In face of the expression that the ethnography has acquired with the researching in nursing care, this study has been accomplished with the objective of fomenting the reflection about the evolution of the ethnography and its possibilities of being applied in the current context. This study shows us one reflexive analysis of the ethnography developed in aboriginal tribes and the relevance about its application in urban environment, approaching even the research in the phenomena of the transcultural nursing care. We hope this article could contribute for the reflection on the importance of the ethnographical approach and also it could encourage its adequate using in nursing care.
Culture; Research; Nursing