Política de formação de doutores no exterior e legitimidade da elite acadêmica no Brasil contemporâneo

• Autor(a) principal: Azevedo, Leonardo Francisco de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Campos de Almeida Dutra, Rogéria
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Antropolítica (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.uff.br/antropolitica/article/view/49785
• topic: Antropologia das Elites; Elite acadêmica; Estado brasileiro; Mobilidade acadêmica; Cosmopolitismo

The present paper aims at investigating the building of a particular elite group in Brazil - doctors with international training - given the contemporary scenario of reduced public investment in universities and research centers in the country. The project to be part of a select group of Brazilians who circulates through the world’s leading universities, doing researches in major laboratories with renowned researchers, has been frustrated by the lack of opportunities of integrating themselves in the Brazilian higher education system after years abroad. Based on an ongoing study with researchers who carried out their Ph.D. abroad, granted by Brazilian development agency scholarships, this paper starts from the hypothesis that this academic elite has been facing difficulties in gaining legitimacy regardless of the historical role it played in   the process of Brazilian State building. Despite the prestige that this type of international mobility involves, as well as the scale of the investment made - concerning public resources and professional, emotional, and affective investments - these researchers indicate that, on their return to Brazil, they are unable to carry out their researches. By better understanding this specific segment of Brazilian academics, we intend to contribute to the debate about the current conditions of the scientific career in Brazil.