Límites y posibilidades de una práctica (políticamente) situada

The article discusses the limits and possibilities of feminist ethnography with three central objectives. First, we address the relationship between scientific objectivity, androcentrism and the epistemological constitution of the relationship between the “Self” and the “Others” in anthropology. The second objective is to reflect on the construction of feminist ethnographic narratives and textualities. Third, we examine possibilities of establishing dialogues with people we interview, including the political dimension of their identities and agency. The starting point of our argument is a definition of feminist ethnography and drawing its epistemological limits. Then, we discuss the relationship between scientific objectivity and otherness, and point to its articulation through androcentric anthropological perspectives. Finally, we analyze the challenges for a feminist ethnographic writing, inquiring on how to establish an intersubjective dialogue without falling into naive views about the possibility of “empowering” agents.