Sensitive analysis: towards a hybrid decolonial methodology

Abstract

This article makes up a collective of methodological reflections that I have been focusing on in my master's thesis. Firstly, I selected authors who strictly dialogue with the proposal, composing a diverse theoretical framework committed to decolonial analysis. Then, I read these contributions and systematized them into six concepts that will be fundamental to Sensitive Analysis. Methodologically, this article was constructed through bibliographical research, documentary analysis and critical-reflexive theoretical reflection. With the general objective of building the hybrid methodology Analysis of the Sensitive, opening a discussion of methods for future research around the junction of sensitivity-social theory-decoloniality. We conclude, therefore, that the six guiding axes: (1) embodiment of discourse; (2) autobiographical narrative interviews or biographical reconstruction; (3) document analysis; (4) analysis of coloniality; (5) analysis of decoloniality and (6) ontology of aesthetics will be essential for the construction and execution of this methodology. Sensitive Analysis is proposed as a methodology that involves the resensitization of the senses and subjectivity, going beyond the text to understand and incorporate aesthetic-corporeal elements in the production of academic knowledge. This approach aims to decolonize discourse, contributing to the fight against the hierarchy of knowledge and promoting a more complete and inclusive analysis of human complexities.