Cartography as a Research Method for Work and Subjectivity Studies

ABSTRACT Objective: the study aims to present cartography as a suitable method to research work and subjectivity in administration. Proposal: in this article, cartography is supported by Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of ‘rhizome,’ aligned to post-structuralism and grounded on administration studies. Finally, this study proposes the flâneur-cartographer as a cross-cutting practice in research. The use of cartography is illustrated by describing the cartographic path of a study on subjectivation processes that make up the immaterial labor of migrants and refugees in Brazil. Conclusions: tracking, touching, landing, attentive recognition, and, above all, the journey as a flâneur-cartographer guide the approach to the territory. Participant-observation of events-activities and interview-meeting with the various participants are simultaneous strategies to follow the processes of the territory, evidencing the research-participation or investigation-interaction, the cartographer’s political role, and the ethos of trust necessary in cartography. The analysis of the jointly produced data occurs throughout the research. Keeping vigilance to scientific norms, cartography configures itself as an affective and political method to assess the relationship between work and subjectivity in existential territories of difficult access. Therefore, the method offers a social contribution, welcoming multiplicity, alterity, and mobility.

摘要
研究目的：本研究旨在将制图法（cartography）作为探索行政领域中工作与主体性的适切研究方法。
研究构想：本文中，制图法以德勒兹与瓜塔里的「根茎（rhizome）」概念为理论支撑，契合后结构主义思潮，并扎根于行政学研究范畴。最后，本研究提出「漫游者-制图者（flâneur-cartographer）」作为研究中的跨维度实践路径。
本研究以针对巴西移民与难民非物质劳动背后的主体化过程所开展的研究为例，通过阐述其制图路径，对制图法的应用进行了阐释。
研究结论：追踪、触碰、抵达、审慎识别，且尤为重要的是，以漫游者-制图者的身份展开的旅程，为研究领地的探索提供了核心指引。对事件-活动的参与者观察，以及与各类参与者开展的访谈-会见，是追踪领地研究进程的同步策略，以此彰显研究-参与或调查-互动的特质、制图者的政治角色，以及制图工作所必需的信任伦理。联合生成数据的分析工作贯穿整个研究过程。在恪守科学规范的前提下，制图法可作为兼具情感性与政治性的研究方法，用以评估难以涉足的生存领地中工作与主体性之间的关联。故此，该方法能够助力社会发展，包容多元性、他者性与流动性。