Methodologies. Neither for nor against, much to the contrary
The thorny issue of methodology has haunted many a social scientist, among them, anthropologists. Hard to define, method is often confused with research techniques; students and professionals alike very frequently propose, for instance, participant observation as their privileged “method”. However,...
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I28-R145-7241_oai2025-11-17 Ramos, Alcida Rita 2019-10-01 The thorny issue of methodology has haunted many a social scientist, among them, anthropologists. Hard to define, method is often confused with research techniques; students and professionals alike very frequently propose, for instance, participant observation as their privileged “method”. However, there are striking differences between method and technique. Method is a guide, an organizer of research procedures. At the same time, it reveals the researchers’ inclinations towards their objects. This paper comments on the use of methodology, presents outstanding cases of its appropriate use, and gives examples of indigenous methodologies as counter examples, stressing the indigenous way of doing research, usually permeated with histories of subjugation, humiliation, generalized violence, and dehumanization inflicted on nonwestern peoples who happen to be in the way of western expansion and conquest. El espinoso asunto de la metodología ha perseguido a muchos especialistas de las ciencias sociales, entre ellos los antropólogos. Difícil de definir, el método suele ser confundido con las técnicas de investigación; por ejemplo, tanto estudiantes como profesionales proponen con frecuencia que la observación participante es su “método” privilegiado. No obstante, hay grandes diferencias entre método y técnica. El método es, básicamente, una guía, un organizador de los procedimientos de la investigación. Al mismo tiempo, el método revela las inclinaciones de los investigadores hacia sus objetos. Este texto comenta sobre el uso de la metodología, presenta casos excepcionales de su uso apropiado, y propone contraejemplos de metodologías indígenas que subrayan maneras indígenas de hacer investigación, comúnmente permeadas por historias de subyugación, humillaciones, violencia generalizada y deshumanización infligidas a pueblos no occidentales que se cruzaron en el camino de la expansión y conquista occidental. O espinhoso tema da metodologia tem perseguido muitos cientistas sociais, incluindo antropólogos. Método, de difícil definição, é muitas vezes confundido com técnicas de pesquisa. Com muita frequência tanto estudantes como profissionais afirmam, por exemplo, que a observação participante é seu “método” privilegiado. No entanto, há marcadas diferenças entre método e técnica. Basicamente, método é um guia, um organizador dos procedimentos de pesquisa. Ao mesmo tempo, revela as inclinações dos pesquisadores para com seus objetos. Este trabalho comenta sobre o uso de metodologia, apresenta casos excepcionais de seu uso apropriado e dá exemplos de metodologias indígenas como contraexemplos, enfatizando o modo indígena de fazer pesquisa, geralmente, permeada de histórias de submissão, humilhação, violência generalizada e desumanização infligidas aos povos não ocidentais que se atravessassem no caminho da expansão e conquista do Ocidente. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CAS/article/view/7241 10.34096/cas.i50.7018 spa Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CAS/article/view/7241/6494 Cuadernos de antropología social; Núm. 50 (2019) 1850-275X 0327-3776 Anthropological research Ethnography Indigenous methodologies Serendipity Epistemology investigación antropológica etnografía metodologías indígenas serendipity epistemología pesquisa antropológica etnografia metodologias indígenas serendipity epistemologia Methodologies. Neither for nor against, much to the contrary Metodologías. Ni en encontra ni a favor, todo lo contrario Metodologias. Nem contra, nem a favor, muito pelo contrário info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículos Invitados https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=cantropo&d=7241_oai |
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The thorny issue of methodology has haunted many a social scientist, among them, anthropologists. Hard to define, method is often confused with research techniques; students and professionals alike very frequently propose, for instance, participant observation as their privileged “method”. However, there are striking differences between method and technique. Method is a guide, an organizer of research procedures. At the same time, it reveals the researchers’ inclinations towards their objects. This paper comments on the use of methodology, presents outstanding cases of its appropriate use, and gives examples of indigenous methodologies as counter examples, stressing the indigenous way of doing research, usually permeated with histories of subjugation, humiliation, generalized violence, and dehumanization inflicted on nonwestern peoples who happen to be in the way of western expansion and conquest. |
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