Pesquisa selvagem e educação : caminhos com os indígenas no Peabiru.

Abstract

This study investigated the research methods of the Peabiru group, focusing on the relationship between research with indigenous peoples and the academic field. The main objective was to analyze the group's methodological conceptions and their contribution to scientific research, based on a bibliographical review of the group's production and two interviews, carried out at different times, with participants from Peabiru UNISC and the coordinator of Peabiru UFRGS, respectively. In the literature review of theses and dissertations published between 2017 and 2024, the main research methods listed were collaborative research, ethnography, autoethnography, participant research and phenomenology. The paper also proposes a reflection on how “wild research” can be integrated into academic science, addressing the indigenous thinking of authors such as Ailton Krenak and Rodolfo Kusch's concept of Deep America. In dialogue with the reflexive-dialogical-living method, the research concluded that the Peabiru group has been legitimizing and strengthening indigenous research methodologies, in dialogue with non-indigenous authors such as Ruth Cavalcante, Paulo Freire, Carlos Rodrigues Brandão, among other authors who contribute to a science capable of promoting social transformation and coexistence with otherness, Peabiru's ultimate goals. The study ultimately contributes to the understanding of complementary research methods in the academic context, proposing new perspectives and horizons for the construction of knowledge.