Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaCollaborative ethnographic methods: dismantling the ‘anthropological broom closet’?
Scholars and activists are increasingly carrying out collaborative research to respond to the asymmetrical privileges built into Western science by partnering with local communities and explicitly orienting their research towards their political aims. In this article, we examine this important shift...
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| description | Scholars and activists are increasingly carrying out collaborative research to respond to the asymmetrical privileges built into Western science by partnering with local communities and explicitly orienting their research towards their political aims. In this article, we examine this important shift, tracing the ways it intersects with other important trends in the field, especially the politics of knowledge and decolonization. We discuss the tendencies of collaborative research in Latin America to examine the context and political agendas of those involved and to show what is produced. We suggest that collaboration, like other seemingly progressive discourses like decolonization, can be the site of governance as well as liberation, as it is increasingly the norm for government agencies, research institutions, and non-governmental organizations to promote participatory methods to further their own agendas. Considering the dilemmas in our different research projects on indigenous politics in Bolivia, we urge careful analysis of the multiple and changing standpoints of our collaborators in order not to reconstruct essentialized notions of indigeneity. Ultimately, we see the need to acknowledge the tight spaces of negotiation that we all find ourselves drawn into when we undertake collaborative endeavors. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO251222022-03-15T19:49:53Z Collaborative ethnographic methods: dismantling the ‘anthropological broom closet’? Métodos etnográficos colaborativos: ¿Un desmantelamiento del “armario de escobas”? Kennemore, Amy Postero, Nancy antropología investigación colaborativa descolonización política del conocimiento Latinoamérica anthropology collaborative research decolonization politics of knowledge Latin America Scholars and activists are increasingly carrying out collaborative research to respond to the asymmetrical privileges built into Western science by partnering with local communities and explicitly orienting their research towards their political aims. In this article, we examine this important shift, tracing the ways it intersects with other important trends in the field, especially the politics of knowledge and decolonization. We discuss the tendencies of collaborative research in Latin America to examine the context and political agendas of those involved and to show what is produced. We suggest that collaboration, like other seemingly progressive discourses like decolonization, can be the site of governance as well as liberation, as it is increasingly the norm for government agencies, research institutions, and non-governmental organizations to promote participatory methods to further their own agendas. Considering the dilemmas in our different research projects on indigenous politics in Bolivia, we urge careful analysis of the multiple and changing standpoints of our collaborators in order not to reconstruct essentialized notions of indigeneity. Ultimately, we see the need to acknowledge the tight spaces of negotiation that we all find ourselves drawn into when we undertake collaborative endeavors. Investigadores y activistas están desarrollando cada vez más investigaciones colaborativas, en respuesta a los privilegios asimétricos que conforman la ciencia occidental, asociándose con comunidades locales y orientando sus investigaciones explícitamente hacia sus objetivos políticos. En este artículo, examinamos este importante cambio, identificando las maneras en que éste mismo se entrecruza con otras tendencias similares e importantes, especialmente la política del conocimiento y la descolonización. A la vez, analizamos dichas tendencias de la investigación colaborativa en Latinoamérica para comprender el contexto y los programas políticos de aquellos involucrados y para mostrar lo que se produce. Sugerimos que la colaboración, como otros discursos aparentemente progresistas, pueden ser espacios tanto de gobernanza como de liberación dado que, cada vez con mayor frecuencia, la norma en agencias gubernamentales, instituciones de investigación y ONGs consiste en el fomento de los métodos participativos para la promoción de sus propios planes. Teniendo en cuenta los dilemas particulares en nuestros propios (y distintos) proyectos de investigación sobre las políticas indígenas en Bolivia, recomendamos un análisis cuidadoso de los puntos de vista (standpoints) múltiples y cambiantes de nuestros colaboradores, así evitando reconstruir nociones esencialistas de la indigeneidad. En última instancia, resaltamos la necesidad de reconocer los estrechos márgenes de negociación en los que todos nos vemos inmersos cuando emprendemos proyectos colaborativos. 2020-11-20 2022-03-15T19:49:53Z 2022-03-15T19:49:53Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://revistasacademicas.unsam.edu.ar/index.php/etnocontemp/article/view/535 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/25122 spa http://revistasacademicas.unsam.edu.ar/index.php/etnocontemp/article/view/535/489 application/pdf Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales Etnografías Contemporáneas; Vol. 6 Núm. 11 (2020): Etnografías Contemporáneas 2451-8050 |
| spellingShingle | antropología investigación colaborativa descolonización política del conocimiento Latinoamérica anthropology collaborative research decolonization politics of knowledge Latin America Kennemore, Amy Postero, Nancy Collaborative ethnographic methods: dismantling the ‘anthropological broom closet’? |
| title | Collaborative ethnographic methods: dismantling the ‘anthropological broom closet’? |
| title_full | Collaborative ethnographic methods: dismantling the ‘anthropological broom closet’? |
| title_fullStr | Collaborative ethnographic methods: dismantling the ‘anthropological broom closet’? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Collaborative ethnographic methods: dismantling the ‘anthropological broom closet’? |
| title_short | Collaborative ethnographic methods: dismantling the ‘anthropological broom closet’? |
| title_sort | collaborative ethnographic methods: dismantling the ‘anthropological broom closet’? |
| topic | antropología investigación colaborativa descolonización política del conocimiento Latinoamérica anthropology collaborative research decolonization politics of knowledge Latin America |
| url | http://revistasacademicas.unsam.edu.ar/index.php/etnocontemp/article/view/535 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/25122 |