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Modern science has no basis of positivist epistemological and methodological foundations sufficient for building a comprehensive understanding of the world of man and society. A study of contrasts to the paradigms of science, technology and modern rationality expressed the thoughts of Jürgen Habermas, Herbert Marcuse, Martin Heidegger, Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, and Boaventura Santos Souza was conducted. We used a dialectic approach to highlight the contradictions and limitations of this paradigm and highlight other paradigms of positivist epistemological basis not carry that enabled the overcoming of knowledge as regulation by knowledge empowerment. It was evident, based on the theories of these authors and arguments of researchers such as Albert Einstein, Ilya Prigogine, Michel Foucault, among others, that modern science has methodological limitations Cartesian basis and fragile epistemological basis when trying to conceive man, world and society while dynamically articulated.

This text describes the genealogy and the modes of implementation of methodological experiments and scientific outreach in Laos. These interventions appeared in a context of epistemological crisis encountered by the anthropologist in the field. The experience of conducting research under surveillance, ethical dilemmas, coupled with a sustained desire for more committed science, have modified my approach of producing and sharing scientific data. The outreach took various forms. The co-production of a weekly radio program on the Lao National Radio, a documentary dealing with the construction and implementation of a multidisciplinary and participatory research on migratory routes and infectious vulnerabilities. Also, the co-construction of two theatrical and dance performances inspired by ethnographic interviews.