| Resumo: | In this paper some reasons for the scarcity of qualitative research on elites are exposed, fact that is more visible when dealing with intellectual elites. The importance of conceptual clarity is considered as well as some challenges and obstacles that we, as researchers, may face in fieldwork; therefore, some useful alternatives are given, emphasizing that capacity and ability of researchers to adapt ourselves to different scenarios presented by this kind of research are of the utmost importance. Although some situations I faced are of anecdotic nature, I consider them as pertinent examples on how, from our trench, we can complete a good fieldwork despite of some adversities.
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