Research Methodologies and Ethical Challenges in Digital Migration Studies Caring For (Big) Data? /

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This OA book investigates the methodological and ethical dilemmas involved when working with digital technologies and large-scale datasets in relation to ethnographic studies of digital migration practices and trajectories. Digital technologies reshape not only every phase of the migration process i...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Sandberg, Marie (Editor), Rossi, Luca (Editor), Galis, Vasilis (Editor), Bak Jørgensen, Martin (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Edition:1st ed. 2022.
Series:Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference,
Subjects:
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Social media.
Digital media.
Digital humanities.
Big data.
Sociology of Migration.
Social Media.
Digital and New Media.
Digital Humanities.
Big Data.
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Summary:This OA book investigates the methodological and ethical dilemmas involved when working with digital technologies and large-scale datasets in relation to ethnographic studies of digital migration practices and trajectories. Digital technologies reshape not only every phase of the migration process itself (by providing new ways to access, to share and preserve relevant information) but also the activities of other actors, from solidarity networks to border control agencies. In doing so, digital technologies create a whole new set of ethical and methodological challenges for migration studies: from data access to data interpretation, privacy protection, and research ethics more generally. Of specific concern are the aspects of digital migration researchers accessing digital platforms used by migrants, who are subject to precarious and insecure life circumstances, lack recognised papers and are in danger of being rejected and deported. Thus, the authorscall for new modes of caring for (big) data when researching migrants' digital practices in the configuration of migration and borders. Besides taking proper care of research participants' privacy, autonomy, and security, this also spans carefully establishing analytically sustainable environments for the respective data sets. In doing so, the book argues that it is essential to carefully reflect on researchers' own positioning as being part of the challenge they seek to address.
Physical Description:XVI, 262 p. 7 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783030812263
ISSN:2946-3068
DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-81226-3
Access:Open Access

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