Body and production of knowledge.

Applied research in groups of university students from Peru and Ecuador

Abstract

The hypothesis of the human body as agency of knowledge is based on two variables. One, there is the creative body, or better, creative capacities inherent in embodiment through physical expression. On the other, the body as a transmitter of plural and heterogeneous knowledge that converges in a narrative representative of the socio-cultural context. In the search for strategies to make dignity and emancipation, these two variables complement each other. In the academic area, the narrative-creative dimension of embodiment is relevant for research coming transdisciplinary methodology. Specifically, a type of methodology that tries to articulate these strategies. This article describes a cross-sectional experience carried out with groups of participants from Peru and Ecuador in the attempt to systematize learning processes. In a first part, an approach to the theoretical corpus is made crossing borders between disciplines. Next, the methodological structure is presented detailing the techniques used. Finally, the results are extracted in a dialogue between theoretical knowledge and embodimente through the opinions and images of the participants.