Subjectivities in dispute. Notes for an epistemology of documentary

Abstract

If the biographical future inevitably implies a topographic account around the objects and experiences that constitute and surround us, as J. Gonzales maintains in autotopographies, what ways of knowing are articulated in the research-creation process of documentary? What role does formal audiovisual education play? And therefore, what are the implications of filmmaking and film editing? Based on a critical review suggested in the MESTA Report, this paper reviews the epistemological implications surrounding the creation of (self) documentary in the era of “controlled subjectivity.”