Reflections on Brazilian physics and astronomy education and communication: A Critical Race Theory perspective
written by
Alan Alves-Brito
published by the American Association of Physics Teachers edited by Laura A. H. Wood, Meseret F. Hailu, and Verónica N. Vèlez
Physics and astronomy science teaching and communication play a key role in dismantling institutional and epistemic racisms that affect 56% of the Brazilian population. Based on the theoretical, methodological, and epistemological foundations of the recent discussions we have made in the field in Brazil, we reflect on the ways in which Critical Race Theory (CRT) has helped us understand and address the centrality and intersectionality of race, racism and power, ethnicity, and interculturality in differentiated education and communication projects in the physical sciences, focusing on Black, Quilombola (Maroons), and Indigenous populations. In a qualitative research approach, we characterize CRT, understanding what it is and why it is important in the field of education and communication of physics and astronomy in Brazil. We discuss concepts such as cosmopolitics and racialized cosmology articulated with CRT themes and principles. We examine practices of Brazilian teachers and communicators of Physical Sciences in the context of CRT. We outline a path to follow/map an agenda of critical approaches to establishing other perspectives for teaching and learning physics and astronomy, as well as their communication processes in Brazilian society, in order to promote racial equity in basic and higher education and in institutions dedicated to the promotion of scientific culture, such as science museums, observatories, and planetariums.
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Book Title: An Introduction to Critical Race Theory in Physics Education Research Series Name: Equity and Power in Physics Education Research
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=16834">Alves-Brito, Alan. "Reflections on Brazilian physics and astronomy education and communication: A Critical Race Theory perspective." In An Introduction to Critical Race Theory in Physics Education Research. Edited by Laura A. H. Wood, Meseret Hailu, and Veronica N. Vélez. College Park: American Association of Physics Teachers, 2024.</a>
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Alves-Brito, A. (2024). Reflections on Brazilian physics and astronomy education and communication: A Critical Race Theory perspective. In Wood, L., Hailu, M., & Vélez, V. (Eds.), An Introduction to Critical Race Theory in Physics Education Research (3). College Park: American Association of Physics Teachers. Retrieved September 21, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16834&DocID=5915
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Alves-Brito, Alan. "Reflections on Brazilian physics and astronomy education and communication: A Critical Race Theory perspective." In An Introduction to Critical Race Theory in Physics Education Research. Edited by Laura A. H. Wood, Meseret Hailu, and Veronica N. Vélez. College Park: American Association of Physics Teachers, 2024. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16834&DocID=5915 (accessed 21 September 2024).
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Alves-Brito, Alan. "Reflections on Brazilian physics and astronomy education and communication: A Critical Race Theory perspective." An Introduction to Critical Race Theory in Physics Education Research. Eds. Wood, Laura A. H., Meseret Hailu, and Veronica N. Vélez. Vol. 3. College Park: American Association of Physics Teachers, 2024. 7 Aug. 2024. 21 Sep. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16834&DocID=5915>.
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