ABSTRACT:
Taking a research about asexuality as a source, this article brings reflections on the limits and possibilities of using e-mail interviews as a methodological research tool. In order to reach self-identified asexuals who accepted to be interviewed - located in different regions, states and cities of Brazil - the research that led to this article used e-mail as a tool. This article presents the challenges faced by e-mail interviews considering the absence of social clues - like gestures, voice intonation and body language. Additionally, the article also points out its advantages, such as allowing a greater geographic reach of the research subjects; making possible the participation of people who - for different reasons - would not agree to face-to-face interviews; and enabling the contact with a self-identification born and spread on the internet. These aspects highlight the strengthening of information and communication technologies as socialization agents in the process of identity construction in contemporaneity, as well as the contribution of the internet access to the enrichment of the research about asexuality.
Keywords:
Research; E-mail interview; Education; Asexuality; Sexual diversity