Tecendo um campo: os estudos sobre a branquitude no Brasil (2017-2024)

Abstract

This work addresses national productions on whiteness produced between 2017 and 2024, with the main focus of analysis being historiographical works. Thus, the objective is to present and discuss how the study of whiteness in Brazil has been occurring in recent years. To this end, we analyzed dissertations and theses defended in postgraduate programs in History at Brazilian universities during the aforementioned period. From this procedure, we traced how researchers are using the theme, as well as understanding how the theme is being applied to the field of History. We also sought to interview the main researchers in the field, in order to reconstruct the current scenario of production. For this purpose, we interviewed the researchers: Lia Vainer Schucman, Lilia M. Schwarcz, Lourenço Cardoso, Marcus Vinicius de Freitas Rosa, and Willian Luiz da Conceição. We conclude that the field is expanding, acquiring more space and credibility within the university. Furthermore, within the historiographical field, interest in the topic is recent and belated, and we can point to a conservatism within the field, as well as discomfort and tension arising from the advancement of research on whiteness within historiography.