Multi-Sited Ethnography. Theory, Praxis and Locality in Contemporary Research

by Mark-Anthony Falzon (Editor)

Multi-Sited Ethnography has established itself as a fully-fledged research method among anthropologists and sociologists in recent years. It responds to the challenge of combining multi-sited work with the need for in-depth analysis, allowing for a more considered study of social worlds. This volume utilizes cutting-edge research from a number of renowned scholars and empirical experiences, to present theoretical and practical facets charting the development and direction of new research into social phenomena. Owing to its clear contribution to a rapidly emerging field, Multi-Sited Ethnography will appeal to anyone studying social actors, including scholars within human geography, anthropology, sociology and development and migration studies.

Genres: Anthropology, Research

304 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2009

Reviews

[Jake · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an incredibly useful book which explores the development of multi-sited ethnography since it's suggestion by George Marcus in his famous 1995 paper. It traverses a range of applications of multi-sited ethnography, touching on migration, the environment and organizations. But deeper than it's exploration of application to particular empirical case studies it offers a concise and well edited continuation of the debates emerging out of the introduction of multi-sited ethnography in the 1990s, particularly the utility of a bounded field-site, how to study globalization and the utility of concepts like transnationalism.

[Erkan Saka · Rating 3 out of 5]

Articles by George Marcus and Ulf Hannzers are particularly helpful. All other chapters are good examples of multi-sited research but in terms of problematizations and literature reviews, the book is too repetitive.