La antropología comunitaria. Una nueva relación de investigación en y con los pueblos indígenas

Abstract

The objective of this article is to reflect on the implications and conception of what I designate as community anthropology. It is an epistemic proposal interested in inciting a discussion about the way in which the relationship is built and anthropological knowledge is exchanged with social actors in contexts where indigenous autonomy is exercised. This proposal is in tune with the debates on critical, militant, dialogic and collaborative anthropology, with the particularity that it is the social actors themselves who summon researchers to collaborate intheirpoliticalproject. I present the results of an eight-month research work with the women authorities of the community government of Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero. Establishing a horizontal and collaborative intercultural dialogue based on workshops on governance and women’s rights with a gender perspective, I consider that it enriches the anthropological work.