PT Journal AU Schmitt, F SO Romanica Olomucensia PY 2011 BP 83 EP 90 VL 23 IS 1 DI 10.5507/ro.2011.011 DE culture; civilization; interview; ethnography; ethnology. AB Ethnography can be useful to get a deeper knowledge of foreign civilizations. Ethnography enables the research worker to outgrow cultural stereotypes through the study of cultural representations. This is what is intended through a project of survey research: to ask questions to French and Slovak people about their views on the French culture and the Slovak culture. During this survey, the method of the non-directive interview will be used. The contribution is an introduction to the project and aims to present the methodology of the non-directive interview. ER