I CATALOGUE ABPN: African Brazilian Study Groups To put forward researches, contributing, thus, to new reflections, especially in relation to the new legal milestones, teacher’s formation and Basic Education.
TOCANTINS
NEAB/UFT
Institution Federal University of Tocantins Coordinator Dr. Maria Aparecida de Oliveira Lopes
______________________________________ NEAB/UFT - Center for the African-Brazilian Studies / Federal University of Tocantins started in the year of 2001, in the scope of UNITINS (University of Tocantins), at the Porto Nacional Campus. Therefore, it began operating at about seven years ago, for it is previous to the foundation of UFT (Federal University of Tocantins), in 2003.
Contacts marialopes@uft.edu.br Areas History social cultural black population, education and race relations.
NEAB’s objectives The Center for the African-Brazilian Studies of the Federal University of Tocantins is formed by one or more Research Group and/or Extension Group, which are properly certified by the responsible instances of the Federal University of Tocantins Foundation (UFT). The aim and the main activity is the development of research and teaching in the post graduation and Extension areas, inseparably, focused on the ethnic and racial issues. Since its foundation, the Center counts on a relevant contribution to the studies and researches on ethnic and racial diversity. Its social and scientific importance has been stressed on several occasions: when “Tocantins’ Rural Black Communities Project” was approved by CNPq (National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development) /PNOG 200; as well as during the project “Color Policies in Brazilian Universities”, organized by the State University of Rio de Janeiro’s Public Policies Laboratory (LPPUERJ), in the year of 2002, and also in 2005 during UNIAFRO’s project, which was focused on affirmative actions, especially to publications and specialization of teachers in the areas about Africa, Black Culture and Black People’s History in Brazil, based on Law 10.639/2003, which makes the teaching of these subjects mandatory in various educational levels. These initiatives, consistent with the Center’s self-sustainability, are true evidences of how it is going to proceed, for they allow adequate infrastructure to research, as well as scholarship, plus setting out research line, an interdisciplinary approach, among others. In the year of 2009, the Center was again contemplated with UNIAFRO III and offered a post graduation course on African and Culture and History and The History of Black People in Brazil. Right now, we are engaged in organizing the publishing of four books on African and African-Brazilian History and Culture. We have other publications such as “Black Sociabilities” under the coordination of Antonio Liberac and Rosy de Oliveira. Besides, we have promoted activities related to important dates, May 13 th and November 20th, and we have conducted researches on the impact of sickle anemia on the populations of former Brazilian hinterland settlement areas in Tocantins, among other themes.
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