Trad Leny Alves Bomfim
Instituto de Saúde Coletiva Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA.
Cien Saude Colet. 2012 Mar;17(3):627-33. doi: 10.1590/s1413-81232012000300008.
In this article I reflect on the peculiarities of contemporary ethnographic research, highlighting some challenges inherent to this process. The discussion focuses in particular on the following aspects: the limits imposed by the clear reduction in immersion time in the field; the challenges in learning about ethnographic work, either in the process of observation or interaction in the field, or in the task of textual production; issues of an epistemological and ethical nature that deserve particular attention on the part of practitioners of the ethnographic approach and the scientific community in general. It is especially appropriate to foster debate around the ethnographic method, addressing its peculiarities, operational complexity and potential as a tool for knowledge production, in the sphere of health/public health, bearing in mind the marked increase of this approach in this field.
在本文中，我思考了当代人种志研究的特点，强调了这一过程中固有的一些挑战。讨论特别集中在以下几个方面：实地沉浸时间明显减少所带来的限制；在实地观察或互动过程中，以及在文本创作任务中了解人种志工作所面临的挑战；人种志方法的从业者和整个科学界都应特别关注的认识论和伦理性质的问题。鉴于这种方法在健康/公共卫生领域的显著增加，在健康/公共卫生领域围绕人种志方法展开辩论，探讨其特点、操作复杂性以及作为知识生产工具的潜力，是尤为合适的。
