My Life as a Student in White World

Authors

  • Nelly Duarte Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Museu Nacional

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2017.132066

Keywords:

Affirmative action, Racism, Postgraduate education, Amerindian peoples, Social anthropology

Abstract

 This text was written due to an invitation to talk about the affirmative action policy for admission to the Postgraduate Program in Social Anthropology of the National Museum of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. As a Marubo indigenous student, I recount in these pages how my admission into non-indigenous society took place. This reflection necessarily involves a presentation of my ethnicity and more specifically my family, the difficult path that led me to study and enter university and finally the ways I found to overcome obstacles most diverse. I conclude with an assessment of the importance of affirmative action in postgraduate education and the role of indigenous leaders in this process.

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Author Biography

  • Nelly Duarte, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Museu Nacional
     

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Published

2017-05-12

Issue

Vol. 60 No. 1 (2017)

Section

Dossier - Affirmative Actions in Postgraduate Programs in Anthropology

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How to Cite

Duarte, N. (2017). My Life as a Student in White World. Revista De Antropologia, 60(1), 47-54. https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2017.132066