Enterreirando methods and disciplines

for a historiography of terreiro religions

Abstract

The paper has as its aim to reflect upon the challenges associated with the social placement of the investigator/practitioner within the scope of the African American religions, in addition to the possibility of methodological crossing for the study
of these religions. It’s known that the connection between ethnography and oral history already presents a significative support in areas of knowledge production such as Sociology and Anthropology. The objective here is to think about this possibility of crossings in the field of History, reflecting upon how methodologies non-conventional to this discipline can be useful to the historiographical work. These restless questions
emerged during the contact with the African American religions in Campina Grande, Paraiba, where the investigations resulting in some writings have been carried out since 2014.