Epistemic reflections on the study of subjectivity in popular movements
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This article is aimed at socializing a series of epistemic reflections on the study of popular movements, particularly from an approach centered
in the construction of subjectivities. These reflections derive from a doctoral research work carried out in collaboration with popular movements of Buenos
Aires Metropolitan Area, Argentina. From a critical epistemology perspective, the category of placement, which structures the epistemic thought of Hugo Zemelman, is considered essential in terms of thematising the subjective positioning of the researchers within their historical present as well as the mediations in their relations with reality. Based on a rework of Zelmelman’s category, we introduce two dimensions of the placement: “place oneself in between” and “place oneself with (others)”. The first dimension gives an account of the dynamic and complex nature of social reality that has influence on the object approach, the theoretical options and the methodological decisions made by researchers. The second dimension considers the intersubjective nature of the research task and its implications in the researchers’ subjectivity, in which politics, ethics and epistemology are interweaved. The conclusions remark the importance of reflective exercises about research practice, from concrete experiences, as a contribution to the necessary debate on the processes of knowledge construction in Social Sciences.
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María Mercedes Palumbo
María Mercedes Palumbo es Doctora de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, área Ciencias de la Educación. Magíster en Educación. Pedagogías críticas y problemáticas socioeducativas, Licenciada y Profesora en Ciencia Política por la misma universidad. Investigadora asistente del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) con lugar de trabajo en el Departamento de Educación de la Universidad Nacional de Luján. Docente de grado y posgrado de la Universidad de Buenos Aires y de la Universidad Nacional de Luján. Su línea de investigación comprende el estudio de las prácticas político-pedagógicas de los movimientos populares en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires y, más específicamente, los procesos de construcción de subjetividades.
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