Metamorfoses de mulheres guineenses em formação no Brasil: uma análise das vicissitudes do intercâmbio e seus efeitos para a identidade

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze, through narratives of life history of Guinean women, the vicissitudes of student exchange in Brazil, especially in Ceará. The research has as theoretical reference authors such as Ciampa (1984, 1998, 2008), Lima (2008, 2014), Hall (2011), Mungoi (2012), among others who discuss the identities and the psychosocial character of the subjects in contemporaneity. The research has as its theoretical-methodological positioning the qualitative method and counts with the participation of Guinean students in higher education in Ceará. It works with life history interviews, recorded, transcribed and translated from Creole, in the perspective of understanding the perceptions of the collaborators and their experiences in relation to the theme of formation in Brazil, as well as the expectations of reinsertion in the country and the social recognition for their formation. It verifies that in the process of exchange in Brazil they resignify their identities from the contact with the Brazilian culture. They are daily challenged to think about their identities and cultures, so that the exchange intensifies the process of identity building that began in their country of origin, performing a metamorphosis, in which these subjects know more about themselves and what they want. In addition, he noted the interest of all subjects in wanting to return to Guinea-Bissau and give their social contribution as graduates in their respective areas, concluding that for these women, diplomacy is not only a personal gain, but collective.