Perspectivas sociológicas en el abordaje de las trayectorias: un análisis sobre los usos, significados y potencialidades de una aproximación controversial

Abstract This article aims to analyse the contributions provided by the trajectories approach. Thence, a critical reflection is carried out together with a theoretical systematization of researches that may help to understand the underlying assumptions of these studies. The first section looks into the origins of the use of biographies in social research, focusing on European and North American approaches to look at the different areas where the foundations that frame and give meaning to the analysis of trajectories arose. A second section builds a theoretical-methodological framework that pro...