Methodologies on the Move: The Transnational Turn in Empirical Migration Research
About this ebook
Methodologies on the Move
outlines, first of all, a new epistemological basis for migration research, which is pinpointing the relational concept of space. Second, building on the multi-sited method of ethnography, it provides detailed insights into novel qualitative and quantitative research designs. Third, it presents innovative data collection methods on geographic and virtual mobility, and on cross-border social practices. This volume transcends the early criticisms of 'methodological nationalism' in migration research and suggests both general methodological lines as well as helpful tools for empirical analysis.This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.
About the author
Anna Amelina is a Senior Researcher in the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University, Germany. Her research focuses on social inequality and migration, transnationalization of gender regimes and methodology of cross-border studies.
Thomas Faist is Professor of Transnational, Development and Migration Studies in the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University, Germany. His main fields of interest are transnational studies, international migration, social policy and citizenship.
Devrimsel D. Nergiz is a Doctoral Fellow in History and Sociology at Bielefeld Graduate School, Germany. Her primary research area is the political participation of migrants under the rubric of migration studies.
