Abstract
The hegemonic science based on colonial references draws well defined lines between the self and the other of the research. In the case of the African matrix traditions, these lines are reinforced with the colors of racism, either in the expression of the inequalities as natural of this division, or in the ratification of a subaltern place, by the disqualification of the knowledge of the black population, from enslavement. Although this scenario produces immense inequalities, throughout the history, the traditional people have been resisting, by the maintenance of their traditions, in the production of contracolonials values. This work aims to present the ways of a collaborative research, in partnership with the priestesses of a society secret cult of the goddess Iyami Osoronga. Based on the field of psycho-sociology, with reference to studies of memory, tradition, discourses after and decolonials and cultural studies with reference to studies of memory, tradition, discourses after and decolonials and cultural studies with the purpose of proposing, not a research design focused on one or another theory, but the search for the positioning of a specific construction, unique, direct dependence of its authors and of multiple factors, leading to the reflection on authorship, knowledge and practices of epistemologies against hegemonic, the speak “with” and “for” and not “of” their “objects” of research.
Keywords:
traditional knowledge; against hegemonic epistemologies; collaborative research; psichosociology