Co-construction of Knowledge through Narrative Productions with Dominican Girlsand Adolescents in Montevideo

Abstract

The article addresses the epistemological and methodological tensions in research on human mobility processes involving Dominican girls and adolescents in Montevideo, Uruguay. From feminist approaches, particularly the affective turn and decolonial feminisms, we proposed a perspective that recognizes girls and adolescents as epistemic subjects capable of stating their own experiences. We used a qualitative methodology, based on narrative productions, in which interviews and the creation of fanzines are tools for co-construction of meanings. These productions generate situated knowledges linked to dimensions such as: religious practices and spirituality, the transnational family, the body and language. The participatory nature of the process and the interpretative power that emerges in the encounter are emphasized, promoting forms of knowledge that recognize the agency capacity of the participants and learning in the researchers.