Autoethnography in International Relations: an Ethical-Methodological Discussion from a Personal Journey

This paper addresses the possibilities of autoethnography as an ethical protocol for academic work involving Indigenous peoples, given the urgent task of decolonising the University and scientific knowledge. Resonating with the recent Narrative Turn in International Relations, the professor-subject...

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Autores: Nackle Urt, João, Maso, Tchella Fernandes
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal de Roraima (UFRR)
Repositorio:Textos & Debates (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.revista.ufrr.br:article/7993
Acesso em linha:https://revista.ufrr.br/textosedebates/article/view/7993
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Autoethnography
Ethics
Indigenous peoples
Autoetnografia
Ética
Povos indígenas
Descrição
Resumo:This paper addresses the possibilities of autoethnography as an ethical protocol for academic work involving Indigenous peoples, given the urgent task of decolonising the University and scientific knowledge. Resonating with the recent Narrative Turn in International Relations, the professor-subject presents himself in his bodily and affective commitments, and sets out to analyse the consequences of these circumstances. This discussion is divided into two parts. In the first, João Urt moves between autoethnography, autobiography and autofiction to discuss ten years of his experience working with indigenous people - students, leaders, territories and themes. In the second, Tchella Maso starts from the account of this personal trajectory towards an affective-reflexive turn, the implications of which are the subject of a critical, epistemological, methodological and ethical reflection. The work is based on an encounter between the reflections of indigenous authors and Feminist Anthropology, more specifically in its use of first-person writing as an ethical mechanism for questioning power structures.