Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the advantages obstacles limitations and mainly the challenges to conduct research about an institution in this case Senate of Argentina that is the workplace of the scholar As the researcher was a clerk at the Senate which meant that carrying out an ethnography of parliamentary activities or of the senators was not straightforward because could have genered suspicions among my colleagues Parliamentary investigations require institutional approval which is not always obtained This investigation was carried out along 6 years without any formal authorization despite the fact that the clerks officials and authorities of the Senate were aware of it