Knowledge in dispute

occupy borders as mestizas

Authors

Keywords:

Coloniality of knowledge; mestiza; border

Abstract

The global order is constituted by knowledge that is legitimized as truth and that coexists in dispute with knowledge that is commonly situated as peripheral, superficial, inferior. In this evident process of coloniality of knowledge, hierarchies are established between European and non-European perspectives, with the former located as a reference for knowledge and the latter circumscribed as folklore. Therefore, the debate proposed in this article analyzes, in a partial and localized way, knowledge that is articulated in collusion with colonial (purist) rationalities and, above all, knowledge that is produced in coalition with mestiza perspectives. Finally, it states ways to occupy these guerrillas from subaltern knowledge, from peripheral outlines and from a consciousness that Gloria Anzaldúa names as mestiza.

Author Biographies

Flávia Fernandes de Carvalhaes de Carvalhaes, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Letter Writer. PhD in Psychology from the Federal University of Santa Catarina/UFSC (2015), Master in Social Psychology from the Universidade Estadual Paulista/UNESP (2008) and graduated in Psychology from the State University of Londrina/UEL (2003). Adjunct Professor A of the Department of Social and Institutional Psychology and the Postgraduate Program in Psychology at the State University of Londrina (UEL), in the research line "Social Psychology and Institutional Processes". Co-coordinator of the Entretons Research and Extension Project.

Alethéia Skowronski Vedovati, State University of Londrina

Master in social psychology (UEL). Specialist in Jungian clinical psychology, specialist in art therapy and Jungian analyst in training at IJEP. Clinical psychologist, CRP 08/23964, working at the Gaia Psicologia office, in Maringá, PR. Clinical supervisor. Coordinator and teacher of courses offered by the Gaia Psicologia office.

Kaio César Pacheco, State University of Londrina

Master in Psychology from the State University of Londrina (2021-2023), in the research line "Social Psychology and Institutional Processes". Specialist in Organizational Psychology (2020). He has experience in basic health care (Mauá da Serra - PR), in clinical care (Unimed Londrina), as a teacher in the psychology course (Faculdade Dom Bosco) and as a teacher and preceptor in the specialization course in Psychiatry at Hospital Vida de Londrina . Member of the Entretons Research and Extension Project - UEL (2021-2022). interested in research and study in the following themes: Subjectivation Processes in the Contemporary; Intersections between Psychology and Public Policies; Psychology and Mental Health; Psychology at SUAS.

Capa Revista de Psicologia da Unesp v. 22 n. 1

Published

2026-03-31

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2024)

Section

Relato de pesquisa