O uso da etnografia no estudo dos letramentos:

Um estado da arte e perspectivas de pesquisa

Abstract

This article seeks to explore the relationship between literacy studies and ethnography in understanding the social practices of writing in various cultural contexts. New Literacy Studies emphasize that literacy is a socially and politically situated practice, contradicting the traditional approach focused on skill acquisition. The perspective of Social Literacies, proposed by Street (2014), challenges the conception of a single neutral and singular literacy, considering it as a multiple and variable social practice in time and space. Ethnography plays an essential role in investigating literacy practices in specific contexts through participant observation, data collection, and contextualized analysis according to Erickson (1988) and Mattos (2011). From this perspective, the ethnographic approach enables a deeper understanding of literacy practices by considering factors such as power relations and dominant ideologies. This work aims to present examples of research that used the ethnographic approach to analyze events related to literacy, in the context of school and academic settings. Additionally, it presents some phases of ethnographic research based on existing studies by Paiva (2019) and makes contributions for future research adopting this methodological approach.