Una versi??n preliminar de este art??culo se expuso en las Jornadas de Cultura Popular, celebradas en Alcal?? la Real, en mayo de 1991. Se aborda el tema, en la intersecci??n de diferentes disciplinas y m??todos, de la formaci??n de un espacio epistemol??gico en torno a la tradici??n oral, que est?? permitiendo la confluencia transdisciplinar, tantas veces invocada program??ticamente en el pasado y en tan pocas ocasiones lograda en el terreno de los hechos. ; A preliminary version of this article was presented at the Popular Culture Conference in Alcal?? la Real (Ja??n, Spain), in May 1991. The topic is approached as the intersection of different disciplines and methods, the formation of an epistemological space based on oral tradition that allows this multidisciplinary confluence, so often systematically advocated in the past and in so infrequently achieved in fact.