Using videos in an ethnographic research: discussion about the method

Abstract

The use of vídeo in a Etnographic type of research: a discussion about the method. The main objective of the present article is the discussion about method employed in a Doctorship Research. This study is characterized by a Qualitative Research, with Phenomenological Approach, having the Etnographic type of research as a methodological reference and the use of video as a mean of investigation. Three (3) former students of Special Schools took part in this research: one female, 23 y.o., and 2 male, 24 and 41 y.o. The objective of the study was the knowledge and comprehension of the relationship maintained by these persons with their neighbourhood. The survey took place in three districts of São Bernardo do Campo City: Boa Vista, Vila Rosa and Jardim das Orquídeas Slums, this latter placed in a fountainhead reserve (Billings Reservoir).