The use of focal groups in ethnographic research with children

• Autor(a) principal: Pires, Flávia Ferreira
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Santos, Patrícia Oliveira Santana dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Zero-a-seis
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/zeroseis/article/view/1980-4512.2019v21n40p318

Draw from empirical research experiments, the present work aims to problematize some methodological issues in ethnographic research with children. We will emphasize the use of ethnography as the main methodology, especially when one has the possibility of conducting an extended research, but we will focus mainly on the use of the focal group technique. The focal group may assist ethnography in less time-consuming and budget constrained research. Based on the experiences of the Research Group CRIAS - Child, Society and Culture of the Federal University of Paraíba, we seek to present the advantages and limitations of the use of this research technique that is still little explored by the social and human sciences and by Childhood Studies.