Constructing oral narratives: social interactions in fieldwork

Authors

  • MARILDA A. MENEZES Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • LÍDIA M. ARNAUD AIRES Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • MARIA R. DE SOUZA Universidade Federal do Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v12i12p57-70

Keywords:

family memories, empowerment, peasant-migrants

Abstract

This article has drawn itsinspiration from the Bourdieu’s lesson(1999:693) that a good way to look attheoretical problems and practices ofresearch methodology is to reflect uponthe social interactions between researchersand informants. We analyzed the socialinteractions in the research “Memoriesof peasant – migrant workers families(men and women) – 1950-1990)”,developed from 2000 to 2003. Theseinteractions are embedded in powerrelations, sometimes constructed in aspace in which identities, knowledge andconceptions are negotiated andeventually ways to empowerment. Theempirical space was three communitiesin the municipality of Fagundes, meso-region of Agreste, in the State of Paraiba,Northeast Brazil.

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Author Biographies

  • MARILDA A. MENEZES, Universidade Federal da Paraíba
    Professora do Departamento de Sociologia eAntropologia da UFCG e do Programa de Pós-Graduaçãoem Sociologia da UFPB-UFCG. Este texto é resultadoda Pesquisa “Memórias de homens e mulheres em famíliascamponesas”. Relatório CNPq, 2003
  • LÍDIA M. ARNAUD AIRES, Universidade Federal da Paraíba
    Bacharel em Ciências Sociais, UFPB, Campus II ebolsista CNPq/UFPB/PIBIC – 2000-2001.
  • MARIA R. DE SOUZA, Universidade Federal do Ceará
    Mestranda no Programa de Pós-Graduação de Sociologia(UFCE). Bolsista CNPq/UFPBPIBIC- 2000-1.

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Published

2004-03-30

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 12 (2004)

Section

Articles and Essays

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How to Cite

MENEZES, M. A., AIRES, L. M. A., & SOUZA, M. R. D. (2004). Constructing oral narratives: social interactions in fieldwork. Cadernos De Campo (São Paulo, 1991), 12(12), 57-70. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v12i12p57-70