Multi-Sited Ethnography

Description

It is now nearly fifteen years since Marcus (1995) published a cornerstone text arguing for the adoption of ‘multi-sited’ approaches in ethnography. Over that time, a growing number of researchers across the social sciences have been attracted to such strategies since they offer powerful ways to engage with current policy-related and theoretical questions linked to globalization, migration, diasporas and the development of transnational publics. This volume examines the problems and possibilities multi-sited approaches have presented to researchers as well as the ways in which the concept has evolved since the mid-1990s. The contributors raise new questions, new approaches and new possibilities, creating an indispensable volume for scholars in a variety of disciplines across the social sciences.

Contents

Section 1: Introducing the Issues 1. Introduction Simon Coleman and Pauline von Hellermann 2. ‘Multi-Sited Ethnography: Five or Six Things I Know About it Now’ George Marcus Section 2: Tackling Transnationalism. Introduction Mike Crang 3.‘The Use of Multi-Sites for Research on Punjabi Sikh Women’s Transnational Lives’ Kanwal Mand 4. ‘Exploring Senegalese Translocal Spaces: Reflections on Multi-Sited Research’ Bruno Riccio 5. ‘Producing Kinship in Transnational Lives: Fieldwork Experiences between Italy and Kerala’ Ester Gallo Section 3: From Multi-Sited to Multi-Positioned. Introduction Andrea Cornwall 6. ‘Following the Plot: Narratives of Albanian Customary Law in Transnational Legal Encounters’ Stephanie Schwander-Sievers 7. ‘From Boardrooms to Mine Shafts: Researching the Anglo-American Corporation’ Dinah Rajak 8. ‘Understanding HIV/AIDS in Uganda: A Question of Sites and Positions’ Michael Whyte 9. ‘"What do you Call the Heathen these Days?" The Policy Field and Other Matters of the Heart in the Norwegian Mission Society’ Ingie Hovland Section 4: Becoming Multi-‘Sighted’. Introduction James Fairhead 10. ‘Reflections on Researching Indigenous Rights Processes in Venezuela’ Kathryn Tomlinson 11. ‘Migratory Birds and Migratory Scientists: Multi-sited Ethnography of a Coastal Landscape in Germany’ Werner Krauss 12. 'Spectres of Marcus: Lively Capital, the Work of Friendship, and 'New' Objects of Ethnographic Interest’ Kaushik Sunder Rajan 13. ‘Some Comments and Conclusions’ James Ferguson

Author Bio

Simon Coleman is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Sussex.

Pauline von Hellermann is a Research Fellow in Anthropology at the University of Sussex.

Related Subjects

1. Ethnography & Methodology
2. Political Research Methods
3. Qualitative Methods