Black Feminist Qualitative Inquiry: A Methodological Contribution Centered on the Experiences of Black Women Math Graduate Students in Brazil

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Abstract

In this conceptual paper, I draw on my research on the experiences of Black women math graduate students in Brazil to discuss potential contributions of Black Feminist Qualitative Inquiry to research in (math) education. In particular, I discuss (i) the importance of contextualizing the experiences of historically marginalized groups within their broader sociopolitical and historical phenomenological realities, (ii) the relevance of interdisciplinary knowledge to disrupt epistemological erasures, and (iii) Black feminism's deep commitment to activism and the creation of (learning) spaces where historically marginalized groups are respected, honored, and allowed to exercise their full humanity.

Author

• Priscila Pereira, University of Illinois at Chicago