Abstract

RAPPAPORT, JOANNE  and  RODRIGUEZ, MARIELA EVA. BEYOND WRITING: THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF COLLABORATIVE ANTHROPOLOGY. Rev. colomb. antropol. [online]. 2007, vol.43, pp.197-229. ISSN 0486-6525.

ETHNOGRAPHY IS GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD AS A REPRESENTATIONAL STRATEGY, A FORM OF WRITING AND to a lesser extent, as a research methodology. This article, based on collaborative ethnography with Colombian indigenous researchers, suggests that ethnography is more than a written text or a method of collecting data, but a critical space in which anthropologists and our interlocutors can engage in co-theorization (the creation of new analytical constructs). The opening up of ethnography to such possibilities, particularly in cases of collaboration with grass-roots organizations, is not simply of ethical import, but holds the potential of contributing new theoretical insights to our discipline.

Keywords : Collaborative ethnography; co-theorization; ethnographic methodology.

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