title: [Discourse of the collective subject, complexity and self-organization].
abstract: The aim of the present work is to discuss some consequences of the method called Discourse of the Collective Subject concerning the semantic density of the qualitative data, that implies a significantly and more relevant presence of the collective thought as empirical reality in qualitative researches. Such a presence of the empirical material, associated to the understanding of the collective thought as referent, allows a dialogue of the descriptive and interpretative moment in this variety of research. This in turn alludes to a new possibility that points out to the uncertain and unexpected contributing to a renewed understanding of the nature and processes of the social representations as complex realities.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Prática de Saude Pública, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-000. flefevre@usp.br
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lefevre
authors.forename: Ana Maria Cavalcanti
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lefevre
authors.forename: Maria Cristina da Costa
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Marques
mesh_terms: D012107:Research Design; D012961:Sociology