Por uma Abordagem Decolonial das Teorias da Prática: crítica à ontologia plana e às ausências onto-epistêmicas

In this essay, I propose a decolonial approach to Practice Theories by highlighting the epistemological and ontological blind spots of dominant Anglo-Eurocentric perspectives. While current Practice Theories have contributed to dismantling dualisms and rethinking agency, they often neglect the colonial histories, power asymmetries, and intersectional dynamics through which social practices emerge and are sustained. Exploring the analytical limitations of flat ontology reveals how the assumption of ontological symmetry can obscure the historical and geopolitical conditions of knowledge production. Rather than rejecting Practice Theories, this essay repositions them within a broader decolonial horizon by suggesting inspiration from the concepts of border and insurgent ontologies. This onto-epistemic orientation allows scholars to interrogate not only how practices unfold, but also who is authorized to practice, under what conditions, and with what consequences. I conclude with a set of guiding questions to support empirical research that embraces historicity, power relations, conflict, and epistemic diversity.