Decolonial epistemology and indigenous knowledge of the Amazon
methodological reflections
Abstract
Methodologies in the social sciences have undergone profound reevaluations in light of the criticisms provoked by decolonial studies. These criticisms question the modern, Eurocentric, and colonial epistemological foundations that structure dominant modes of knowledge production. This research reflects on traditional Amazonian knowledges from the perspective of decolonial studies, understanding them as legitimate and autonomous forms of knowledge production historically subordinated by the modern-colonial project. The question follows the following guidelines: how do decolonial studies help understand and legitimize traditional Amazonian knowledges? What potential do they offer for the construction of a plural science committed to cognitive justice? Decolonial studies propose an ethical, political, and methodological repositioning of research practices, aiming for epistemic justice and the recognition of plural epistemologies.
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