“…The Network of Meanings is based on a number of theoretical works, i.e., Bioecological Development (Bronfrenbrenner, 1996); the notion of complexity (Morin, 1996); the Historical-Cultural Theory (Vygotsky, 1991;Van der Veer & Valsiner, 1991;Valsiner, 2000;Wallon, 2007), and the dialogical conceptions of Bakhtin (1979;1992), and it has been used in qualitative work within the field of developmental psychology (Almeida, 2014;Amorin 2013;Colus, 2012;Ferreira, 2013;Moura;Moura & Amorim, 2013). The contribution of Network of Meanings to this study relies on the structure that assembles a "multiplicity of possible meanings, points of view, affectionate and power relationships as well as discursive practices contain and promote deviation, dispersion and contradiction" (Ferreira-Rosetti, Amorim & Silva, 2006, p.283).…”