The aim of this article is to discuss some epistemic challenges for social research in Latin America since the consideration of the usefulness of auto-ethnography as a methodological strategy. The argumentative strategy selected to achieve the objective is: a) outline some of the discussions on the place of the researcher in social sciences in the literature of the late twentieth century, b) indicates the main characteristics of the auto-ethnography, c) outlines an experience of using auto-ethnographies in research, and finally, d) discuss some conclusions and challenges that can be extracted.
Keywords:
auto-ethnography, subjectivity, experiences, Latin America, methodology
Scribano, D. A., & De Sena, L. A. (2009). Knowledge construction in Latin America: the auto-ethnolography as research strategy. Cinta De Moebio. Revista De Epistemología De Ciencias Sociales, (34). Retrieved from https://actascoloquiogiannini.uchile.cl/index.php/CDM/article/view/18201
