Between knowing and being part of it

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to share knowledge and reflections generated in an extensive and varied journey, crossed by research and popular education praxis, together with popular movements and organizations. These reflections are linked to the many others that give continuity to the legacies of great Latin Americans such as Fals Borda and Freire, and that seek to contribute to overcoming or mitigating the damage caused in the relations between humans and the environment. With a focus on the subjects of the popular classes, we explore the way in which they understand the processes associated with the production, conservation and circulation of knowledge. We address different issues focusing on popular knowledge: its situated and integral character; its interdependence with the environment and the territory; the link with feelings, sensations and cosmovisions; the incorporation of innovations; the structures and matrices that sustain it and intervene in its reproduction; the relationship between the corpus of knowledge and praxis. Finally, we focus on the knowledge generated and transmitted in popular movements and organizations.