This dissertation aims to understand a state school attended by students in conflict with the law. From the perspective of a participative methodology, the study focuses on the discourses produced by the teachers and students of this school. The investigation assumes a transdisciplinary approach by bringing together the fields of Interactional Sociolinguistics and Exploratory Practice. Within this framework, the recorded interviews of teachers and students were transcribed and analyzed. Also, the Pedagogical Activities with Exploratory Potential, performed in the 3rd, 5th e 9th classes of this Brazilian school were analyzed. The analytical work aims to understand how the researcher s interaction with the students occurred; to observe the management strategies of face and stigma; to investigate the beliefs present in the teachers narratives about this educational context; and, based on the students puzzles about their school, understand their puzzlement and create intelligibility about this school s quality of life. The bricoleur research methodology adopted allows the use of a combination of theories to interpret the same data from various perspectives. Thus, enabling the recognition of data complexity and fluidity, as well as valuing the multicultural and dynamic character of contemporary society. This investigation made it possible to understand the beliefs of the research participants about their teaching context in a collective, situated and transitory way, highlighting: the mixed encounterbetween those stigmatized and non-stigmatized; the strategies used by the participants of the interactions in order to preserve each other s face and reduce stigma; the unstable character of stigma; the multiplicity of discourses about this place present in the narrative analysis; and the students reflections about the school structure and functioning, their life trajectories, feelings and aspirations.