Narraciones orales y subjetividad: ¿epistemologías alternativas?
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2011
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[es] Nuestro trabajo se inscribe en un primer reconocimiento de
algunos de los supuestos epistemológicos que hemos advertido en los métodos biográficos, en particular de los que se
proponen la conformación de relatos e historias de vida y
que utilizan prioritariamente fuentes orales. Siendo evidente
el carácter general de esta indagación, puesto que abarca
múltiples perspectivas y problemas, solo señalaremos algunos de los que consideramos «supuestos básicos subyacentes», de manera que tal reconocimiento nos permita iniciar
una reflexión epistemológica sobre la práctica de investigación. De lo que nos ocuparemos es sobre los paradigmas y
epistemologías cuyos métodos y modalidades postulan la
construcción de un conocimiento narrativo sobre la subjetividad, no en pos de una crítica que persiga la rigurosidad
de una metodología en particular, sino de un esfuerzo de
explicitación de cara a «una toma de conciencia acerca del
proceso de crear y justificar conocimiento» (LORES ARNAIZ,
1986:135). En segunda instancia, y para un estudio exhaustivo de lo que nos ocupa, le daremos tratamiento a otras dos
postulaciones, también denominadas «epistemologías», con
pretensiones de validez particulares acerca del conocimiento y la práctica de investigación.
[en] Our work is inscribed on a first recognition of some of the epistemological assumptions that we have noticed in biographical methods, especially those that propose the conformation of narratives and life stories that primarily use oral sources. Being evident the general nature of this investigation, as it comprises multiple perspectives and problems, we will only point at those that we consider “underlying basic assumptions”. Such recognition will allow us to start an epistemological reflection on the practice of research. We will deal with the paradigms and epistemologies whose methods and modalities propose the construction of a narrative knowledge about the subjectivity. This will be done not as a critique that aims at a methodological strictness, but as an effort to explain a “becoming aware about the process of creation and justification of knowledge” (LORES ARNAIZ, 1986:135). In second instance, and for an exhaustive study of our task, we will deal with other two proposals, also named “epistemologies”, that pretend to be particularly validated about knowledge and research practice.
[en] Our work is inscribed on a first recognition of some of the epistemological assumptions that we have noticed in biographical methods, especially those that propose the conformation of narratives and life stories that primarily use oral sources. Being evident the general nature of this investigation, as it comprises multiple perspectives and problems, we will only point at those that we consider “underlying basic assumptions”. Such recognition will allow us to start an epistemological reflection on the practice of research. We will deal with the paradigms and epistemologies whose methods and modalities propose the construction of a narrative knowledge about the subjectivity. This will be done not as a critique that aims at a methodological strictness, but as an effort to explain a “becoming aware about the process of creation and justification of knowledge” (LORES ARNAIZ, 1986:135). In second instance, and for an exhaustive study of our task, we will deal with other two proposals, also named “epistemologies”, that pretend to be particularly validated about knowledge and research practice.
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Epistemología, Subjetividad, Narrativa, Epistemology, Narrative, Subjectivity