Abstract

GROPPO, Luís Antonio  and  PEREIRA, Mariana Ramos. Ethnographic style research with young people: a participant observation with adults and young people about the student movement. Desidades [online]. 2020, n.27, pp. 36-49. ISSN 2318-9282.

Based on research with student groups from a university in the interior of Minas Gerais, Brasil, it is reported on the use of participant observation as an investigation tool. The article reflects on this instrument, which characterized the research as ethnographic style, highlighting the capacity for participant observation to create a relevant dialogical relationship between the research subjects. The observation of events of the UNE (National Student Union), in 2016 and 2017, are reported. In ENUNE, an important dialogic relationship was established between the adult researcher and young people researched. In CONUNE, in addition to research with young people, participant observation combined the views of the adult researcher and the young researcher, which also allowed the comparison of different forms of interaction with the subjects researched in the field. The article is concluded with the defense of the importance that research teams have space for the active participation of young people, not only as "task makers", but also in making decisions about methodology, in empirical research and analysis, enhancing the quality of the research and the impact of its results.

Keywords : ethnographic style research; participant observation; student movement; youth groups.

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