%0 Journal Article %T CONSTRUCCI¨®N DE CONOCIMIENTO EN LATINOAM¨¦RICA: ALGUNAS REFLEXIONES DESDE LA AUTO-ETNOGRAF¨ªA COMO ESTRATEGIA DE INVESTIGACI¨®N %A Scribano %A Adri¨¢n %A De Sena %A Ang¨¦lica %J Cinta de moebio %D 2009 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0717-554X2009000100001 %X the aim of this article is to discuss some epistemic challenges for social research in latin america since the consideration of the usefulness of auto-ethnography as a methodological strategy. the argumentative strategy selected to achieve the objective is: a) outline some of the discussions on the place of the researcher in social sciences in the literature of the late twentieth century, b) indicates the main characteristics of the auto-ethnography, c) outlines an experience of using auto-ethnographies in research, and finally, d) discuss some conclusions and challenges that can be extracted. %K auto-ethnography %K subjectivity %K experiences %K latin america %K methodology. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-554X2009000100001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en