From lists to processes in an educational ethnogrpahic research

Abstract

This article refers to a methodological discussion about the use of a technique used by ethnosciences in an ethnographic study about formative experiences of indigenous and peasant children in northeast of Argentina. Since mi research is about learning of nature, free listing technique commonly used by ethno-scientists has constituted an important resource for my fieldwork. In this article I examine in which way I have used such technique and the modifications made to study children ´s learning processes from an ethnographic perspective.