RESONANCES AS A METHODOLOGY OF ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH IN AMERICA:

CONTRIBUTION FROM KUSCH, MELIÀ AND ORIGINAL KNOWLEDGE

Abstract

The word resonances in this writing seeks an approach to naming an ethnographic research methodology located in America, seeking to propose a decolonial perspective for research with indigenous peoples.  It arises from experiences of intercultural dialogue in teaching, extension, research and university internationalization spaces, which integrate territories in Brazil and Argentina, in proximity to Amerindian geocultures and territories of the Mbyá Guarani ethnic group. From these spaces, numerous ethnographic-collaborative research proposals have emerged. We seek, therefore, to reflect, deepen, highlight and propose some principles to resonate epistemological aspects involved in a mode of ethnographic investigation that highlights ethical-relational dialogical meanings between intersubjectivities and interculturalities situated in the experience of spirituality and Amerindian cosmogonies. We follow a composition essay that seeks to interconnect echoes of vibrations from these experiences with original knowledge and contributions from researchers of these peoples, particularly the resonances in Rodolfo Kusch and Bartomeu Melià.