Rethinking the processes of ethnomusicological research on the Amazonian undigenous sonority (Peru)
indigenous peoples, methodology, Ethnomusicology
Indigenous experiences have been marginalized throughout colonialism, silencing and obscuring their cultural legacy, lifeworld, and ancestral knowledge. An Indigenous sonorous universe is a form of resistance to colonialism, as it is an ongoing process of recognition of Indigenous self-identity and revindication. From scholarship, it is important to (re)think about how we relate to these experiences; especially from Ethno-Musicology, various efforts and theoretical-methodological proposals have been developed to understand sounds, music, and other sonorous experiences of Indigenous peoples. From an ethnographic, self-ethnographic and interdisciplinary approach, I propose to elaborate methodological reflections based on the experiences of previous research processes, focusing on the positionality of the researchers and the participants of the research. Considering that memory, territory, and corporality are transversal to the Indigenous sonority, I intend to redefine the relationship between the sonorous Indigenous universe and ethnomusicological research aiming at revalidating Indigenous epistemologies and collaborative work, as significant methodologies for the discipline.