5th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025)

There are countless examples of communities and social movements refusing to carry out research projects in their territories. In many contexts, the university is seen as an agent of colonization. On the other hand, research needs to be adapted to the formats and deliver the expected results in order to meet the requirements of funding notices. The duration of undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships, in turn, limits the development of relationships of trust and mutual support. Funding cuts and lack of access to resources mean that the links between researchers and movements are broken. These are experiences which extract subjectivities for both sides - researchers and movements - because research relationships are also based on trust and mutual support. In this proposal, we seek to reflect on these experiences, based on the working relationship we have established, through the Endure Project, with the Forums of Traditional Communities and Peoples. We will try to present the creative way out that we are sewing to untangle the knots in the web of research linked to social movements and traditional communities in a capitalist context.