Abstract

GUZMAN PENUELA, Laura  and  SUAREZ GUAVA, Luis Alberto. Joining life in material work: a proposal for anthropological inquirí. Rev. colomb. antropol. [online]. 2022, vol.58, n.1, pp.175-205.  Epub Dec 31, 2021. ISSN 0486-6525.  https://doi.org/10.22380/2539472x.1992.

This articleproposes that research in anthropology should be carried out by accompanying life in material work. We propose that it is necessary to allow anthropologists to be taught to work and work to be taught. We argue 1) that we should question the usual voluntarism of researchers; 2) that our participation in material work is potentially transformative of both field relations and our convictions as researchers; and 3) that when we get involved in material work the world is also our teacher. We prefer to be guided by the tasks in progress, rather than by the conditioning that impose predetermined re-sults. We believe that this transformative learning will not only make anthropology closer to life; it will also pave the way for less unequal relationships in the field and in the world.

Keywords : fieldwork; material work; anthropology; participant observation; inequalities.

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