"Ela é nossa prisioneira": questões teóricas, epistemológicas e ético-metodológicas a propósito dos processos de obtenção da permissão das crianças pequenas numa pesquisa etnográfica

摘要: Subscribing the Sociology of Childhood approach that considers children as social actors and advocates ethnography an useful methodology to let children´s voices be heard in sociological data production (James & Prout 1990), this text reflects about some epistemological, theoretical, methodological ethical issues inherent field work with aged from 3-6, taken during a school year kindergarten located urban area. Focusing on theoretical principle informed consent its practice young children, discusses tensions boundaries between one assent course participant observation. The analysis children’s assents refusals configurations may take over research, seeks show processes contingent, heterogeneous dependent relations built research context well interpretations weave person researcher.