¿Qué significa ser mujer negra en Argentina?: Un dialogo entre Florencia Gomes y Prisca Gayles

03/09/22 • 25 min

¿Qué significa ser mujer negra en Argentina? ¿Qué significa ser una mujer negra activista en un país que históricamente ha invisibilizado y negado la negritud? Estas preguntas dan inicio a la conversación entre Florencia Gomes y la Dra. Prisca Gayles. Cubrimos el complejo sistema racial de extranjerización, borrado y ocultación que resulta en la posición de las mujeres negras como “otras” en Argentina, y cómo resulta en intercambios a nivel micro de patrullaje de los cuerpos y gestos de las mujeres negras. Florencia conecta la larga historia de activismo de las mujeres negras en Argentina con su historia personal como descendiente de caboverdianos. Ella detalla cómo se basa tanto en el conocimiento y el activismo de su bisabuela, su abuela, su tía y su hermana como en el trabajo de Audre Lorde, Sueli Carneiro, Victoria Santa Cruz, Yuderkys Espinosa y Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí. Las epistemologías feministas negras proporcionan el marco general a medida que desempaquetamos el desaprendizaje que debe ocurrir dentro del activismo de las mujeres negras; interseccionalidad dentro del movimiento feminista; proyectos concretos de activistas feministas negras en Argentina; y desafíos para la comunidad negra durante la pandemia de Covid-19. Terminamos la conversación con las visiones de Florencia para su propia trayectoria. Como arquitecta que ejerce en una disciplina tradicionalmente clasista, Florencia espera fusionar su activismo con su carrera profesional. Este enfoque abordaría la historiografía de la arquitectura en el currículo en Argentina para incluir lecturas críticas de edificios construidos por personas esclavizadas pero también propondría proyectos arquitectónicos orientados hacia la justicia social. Dichos proyectos incluirían la construcción sostenible en áreas históricamente negras de Argentina que carecen de servicios básicos.

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