Entrevistas na pesquisa sócio-espacial

Data collection through interviews has been a current research practice inarchitecture, urban design and planning, while the methodological discussionson the relevance, objectives, conduction and specificities of interviews in thesedisciplines are still rare. This paper aims at elucidating why and how qualitativeinterviews can provide or generate socio-spatial data whose analysis andinterpretation may lead to valid knowledge. It begins by examining the rolesassigned to interview data, and their limits. Then it highlights various interviewemphases drawing on five types, consolidated in other areas (exploratory,ethnographic, narrative, focused, and expert interview). The intention is not topropose choices between them nor to create another type, but to open a rangeof variations that may be combined, elaborated and expanded according to thesituation of each research.