Research Methodologies and Ethical Challenges in Migration Studies : Caring ...

Research Methodologies and Ethical Challenges in Migration Studies : Caring for Big Data, Hardcover by Sandberg, Marie (EDT); Rossi, Luca (EDT); Galis, Vasilis (EDT); Jorgensen, Martin Bak (EDT), ISBN 3030812251, ISBN-13 9783030812256, Brand New, Free shipping in the US<div>This Open Access book investigates the methodological and ethical dilemmas involved when working with technologies and large-scale datasets in relation to ethnographic studies of migration practices and trajectories.&nbsp; 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, 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.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Of specific concern are the aspects of migration researchers accessing 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.&nbsp;Thus, the authors call for new modes of caring for (big) data when researching migrants’ 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, th argues that it is essential to carefully reflect on researchers’ own positioning as being part of the challenge they seek to address.</div><div><br></div>