O lugar decolonial na historiografia brasileira: fundamentos, diálogos e recepções (2000-2024)

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze the reception of decolonial theory in the field of Brazilian Historiography, between the years 2000 and 2024. To achieve this objective, a qualitative methodology was employed, fragmented into three phases: first, a bibliographic review of authors composing the Modernity/Coloniality network was conducted; subsequently, articles that dialogue with the decolonial theory perspective were cataloged using the state-of-the-art technique, utilizing the keywords: 'post-colonial thought', 'decolonial thought', 'decolonial', 'subjectivity', 'subalternity', 'Global South', 'coloniality', and 'History', in the journals História daHistoriografia, ABPN, and Revista de História da USP. Following the cataloging, the publications were analyzed through Laurence Birden’s (2016) categorical content analysis technique. Thus, it is emphasized that the study is justified by the importance of historicizing decolonial concepts and diffusing research that breaks with the coloniality of knowledge in the field of History. This leads us to conclude that decoloniality has its own historical trajectory and specificities, and that its reception is a multifaceted framework of interpretations, related to acts of resistance against coloniality, which Reis (2024) named the 'decoloniality à la brésilienne' (Brazilian-style decoloniality) state.