THE METHODOLOGICAL PATH OF A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: PHENOMENOLOGY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY

Abstract

This paper aims to present the trajectory of a qualitative research in Psychology, which defined Phenomenology and Historiography as methodologies. After defining the objectives of the research in question, it was necessary to elaborate a methodological path to achieve them. Thus, the report of a long journey begins, from the delimitation of the research universe to the researcher's steps in the field. The purpose of this article is to share information, discuss and minimize the difficulties faced by researchers in fieldwork in the use of qualitative-based methodologies, specifically historiography and Phenomenology in the method proposed by Amadeo Giorgi and Daniel Sousa. Thus, the present work is organized as follows: introduction, which recovers the history of the research conducted; methodological path: first clues; choice of participants, methodological foundations, step-by-step of the field research, and final considerations.