From the Being Who Knows to the Loving Construction of Knowledges: A Case of Narrative Socioanalysis in New York City

Based on a collaborative research experience that began in 2016 with Mexican women who have emigrated to New York, this article offers an analytical approach to the praxis of socioanalysis and collaborative ethnography. One of the most creative axes of this research project is the creation of a radio soap based on the outcomes of the research activity. By working with fictional storytelling, women are exploring discourses, representations, and imaginaries related to the "migrant" identity and communicating their exploration in a more innovative and powerful language than the rigid academic code. Through a creative overflowing of some of the dominant patterns in social research, the project explores a practical questioning of both the systemic modes of conception of the migrant phenomenon and social research itself. A key ingredient in this methodological proposal is the development of an affectionate group activity, the purpose of which is both the production of knowledges and the collective construction of affection and care.