Indigenous Psychology or the construction of a mediation locus

Abstract

This essay aims to explore the practical, theoretical, and methodological specificities of Indigenous Psychology, proposing the use of audiovisual languages as a means to research, document, and deepen the dialogue between academic and Indigenous communities. This field is under development and reflection, adopting a transdisciplinary, complex, systemic, and dialogical perspective that contributes to the decolonization of psychology itself by creating spaces, or mediation locus, for the recognition of the existence and resilience of Indigenous cosmology and good living. We discuss audiovisual media as a mediating instance between distinct ways of understanding the historical world through image and sound capture and editing processes. We conclude that this strategy de-hierarchizes the relationship between academia and communities, striving to empower, amplify, and enhance the voices and visibility of all involved, bringing practical, theoretical, technical, methodological, and ethical advancements in constructing, disseminating, and sharing knowledge.

Keywords
Audiovisual Media; Decoloniality; Indigenous; Mediation