Methodological Challenges and Innovations in Mobilities Research

Anthony D'Andrea, Luigina Ciolfi, Breda Gray

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Abstract

This article introduces a collection of methodological reflections on mobilities research, and additionally discusses the general status of methodology in the scholarship. Fast advancements on empirical and conceptual levels of mobilities studies have not been equivalently matched by efforts on the methodological front. While microsociological and phenomenological approaches are predominant in the scholarship, large-scale studies on mobility tend not to systematically analyse research frameworks used in the process of knowledge production. The articles featured in this special section examine some of the methodological challenges and innovations arising within several topical strains of mobilities studies. This introductory article argues that multi-scalar and critical methodologies are necessary for further expanding the analytical and interventional possibilities of a mobilities research agenda.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)149-160
Number of pages12
JournalMobilities
Volume6
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2011

Keywords

  • Anthropology
  • Epistemology
  • Ethnography
  • Methodology
  • Methods
  • Micro-macro
  • Mobilities
  • Phenomenology
  • Sociology
  • Structuralism

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