TRANSFORMANDO A GEOGRAFIA HUMANA

Transforming Human Geography: Embracing Afrocentricity

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https://doi.org/10.62516/terra_livre.2025.3854

Keywords:

Geografia humana, afrocentricidade, saber africano, transformação, quadro metodológico.

Abstract

Re-examining what constitutes valid knowledge and how knowledge is produced and used are major focus areas in relation to the transformation agenda in higher education. This article critically examines these aspects in relation to the discipline of geography with a special focus on human geography which is substantially influenced by the humanities and social sciences. It specifically uses Afrocentricity as a methodological and conceptual framework to inform the transformation of human geography and provide insight into how to centralise African experiences and contexts in human geography teaching and research. The article has two main sections. The first section undertakes a critical reconsideration of human geography in the transformation context. The next section specifically examines the role of geographical research in advancing African scholarship. The article concludes that Afrocentricity provides a useful framework to critique accepted and widely used geographical categories and concepts; thereby rethinking what geographers do and the implications thereof, from a Africancentred perspective.

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Paula Regina Cordeiro, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)

Professora de Geografia Universidade Federal Fluminense (IEAR), Professora da Pós-graduação em Gestão de Territórios e Saberes - IEAR (Teresa) e Professora Colaboradora da especialização em Assistência Técnica, Habitação e Direito à Cidade da Universidade Federal da Bahia (FAUFBA). Doutora em Geografia pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia pela Universidade Federal da Bahia. Possui graduação em Geografia (Licenciatura e Bacharelado) pela Universidade Federal da Bahia (2013, 2014). Possui Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo, em Assistência Técnica, Habitação e Direito à Cidade, pela Universidade Federal da Bahia. Mestra pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia pela Universidade Federal da Bahia. Atualmente desenvolve pesquisas e trabalhos profissionais nas áreas de Assistência Técnica, Geografia Agraria; Comunidades tradicionais, Comunidades tradicionais quilombolas, Comunidades tradicionais pesqueiras, Geografia Africana, Geografia das áreas costeiras, Cartografia étnica, Cartografia social, Afrocentricidade, Pensamento afro-brasileiro; Modelo minerário brasileiro e seus conflitos em comunidades rurais. Pesquisadora da Rede Nova Cartografia Social e da Fundação Getúlio Vargas - Mapas da (In) Justiça.

Gabriel Romagnose Fortunato de Freitas Monteiro, Fluminense Federal University

Professor Adjunto na área de Geografia Humana da Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Educação de Angra dos Reis (IEAR/UFF). Doutor em Geografia pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação da Universidade Federal Fluminense (POSGEO/UFF), na linha de pesquisa de Ordenamento Territorial Urbano-Regional e no eixo de Território, Política e Movimentos Sociais (2024). Mestre em Geografia pelo mesmo programa (2017). Graduado no curso de Geografia pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - Faculdade de Formação de Professores, na categoria de licenciatura plena (2014). Foi coordenador do Núcleo de Estudos Africanos e Afro-brasileiros (NEAB) da UEMG-Carangola. Membro pesquisador do Núcleo de Estudos sobre Território, Ações Coletivas e Justiça (NETAJ/UFF). Membro pesquisador do Núcleo de Estudos em Territorialidades Negras e Ensino de Geografia (NETEN - UERJ/FFP). Tem experiência na área de Geografia, com ênfase em Geografia Humana, atuando nas linhas de Formação Territorial do Brasil, Teoria Regional e Regionalização, Movimentos Sociais e Geografia; Territorialidades Negras e Quilombos, Movimento Negro, Povos e Comunidades Tradicionais, Ações afirmativas na educação e no ensino superior; Educação Popular; Ensino de Geografia; Racismo e Antirracismo; Educação e Relações Étnico-raciais. Foi presidente da Comissão de Heteroidentificação local da UEMG-Carangola. Foi vice-presidente do Conselho Municipal de Promoção da Igualdade Racial (COMPIR) da Prefeitura de Carangola. Atuou como 2 Secretário do COMPIR na gestão 2022-2024. Associado à Associação de Geógrafos/as Brasileiros (AGB) - Seção Local Niterói e da Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores/as negros/as (ABPN). Aualmente faz parte do coletivo que coordena e mobiliza o Pré-vestibular Social Ilê Èkó (IEAR/UNEAFRO).

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Published

2025-09-15

How to Cite

CORDEIRO, Paula Regina; MONTEIRO, Gabriel Romagnose Fortunato de Freitas. TRANSFORMANDO A GEOGRAFIA HUMANA: Transforming Human Geography: Embracing Afrocentricity. Terra Livre, [S. l.], v. 1, n. 64, p. 735–768, 2025. DOI: 10.62516/terra_livre.2025.3854. Disponível em: https://publicacoes.agb.org.br/terralivre/article/view/3854. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

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