Abstract
The main goal of this research is to explore, discuss and map the challenges of embodiment to research methodology. Consequently, the paper follows the qualitative tradition, focusing on the activities of interpretation, exploration and description. Two sources of information are highlighted: documents (embodiment researches published as thesis, dissertation, article, book and book chapters) and interviews with scholars specialized in embodiment. The result of this research is materialized in the formulation, description and discussion of nine challenges, issued from embodiment in the context of the research methodology. These challenges are organized from three key moments in the methodological process: (a) research planning, (b) interaction with empirical material and (c) analysis of empirical material. Furthermore, ethnography appears to be the methodological approach used by scholars.
Keywords:
Methodology; Embodiment; Ethnography