The challenge of collaborative methodologies in the Afromexican worlds. A work proposal

Abstract

This text presents a proposal for collaborative research work in the Afro-Mexican community with the aim of recovering their voices on the impact of constitutional recognition (2019) on their community realities and on their process of construction as a sociopolitical subject. It starts from a problematization of the absence of change in their daily lives, their greater presence in spaces of political representation, and the weakening of their organizational bases. As part of the collaborative methodology, in its different phases, it emphasizes the construction of a heterarchical atmosphere and articulation in the research to enhance community participation in the design, research techniques, and process of interpreting the information collected. Among other challenges of collaborative research, we note the reluctance of academics to abandon methodologies based on the subject-object hierarchy and the mistrust of communities due to the long history of cognitive exploitation that has characterized their relationship with academia and critical extension.