Podcast “PODM.A.M.A”: mulheres acadêmicas, mães atuantes

Abstract

This article presents an educational resource produced as a result of the research project titled “Who can be a mother: motherhood, production of knowledge, (im)possible choices, and student experiences at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG),” in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. This educational resource was produced as a podcast called “PODM.A.M.A,” which presents issues centered around the experience of motherhood in the daily life of students and researchers who are mothers, within the university context. The project included a theoretical input from black feminism, conversing with the thought of social scientist Patricia Hill Collins and Brazilian black intellectuals. Semistructured interviews were used as the main methodology through discourse analysis. The results show that there are common points in the narratives, particularly regarding the elaboration of support networks, construction of continuity strategies, and resistance within the university.