FAQs, etnografia e observação participante

O artigo começa por tentar esclarecer os conceitos de etnografia, por um lado, e de observação participante, por outro, bem como as diferenças e semelhanças entre observação participante e estudo de caso. A partir de um exemplo concreto – descrição interpretativa de uma cultura emergente numa turma de uma escola do primeiro ciclo do ensino básico – é abordada a problemática da recolha de dados, incluindo a questão epistemologicamente crucial da definição de categorias de análise dos dados recolhidos. Com base em literatura pertinente, o artigo avança uma hipótese de organização daquelas categorias numa estrutura semelhante à das FAQs (frequently asked questions).

O currículo à luz da etnografia

O artigo começa por ressaltar o contributo da etnografia na área do currículo, numa altura de passagem de uma perspectiva técnica e prática, centrada nas metodologias de ensino(o como ensinar?), para uma perspectiva mais crítica que questiona o conhecimento monolítico veiculado pela escola (o quê ensinar?). Aponta também para a relação estreita entre a profissionalidade docente e a autonomia do professor nos desenhos curriculares que terá de ter como suporte uma investigação etnográfica que lhe dê acesso às diversas mundividências culturais dos seus alunos. É neste sentido que a etnografia da educação é importante para a formação dos professores.

Educação e cultura: actas do II Colóquio do Departamento de Ciências da Educação da Universidade da Madeira e VII Colóquio Internacional da Sociedade Europeia de Etnografia da Educação

Universidade da Madeira

O currículo à luz da etnografia

O artigo começa por ressaltar o contributo da etnografia na área do currículo, numa altura de passagem de uma perspectiva técnica e prática, centrada nas metodologias de ensino (o como ensinar?), para uma perspectiva mais crítica que questiona o conhecimento monolítico veiculado pela escola (o quê ensinar?). Aponta também para a relação estreita entre a profissionalidade docente e a autonomia do professor nos desenhos curriculares que terá de ter como suporte uma investigação etnográfica que lhe dê acesso às diversas mundividências culturais dos seus alunos. É neste sentido que a etnografia da educação é importante para a formação dos professores.

FAQs, etnografia e observação participante

O artigo começa por tentar esclarecer os conceitos de etnografia, por um lado, e de observação participante, por outro, bem como as diferenças e semelhanças entre observação participante e estudo de caso. A partir de um exemplo concreto – descrição interpretativa de uma cultura emergente numa turma de uma escola do primeiro ciclo do ensino básico – é abordada a problemática da recolha de dados, incluindo a questão epistemologicamente crucial da definição de categorias de análise dos dados recolhidos. Com base em literatura pertinente, o artigo avança uma hipótese de organizaçãodaquelas categorias numa estrutura semelhante à das FAQs (frequently asked questions).

Os exus em casa de catiço : etnografia, representações, magia

This dissertation is the result of an ethnographic journey undertaken in three spiritual centers of Umbanda , located in different districts of Natal/RN. The aim of the study was to understand how the representations of exus (spirit category) are established in the studied religious environment. In order to study this, mythical narratives of songs and of people were analyzed. In addition, the incorporated spirit entities, loaded with codes and values, were possible to be read and understood. The present work was developed according to a theoretical and methodological approach that interprets culture as a constant construction process, with representations and significations. The empirical research focuses on the ethnographic observations and the narratives; providing the experimentation of the models of discursive dialogues and polyphony. It was observed that the studied empirical field is marked by the cult of the Jurema which influences the mythical construction of exus . Therefore, this study enabled a reflection on the meeting of notions of two distinct worlds ( Umbanda and Jurema ). This reflection is crucial to the understanding of the position that exus occupy in the local umbandista system

Etnografia visual das mangabeiras nas matas do tabuleiro costeiro.

This work is an ethnographic research with collectors women of Mangaba in the village of Ponta Negra in Natal - RN. This Women also known as Mangabeira's women reproduce a practice learned with their ancestors, collecting this fruit in the coastal tablelands forests and latter commercializing it in the local markets. This research uses the methodology of oral history and visual anthropology with presentation of collected images on board. It is intended to emphasize the botanical and environmental aspects of the Mangabeira plant, its ecosystem, territorial, economic and historical aspects of it, also the knowledge of this extractive practice of our immaterial culture.

Sociabilidades e hedonismos: etnografia entre jovens usuários de substâncias psicoativas sintéticas Fortaleza Ceará

This dissertation shows a comparison between practices related to the body, to identities and to the health of young drug takers of synthetic and manipulated psychoactive substances living in Fortaleza. Through ethnographic accompaniment of parties and two social nets of young people I was able to verify the differences and similarities that make these addicted singular and plural in their notion of ethos and world vision. Notions of being hippie/alternative and being punk are present between these nets. Because their use and circulation are developed in environments usually distinct, it is possible to trace singular aspects between the nets and its actions. In parallel, on the attempt to build a triangulated data, I had information related to youth and drugs in local media and in governmental institutions bound to health mental and city security policies. With this junction of data I present a perspective to questions evolving formal and informal important controls to the conduction of their lives and identities. I present this as a sequel to well developed studies in Brasil about youth in interface to drug use, although still not very explored in the state of Ceará.

Nego veio é um sofrer : uma etnografia da subalternidade e do subalterno numa irmandade do Rosário

The object of this work is a fellowship of São Sebastião e Nossa Senhora do Rosário in the city of Jardim do Seridó (RN), that is, a black catholic fellowship on the sertão potiguar. The devotion to Nossa Senhora do Rosário, in colonial Brazil, organizes itself through black catholic men as fellowships. They blossomed in Brazil until the abolition, getting support from the Catholic church, from owners of slaves and from the population in general − unlike others afro-Brazilian religious expression. Today, these fellowships remain active, against the sentimental pessimism of the folklore studies, and they also have a highlight position in the calendar of many cities in Brazil, and in particular in Seridó. The research s foothold is the apparent valorization of the fellowship by the local elite, attitude that hides asymmetric relationships between the group of negros do Rosário and the local authorities, having as its consequence that the members occupy a subaltern position inside their own fellowship. This subalternity take place, mainly, in the public area, where the negros do Rosário cannot represent themselves neither political nor discursively. To discuss this idea, it s done a brief historical of these catholic institutions as well as a description of the relationship between the negros do Rosário and the elites of the city. Then, the phenomenon is analyzed as folklore and/or religion , under the perspective of many agents that participate in this process. In other moment, it is going to be presented how the group formulates their own representation of the history, of the devotional forms and of their own political-religious experiences. In this sense, an ethnography of the subalternity is understood as an analysis of the process that leads the negros do Rosário to become a subaltern group. It s also outlined the perception that the group has of its own position, through an ethnography essay of the subaltern subject. The research, focused in the group of Rosário, was done between August 2010 and January 2012 and includes other agents (like treasurers, priests and intellectuals). Besides that, as a methodological complement, there are documental research, photography, as well as shoots of the party days and public presentation

Conhecimento, sociabilidade e lazer em jogos online : SubTítulo: uma etnografia na "Lan House do Paulo" em São Gonçalo do Amarante-RN

In a highly dynamic society such as we live, have access to the virtual world is an increasingly common practice, is aiming to study, work or to search leisure through chat rooms, sites and games, being incorporated by the most varied groups that end up appropriating these new possibilities of interaction, shaping them in order to adapt them to their needs / wants. The specific purposes pursued through the use of tools available over the Internet can vary considerably when one takes into account specific user groups, which makes the topic quite relevant to problematization, especially when we take into account access through lan houses. This research seeks to study the networks of knowledge, sociability and leisure formed by young people who frequented the "Lan house do Paulo" in São Gonçalo do Amarante - RN based on the use of the online role-playing-game World of Warcraft, which makes possible the interaction of several users through an avatar resident in a virtual world, theoretically questioning the importance of this type of platform for the development and maintenance of social interactions among its users