Rethinking Return

Starting from the idea of restitution of data to the interlocutors participating in the research, this article seeks to reflect on the place of genealogies in restitution. The representativeness, the materiality, as well as the meanings of genealogies, become crucial to call into question whether they are a restitution of results, data, or other forms. To do this, the author ́s most recent restitution (from research still underway on hereditary syndrome) was compared with previous research conducted by the authorin which, in all cases and in diverse ways, genealogies were the object of restitution. Iargued that genealogies are primarily a contextual object of restitution, in which theuniqueness of each interlocutor and situation promotes differentiated and dynamic dialogues. Also, its status as an image, sketch, drawing, and document allows for multiple ways in which it can be a restitution.KEYWORDS: Genealogy, restitution, kinship, fieldwork

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