilombolas en Programas de Posgrados en Psicología en Universidades Federales

Abstract:

Access policies for Quilombolas in graduate programs in Psychology through ethnic-racial quotas are a little studied topic and central to inclusion and equity in this area of ​​knowledge. This study aimed to analyze the access policies for Quilombola students in the selection processes for graduate programs in Psychology at Brazilian federal universities. Documentary research was carried out on the announcements published, adopting 2023 as a reference. The documentary corpus consisted of 18 public announcements published by the 15 Graduate Programs in Psychology at federal universities with quotas for Quilombola students. The analysis sought to identify regional differences, the number of places reserved, admission methods, documentary evidence of ethnic-racial belonging and the effects of the limitations of the policies adopted. The results indicated inter-regional and intra-regional differences in policies for reserving places and criteria for proving ethnic belonging, as well as weaknesses in the distribution of reserved places considering census data on the Quilombola population.

Keywords:
affirmative action; quilombola; education; psychology