The aim of the current article is to point out notes about a research method focused on investigating atmospheres based on sensitive listening of testimonies. Based on a research conducted in the migration and refuge field, it presents the case of a field experience where a Congolese refugee shared her story with students from a public school in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro. This case study enabled concluding that it is possible presencing a certain atmosphere by listening to ones’ testimony. Moreover, the field experience showed the feasibility of seeing the emergence of other atmospheres that gradually intertwine and overlap in the space shared by different individuals.