Doing Ethnographical Research on Transnationalism

Köngeter, Stefan; Wolff, Stephan

doi:10.1080/21931674.2012.10820713

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“…As a result, researchers are constantly required to adapt and refocus their work in accordance with changing social realities. This poses challenges to methodologies and methods used in qualitative research, and forces researchers to reflect on the possibilities and limitations of applying these methods in the context of transnational migration research (see Amelina/Faist/Nergiz, 2012;Greschke, 2007;Köngeter/Wolff, 2012;Lauser, 2007;Nieswand, 2008).…”

Section: Challenging the Transnational Research Perspectivementioning

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‘Doing Biographical Reflexivity’ as a Methodological Tool in Transnational Research Settings

Ruokonen-Engler¹,

Siouti

2013

Transnational Social Review

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The transnational approach has broadened the theoretical understanding of complex migration processes and challenged traditional migration research approaches. Researchers are constantly required to adapt and refocus their work in accordance with changing social realities. This poses challenges to methodologies and methods used in qualitative research, and forces researchers to reflect on the possibilities and limitations of applying these methods in transnational research contexts. In the field of biographical research, the transnational perspective requires us to reconsider previously developed premises of biographical research and to reflect on current research practice. In this paper we introduce 'biographical reflexivity' as a theoretical and methodological tool to deal with the trap posed by methodological nationalism.

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Section: Challenging the Transnational Research Perspectivementioning

confidence: 98%

‘Doing Biographical Reflexivity’ as a Methodological Tool in Transnational Research Settings

Ruokonen-Engler¹,

Siouti

2013

Transnational Social Review

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“…This has led to a revision of conventional methodological tools and to the development of new ones, in order to research social phenomena that reach beyond the nation-state frame of reference. Consequently, these methodological developments have been considered helpful in overcoming the "methodological nationalism" (Wimmer & Glick Schiller, 2003) that frames social-scientific research and its methodological devices (see Amelina, Faist, & Nergiz, 2012;Amelina, Faist, Nergiz, & Glick Schiller, 2012;Burawoy et al, 2000;Falzon, 2009;Köngeter & Wolff, 2012;Marcus, 1995;Molyneux, 2001;Ruokonen-Engler & Siouti, 2013;Zsuza & O'Riain, 2002).…”

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Biographical Entanglements, Self-Reflexivity, and Transnational Knowledge Production

Ruokonen-Engler

Siouti

2016

Qualitative Inquiry

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The critique of methodological nationalism in the social sciences has posed a theoretical and methodological challenge to qualitative social research. It has forced researchers to reflect on the possibilities and limitations of applying qualitative research methods in their research on transnational social phenomena. We underline the need to examine the influence of the biographical experiences of the researcher on the research process in transnational research settings. We argue that by inducing biographical self-reflection during the research process, it is possible to work out the possible biographical entanglements with the research topic and to reflect their influence on the further development of the research process. In consequence, it is possible to tackle methodologically the “invisible” role of the researcher in the narrative construction of transnational social fields and to show how transnational knowledge production is an intersubjective, relational activity.

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“…Köngeter/Wolff 2012). 2 Dabei lässt sich feststellen, dass Forscher sich häufig gerade in transnationalen Studien in komplexen Forschungssettings befinden, in denen sie mit den unterschiedlichsten Orten und auch unterschiedlichsten interkulturellen und rekonstruieren konnte.…”

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Subjektive Gefühle als Erkenntnismittel in transnationaler ethnographischer Forschung

Oppermann¹

2012

Transnational Social Review

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Ethnographische Feldstudien nehmen in transnationalen Studien eine bedeutende Rolle ein. Dabei finden derartige Studien oftmals in Settings statt, in denen die Subjektivität des Forschers 1 in Form von persönlichen Irritationen und Gefühlen besonders spürbar wird. Dies ist häufig durch interkulturelle Erfahrungen des Forschers im Feld begründet. Dieser Beitrag diskutiert anhand einer eigenen transnationalen ethnographischen Feldstudie, die in Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia durchgeführt wurde, inwiefern subjektive Gefühle des Ethnographen während der Feldphase als methodisches Instrument eingesetzt werden können, um zu Erkenntnissen über den Forschungsgegenstand zu gelangen. Er bietet zudem eine Vorgehensweise an, wie sich retrospektiv, nach der Feldphase, die eigenen Gefühle bewusst gemacht und dadurch Reflexionsprozesse angestoßen werden können. Diese Vorgehensweise greift auf die Methode der Lebenslinie zurück und bindet sie in die Nutzbarmachung von Gefühlen ein. Damit wird ein Instrument entwickelt, das für weitere Forschungen gewinnbringend sein kann.

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Doing Ethnographical Research on Transnationalism

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

‘Doing Biographical Reflexivity’ as a Methodological Tool in Transnational Research Settings

‘Doing Biographical Reflexivity’ as a Methodological Tool in Transnational Research Settings

Biographical Entanglements, Self-Reflexivity, and Transnational Knowledge Production

Subjektive Gefühle als Erkenntnismittel in transnationaler ethnographischer Forschung

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