Confronting epistemic racism

• Paget, Henry. (2017). Between Hume and Cugoano: Race, Ethnicity, and Philosophical Cornering. In: The Colour of Reason: Epistemological Racism and Imperial Reason. Ediciones del Signo. Center for Global Studies and the Humanities. Duke University.
• Trouillot, Michel-Rolph (1995). Power in history. In, Silencing the Past. Published by arrangement with Beacon Press and International Editors' Co.
• Benite, Ana and Ocoró Loango, Anny. Program of the seminar “confronting epistemic racism”. Specialization in Afro-Latin American and Caribbean studies. CLACSO, 2019.
• Mbembe, Achille (2016). Critique of Black Reason. NED, editions. (Introduction and Chapter I, pp. 25-82).
• Trouillot, Michel-Rolph. (1995). An unthinkable history. The Haitian Revolution as a non-event, chapter 3. In, Silencing the Past. Published by arrangement with Beacon Press and International Editors' Co.
• Maio, Marcus Chor. (2004). Race, education and public health in Brazil: a debate on the hygienist thinking of the 19th century. In: MONTEIRO, Simone and SANSONE, Lívio (orgs). Ethnicity in Latin America: a debate on race, health and reproductive rights. Rio de Janeiro, Ed Fiocruz, 2004, p. 15-44.
• Menéndez, Eduardo L. (2018). Racism, colonialism, and scientific violence. In: Colonialism, neocolonialism, and racism: The role of ideology and science in strategies of control and domination. National Autonomous University of Mexico, University City, Mexico City, Mexico. University Program of Studies on Cultural Diversity and Interculturality.
• Munanga; Kabengele, Gomes; Nilma Lino. (2006). Or black leaf Brazil. São Paulo: Global. 2006. (Collection to understand).
• Quijano, A. (2006). Don Quixote and the windmills in Latin America. DEI, Ecumenical Department of Research - Compiler/or Editor. (Second period No. 127 September-October 2006) San José.
• Thiong'o, Ngũgĩ wa. (2015). Decolonize the mind. Introduction and chapter I. Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, SAU
• Thiong'o, Ngũgĩ wa. (2017). Shifting the Center: The Struggle for Cultural Freedoms. Rayo verde editorial. Chapters I and II.
• Gunther Dietz. Multiculturalism, interculturality and diversity in education. An anthropological approach (Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2012), 279 pp. Chapters I and II.
• Gomes, Nilma Lino. (2008). Ethnic-racial diversity: for an emancipatory educational project. School Portraits, v. 2, p. 95-108.
• Hamminga, Bert. (2005). Epistemology from an African point of view. Translation for educational use by HAMMINGA, Bert. Epistemology from the African Point of View. In: HAMMINGA, Bert (ed.). Knowledge Cultures. Comparative Western and African Epistemology. Amsterdam: Rodopy, 2005, p. 57-84, by Khalil César Santarém da Silva and Amanda Balbino Pereira.
• Gomes, Nilma Lino. Ethnic-Racial Relations, Education and Decolonization of Curriculums. Curriculum without Borders, v. 12, p. 98-109, 2012.
• Lima Nunes, Georgina Helena and Dos Santos, Sales Augusto. (2019). Quota system, fraud and hyper-racism in Brazil. National Autonomous University of Mexico-Institute of Social Research. Mexican Journal of Sociology 81, no. 3 (July-September, 2019): 637-663. Mexico City.
• Ocoró Loango, Anny & da Silva, Maria Nilza. (2017). Afro-descendants and Higher Education. An analysis of the experiences, scope and challenges of affirmative action in Colombia and Brazil. UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC), 2017. Higher Education and Society (SES). New stage. 25th Anniversary Collection. Vol. 20 anniversary edition, 25 years.
• Ocoró Loango, Anny. (2019). Between emancipation and decolonization: tensions, struggles and learning of black researchers in higher education. Revista Práxis Educacional, v. 15, n. 32, Apr./Jun. 2019, UESB, Bahia, Brazil.

The basic requirements for taking a seminar are:

• Availability of at least 4 hours per week to dedicate to the seminar course.
• Internet access.
• Reasonable handling of communication and computer tools.
• Language proficiency in the language in which the course will be taught. The official languages ​​are Spanish and Portuguese.

The seminars last 12 weeks, plus the completion of a final project. A total of 90 hours of dedication will be credited.

A course consists of twelve classes, each accompanied by required readings, supplementary readings, discussion forums, and learning activities proposed by the teaching team, as well as partial submissions and a final project. The course is delivered online and asynchronously. Some instructors may propose synchronous activities. In these cases, the time and date will be agreed upon in advance between the teaching team and the students to ensure everyone's participation. To pass the seminar, students must participate in at least 80% of the discussion forums and activities proposed by the instructors, complete all scheduled partial submissions, and pass the final project.

The possible payment methods are credit card, bank transfer and bank deposit.