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Title
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Moving ethnography online : researching Brazilian migrants' online togetherness
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Author
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Abstract
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| This article contributes to recent scholarship on the changing nature of fieldwork practices within migration research, focusing on the practice of online ethnography. It makes a case for the significance of the internet and, more specifically, social network sites, in the experience of many migrants. I state that online togetherness is an integral part of the lives of many migrants which also interrelates with offline aspects of their social lives. Therefore, I argue that current research on migration would benefit from a more balanced combination of offline and online ethnography, taking into account how online connectivity affects the nature of migration and the conditions of being a migrant. Methodologically, I suggest that ethnography is well suited for generating understandings of the significance of the internet in the experience of migrants, but that a number of adjustments in methods of data collection and analysis must be made. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Ethnic and racial studies. - London
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Publication
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London
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2012
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ISSN
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0141-9870
[print]
1466-4356
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DOI
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10.1080/01419870.2012.659271
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Volume/pages
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35
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(2012)
, p. 1794-1809
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ISI
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000308982600006
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