Retratos do Brasil: raça e instrução nos censos populacionais do século XIX

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RESUMO:O artigo tem como objetivo analisar a produção dos primeiros censos populacionais nacionais desenvolvidos no Brasil nos anos de 1872, 1890 e 1990. Busca-se apreender a construção de categorias demográfi cas na homogeneização/segmentação das diferentes populações. Tendo como referência os dados da província/estado do Mato Grosso, tem-se em vista apreender a produção e deslocamento de categorias demográfi cas, contemplando os dados sobre composição racial e de instrução. Observa-se que as categorias demográfi cas, mais que organização de dados objetivos, constituem construções sócio-históricas. Palavras-chave:Censos. Categorias demografi as. Brasil. Século XIX.Brazilian portrait: race and instruction in demographic census of nineteen century ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper is to discuss the production of the fi rst national census of Brazilian population, during the second half of nineteen century (1872, 1890 and 1990). In order to understand the construction of demographical categories to defi ne and segment the population, we put focus on the data from Mato Grosso province/state. In this sense, we analyze the production and changes on two categories: racial composition and instruction, trying to show that demographic categories, more than an objective data constitutes a social and historical construction

Comparative Analysis of the Constitution and Implementation of Race/Skin Color Field in Health Information Systems: Brazil and South Africa

“…The category qualified the enslaved or descending population of enslaving [32]. In the 1890 census, the term pardo was replaced by mestizo [33].…”

“…In the 1900 and 1920 censuses, the race criterion was excluded because of tensions regarding the half-breed classification and inability to capture ethnic-racial diversity of Brazilians and reintroduced in the national 1940 census [33]. Likewise, in the 1970 census, the period of the military dictatorship in Brazil and the denial of profound racial inequalities, the brown category was again excluded and reintroduced in the 1980 census [34].…”