Research itineraries: Contributions to the knowledge of African Migrations and Afro-descendants in Argentina978-1

MAFFIA MARTA; ZUBRZYCKI BERNARDA; OTTENHEIMER, ANA; MONKEVICIUS PAOLA

Migration and social transformation engaged perspectives

Machdohnil Ltd.

Lugar: Dublin; Año: 2022; p. 1 - 310

In this chapter, we propose to present the paths walked as aresearch team since 1990, when we formed a heterogeneous anddiverse group in terms of age, gender, personality and academictraining, today called the Research Group on African Migrationsand Afro‐descendants in Argentina (GIMAAA)13. Intellectuallyand affectively involved in our work, a fruitful atmosphere wascreated for brainstorming, giving rise to a context of reciprocityfrom the passion that joined us ‐ research into migratory groupslocated in the province of Buenos Aires. Our physical workspacewas established in the Migratory Movements section of theEthnography Division of the Museum of Natural Sciences of LaPlata National University (UNLP). In the early stages of our work,much of the focus was on sourcing funding to enable us to carryout the research. In the following sections, we will outline theperiodization of the work carried out, taking account of thestudy?s central axes and the theoretical‐methodological approachdeveloped by the group.