Perceber a diferença: a observação participante enquanto metodologia na investigação sócio-espacial

This essay aims to discuss how it is possible to work with the perception of axes of differentiation in contexts of socio-spatial research, contributing to the construction of the field of Urban Planning, which has experienced constant epistemological crises since its recent origin. This interdisciplinary contribution is contextualized in the demand for the dimensions of the urban object, whose theoretical reflexivity, traditional in the Social Sciences, has not been historically met. Thinking about differences based on axes of differentiation contributes to providing sensitivity in the researcher's gaze while in the field, seeking to demonstrate, based on the methodology of participant observation, possible ways to think about potential solutions to epistemological and methodological dilemmas related to socio-spatial work.