Entre o silêncio e a fala: a construção da voz política das mulheres indígenas em Mato Grosso do Sul - uma abordagem da análise do discurso

Abstract

This dissertation analyzes the discourses produced by Indigenous women candidates in the 2024 municipal elections in Mato Grosso do Sul, focusing on their strategies of resistance and the construction of political subjectivities. It is grounded in Foucauldian Discourse Studies, understanding discourse as a social practice permeated by relations of knowledge and power, capable of producing visibility and challenging hegemonic discursive orders. The research identifies how these candidates, by occupying spaces of political representation historically marked by exclusion, articulate their voices to affirm identities, denounce inequalities, and claim collective rights such as environmental preservation, land demarcation, and gender equality. The study adopts the archaeology of discourse, a methodology that emphasizes the description of the conditions of possibility of statements in specific contexts. The corpus consists of social media publications, particularly on Instagram, from Indigenous women candidates, enabling the observation of how discursive practices emerge in contemporary digital spaces. The results reveal the rise of discourses that challenge historical structures of oppression, articulating resistance, representation, and care of the self as political acts. This research contributes to the understanding of the political participation of Indigenous women by highlighting the challenges they face at the intersection of gender and ethnicity, and to discourse analysis studies by applying Foucauldian concepts to local electoral contexts. Furthermore, it emphasizes the importance of strengthening the visibility of these voices in the public sphere, providing support for more inclusive policies and for valuing cultural and political diversity in contemporary Brazil.