As Infancias e suas Crian as: Jogando Conversa (Séria) Fora

The objective of this research is to analyze the meanings built and negotiated by children and researchers fromcertain positions assumed while talking during an exercise called “shooting the (serious) breeze”. The study wasdeveloped in public squares, with four participants, three boys and a girl, aged between four and seven. The analysisincluded four themes, as follows: 1) Discovering “inquiring” children; 2) “Questions are meant for conversation”:discussing a research tool with children; 3) Negotiation of meanings; and 4) researcher under training. The specificrelational framing used in this study made it possible to recognize the potentiality of the findings while talking withthe children and allowed a reflection about how we collaborate, as adult researchers, with the process ofconstitution of childhood and research with children.