Once finished the collecting of documents, it’s time to organize and analyze them for a later interpretation. We are talking about a complex process in which, the building of new knowledge goes over an analysis work of the subjectivity incorporated in each of the documents and at the same time, the control of the view of the researcher.

From the multiple views it is possible to find the meanings shared in a determined society and put them on manifest, make them visible. Organize, classify and create typologies is the first step, to which follows the questioning of concrete issues to be answered through the analysis. The application of said research issues to the chosen material, will guide the process of analyis.

Finally, we will compare different types of documents to find similarities and differences.

Here you have a video exposing the process of analysis and interpretation of the social documents, their phases, tools and possible slants:

To practice and train on analysis and interpretation, you will find here a file for the development of a practice.