Abstract

DIMENSTEIN, MAGDA et al. KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION, PSYCHOLOGY AND DECOLONIAL THINKING. Arq. bras. psicol. [online]. 2022, vol.74, e011.  Epub Sep 09, 2024. ISSN 1809-5267.  https://doi.org/10.36482/1809-5267.arbp-2022v74.19513.

This study aimed to survey the Latin American production in Psychology that is based on postcolonial and decolonial thinking. We are interested in discussing the contributions of these studies and mapping out their criticisms of the central paradigms of Psychology as a field of knowledge and professional practices. We conducted an integrative review of the bibliographical production on Psychology articulated to decolonial thinking in the Capes and Redalyc Journal Portal. After the inclusion-exclusion screen, 30 articles were analyzed. The results point to the criticism of the emphasis on theoretical and practical models coming from the central countries of capitalism, the inadequacy of Eurocentric theories in Latin America, and the invisibility of national and/or Latin American production. However, there are still few studies in the area that question epistemic racism and the modes of knowledge production that deepen the experiences of coloniality, by making groups that do not fit the standard of modern normativity invisible.

Keywords : Psychology; Decolonial thinking; Latin America.

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