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0172/2026 - (In)visibility of hospital cleaning workers: decolonial and intersectional epistemological contributions
(In)visibilidade dos trabalhadores de limpeza hospitalar: contribuições epistemológicas decolonial e interseccional

Author:

• Larissia Admá de Souza Pereira - Pereira, LAS - <lariadma@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4242-2354

Co-author(s):

• Tiago Braga do Espírito Santo - Espírito Santo, TB - <tbes81@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4313-6894
• Magda Guimarães de Araújo Faria - Faria, MGA - <magda.faria00@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9928-6392
• Cristiane Helena Gallasch - Gallasch, CH - <cristiane.gallasch@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0823-0818


Abstract:

This study presents itself as a theoretical-reflective essay, aiming to reflect on the contemporary epistemological contributions of decoloniality and intersectionality as a theoretical foundation useful for epistemological and analytical advances concerning social inequalities and the current labor model faced by hospital cleaning workers. By valuing epistemologies that emerge from critiques of coloniality and the intersection of race, gender, and class, the study advocates for the recognition of these workers' subjective experiences as legitimate forms of knowledge, essential for the formulation of more inclusive public policies. Based on this framework, the study proposes three analytical dimensions for future research and pedagogical practices: (1) the coloniality of labor, which links cleaning work to the dehumanization of racialized bodies; (2) structural intersectionality, as a tool to understand the simultaneous articulation of oppressions; and (3) labor epistemicide, as a critique of the silencing of knowledge produced by invisibilized subjects.

Keywords:

Epistemologies; Decolonial Studies; Intersectionality; Work; Hospital Cleaning Service.

Content:

(In)visibility of hospital cleaning workers: decolonial and intersectional epistemological contributions


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Pereira, LAS, Espírito Santo, TB, Faria, MGA, Gallasch, CH. (In)visibility of hospital cleaning workers: decolonial and intersectional epistemological contributions. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2026/Jul). [Citado em 25/09/2026]. Está disponível em: http://www.cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/invisibility-of-hospital-cleaning-workers-decolonial-and-intersectional-epistemological-contributions/20070



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