Citation

Góis CW, Oliveira LA, Góis SC, Silva AM. J. Prev. Interv. Community 2016; 44(1): 28-39.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology , Federal University of Ceará (UFC) , Fortaleza , Ceará , Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10852352.2016.1102586

PMID

26697902

Abstract

In this article, we problematize the approximation between Community Psychology and the idea of Deep America, considering it capable of contributing through mediations and translations in the construction of knowledge and the recreation of social, ethnic, and human life as local diversity. We want to clarify the matter from Liberation and Southern epistemologies' point of views, and to present experiences that confirm this Community Psychology method. We talk about coloniality, connecting it to the Community Psychology method and emphasizing the importance of the social-psychological/ethnic mediation, of view interpretation, and the aspects that constitute mediation: dialogic, experiential, and participant. Finally, we briefly report some facilitation and research experiences performed by us in Ceará, mainly in the capital, Fortaleza, and in Sobral County.

Language: en