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： 研究目标：本研究旨在将制图法作为探析行政领域中工作与主体性的适宜研究方法。 研究构想：本文以德勒兹与加塔利提出的「根状茎（rhizome）」概念为理论支撑，结合后结构主义思潮，并扎根于行政学研究范畴，最终提出「漫游者-制图师（flâneur-cartographer）」作为一项跨领域研究实践。本文通过描述一项针对巴西移民与难民的非物质劳动（immaterial labor）所涉及的主体化（subjectivation）进程的研究制图路径，对制图法的应用进行了实例阐释。 研究结论：追踪、共情接触、实地进驻、审慎认知，以及最为核心的「漫游者-制图师」式探索旅程，共同指引着对研究场域的探索路径。对事件-活动的参与式观察，以及与各类研究对象开展访谈-座谈的同步策略，可用于追踪场域进程，彰显研究式参与或调查式互动、制图师的政治角色，以及制图实践所需的信任伦理。联合生成数据的分析贯穿于整个研究过程。在恪守科学研究规范的前提下，制图法可作为兼具情感性与政治性的研究方法，用以探析难以涉足的生存场域中工作与主体性之间的关联。故此，该方法能够接纳多元性、他者性与流动性，具有重要的社会价值。