The imperative for decolonial research methodology has been long discoursed in academia. However, there remains a rift between dominant colonial research practices in the academy and the needs of researchers of color. In this article, I explore autohistoria-teoría as a decolonial research methodology by weaving between personal narrative, magical thinking, and contemporary academic discourse on autoethnographical research methods. I will exemplify both the uniqueness and importance of spirit in Anzaldúa’s iteration of autohistoria-teoría. Finally, I will challenge the academy’s perception of autoethnographical research methods as navel gazing and reframe autohistoria-teoría as decolonial praxis, and as such does not need adhere to the validity paradigm of western hegemonic knowledge production.

在学术界，长期以来人们一直在讨论非殖民地研究方法的必要性。但是，在学院中占主导地位的殖民研究实践与有色人种研究者的需求之间仍然存在分歧。在本文中，我将个人叙事，魔术思维和当代有关民族志学研究方法的学术论述编织在一起，探讨了autohistoria-teoría作为一种殖民主义的研究方法。我将在安扎尔杜阿（Anzaldúa）的自动historia-teoría迭代中举例说明精神的独特性和重要性。最后，我将挑战学院对人种志研究方法的理解，如将其视为肚脐注视和将自身的历史重建为非殖民主义实践，因此不需要坚持西方霸权知识生产的有效性范式。