Name: LORRARA SILVYA IMAGAWA DE OLIVEIRA

Publication date: 27/03/2020
Advisor:

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RUBENS DE ARAÚJO AMARO Advisor *

Examining board:

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ALEXANDRE REIS ROSA Internal Examiner *
RUBENS DE ARAÚJO AMARO Advisor *

Summary: The purpose of this study was to analyze how Afro-entrepreneurs in Espírito Santo
undertake to understand some relations between race and entrepreneurship.To
achieve this goal, I used a theoretical approach on race relations in the Brazilian
context and on Afro-entrepreneurship. Methodologically, I used the descriptive
qualitative approach. The data were produced in conjunction with six Afroentrepreneurs
living in Espírito Santo, based on participant observations and semistructured
interviews. For data analysis, I used interpretative narrative analysis. The
main research results show that Afro-entrepreneurs can be configured as social
entrepreneurs; they undertake out of necessity, accumulate more than one source of
income, work in excessive hours, studied in public schools, live in peripheral
neighborhoods and have informal businesses. Afro-entrepreneurs have, based on
their products and services, disseminating knowledge related to their Afro-Brazilian
ancestry. The pride in being black is present in several moments of the reports
produced in this study. The relationship with the job market has been reconfigured
within Afro-entrepreneurship, moving from a "hard area" to a "black space" WHERE
entrepreneurs are valued by their clients who seek them by identification. Difficulties,
limitations and strategies are reported in this context. From a study, we realized that
it is urgent to think about actions that increase the insertion and permanence of black
men and women in schools, universities and in the labor market. The limitations of
this study are concentrated in regional and temporal terms. As a research
delimitation, we do not address gender intersectionality. It appears as possibilities for
future research the deepening of other issues experienced by Afro-entrepreneurs
based on the intersectionality of race, class and gender.

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