On the path to sociology with Professor Maria Aparecida de Moraes Silva

Abstract

This paper discusses the training in Social Sciences and Sociology received over more than a decade of study at the College of Sciences and Letters of São Paulo State University (UNESP) - Campus Araraquara, under the guidance of Professor and Sociologist Maria Aparecida de Moraes Silva, a period during which he was possible to assist her in part of her research activities within the scope of rural sociology, raising a set of reflections that concern sociological theory, research methodology, the training and ethical stance of the researcher in the field of research and the profession of Sociology.