ResearchingWITH: Narratives and Crafts in Research in Psychology

• Published in: Genealogy (Basel) 2019-04, Vol.3 (2), p.14
• Main Authors: Moraes, Marcia, de Toledo Quadros, Laura
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Ethics; Knowledge; Narratives; ontological policy; Ontology; researchingWITH; Science; science in the feminine; social psychology; Social sciences
• ISSN: 2313-5778; 2313-5778
• DOI: 10.3390/genealogy3020014

In this paper, we share research narratives based on our practice as researchers. We understand that narrating, researching, and weaving are intertwined processes that lead us into peculiar and unpredictable actions in the research field. Therefore, researching is a risky practice. It entails unforeseen transformations and is both a craft and an ontological policy: If there is no given reality, what realities are performed along with our research practices? For what and to whom do we produce knowledge? We aim to discuss research policies that are in tune with local, contextualized, and embodied knowledge, and ways of doing research that consider the other—or the “object”—not as a passive target from whom you get information, but as an expert. Consequently, researching is understood as sharing expertise and as a reciprocal transformation device that activates all of those involved. We intend to share what has been produced by our research groups in Brazil. Our studies are intertwined as a network of connections and affectations and are guided by ResearchWith, which is a way of undertaking research that weaves WITH others and not ABOUT them. We emphasize this experience as a way of doing science in the feminine and we understand this as a craft.