Construction of anthropological knowledge and ethnographic co-research. Problems and challenges
Discussing anthropological knowledge construction processes entails reflecting upon different connected dimensions. Epistemological and theoretical-methodological positionings with different political consequences are intertwined. In addition, institutional conditions and the socio-historical conte...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad de Buenos Aires
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Cuadernos de Antropología Social |
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| Online Access: | http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CAS/article/view/3795 |
| Summary: | Discussing anthropological knowledge construction processes entails reflecting upon different connected dimensions. Epistemological and theoretical-methodological positionings with different political consequences are intertwined. In addition, institutional conditions and the socio-historical context in which certain local and global disciplinary trends are inscribed must be taken into account. This paper looks into the processes of socio-anthropological research I have participated in over the last decades with schools, teachers, teacher unions, indigenous peoples and groups in conditions of structural poverty. I will particularly focus on the modalities of ethnographic co-research that we have implemented in several projects. I will attempt to show some of the theoretical-methodological potentialities that ethnography contributes to group/collective processes of research as well as limits in its development. Finally, I will mention some of the contemporary challenges anthropological knowledge faces in present Latin America. |
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| ISSN: | 0327-3776 1850-275X |