Affirmative actions and Indigenous peoples: Democratization of access and permanence in the University of the State of Santa Catarina

Abstract

We intend to present a documentary research, which investigates the affirmative actions of access and permanence, aimed at indigenous peoples at the State University of Santa Catarina-UDESC, relating to the georeferencing that locates the UDESC campuses and the lands and reserves of the 3 indigenous ethnic groups present. in Santa Catarina: Guarani, La Klãnõ/Xokleng and Kaingang. We question how UDESC has formulated its affirmative actions for indigenous peoples. We aim to understand the formulation process, present a georeferencing and population data of the communities of Indigenous Lands and Reserves in the state of SC, discuss the Consultation Process with Indigenous Peoples and the possibilities of access and permanence. The reflections presented make up the experiences of researchers in data collection and dialogues with members of indigenous peoples. This investigation is part of a collective walk of the Afro-Brazilian Studies Nucleus-NEAB/UDESC, Observatory of Affirmative Action Policies-OPAAS and in the research that conducts a comparative study of affirmative actions for the black population, quilombola communities and indigenous peoples, among UDESC and the Federal University of the South and Southeast of Pará-UNIFESSPA. The results and discussions point to a contribution to the ongoing efforts of UDESC working groups to expand affirmative action.