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Doing International Research: Global and Local Methods

Autor Christopher Williams
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2015
This energetic and thought-provoking book encourages a reflexive, non-nationalistic approach to doing world research and sets out how to understand, plan, do and use this research.
Williams introduces a range of frameworks, from desk-based studies and traditional ethnography to the use of internet, satellites, robots, drones and ‘big data’, and provides exciting, interdisciplinary examples. This book is presented in a clear international style and uses creative approaches to researching peoples, places and world systems.
It explains:
  • desk-based research using international data including documentaries, museum objects, archives, data-sets and working with groups such as refugees, tourists and migrants
  • distance research using online videos, surveys and remote methods such as video conferencing and crowdsourcing
  • fieldwork abroad, including ethnography, street observation and mapping.
The book is also accompanied by a website, with the following features:
For Students
  • Weblinks for each chapter
  • Examples/summaries/templates related to text marked with
  • Additional thinking zones
  • An overview of data capture technologies
For Lecturers
  • Copies of all the figures and thinking zones for use in teaching material
  • PowerPoint slides for each chapter
Built upon the foundations of the author’s 30 years of research experience, and including original case studies from international students, this is an essential guide for anyone in the social sciences using or doing international and global research.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781446273494
ISBN-10: 1446273490
Pagini: 334
Dimensiuni: 170 x 242 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications Ltd
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Recenzii

This book is true to the ethos it claims to present, focusing on values such as ‘thinking without borders’, and ‘seeing through the eyes of others’. It is innovative in its approach to world research, which makes it a necessary and welcome contribution to the field.

Cuprins

PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING WORLD RESEARCH
Chapter 1: Understanding world knowledge
Chapter 2: Theories and concepts in world research
Chapter 3: Searching and Reviewing world literature
PART TWO: PLANNING THE STUDY
Chapter 4: Research design and logistics
Chapter 5: Research ethics and integrity
Chapter 6: Choosing research frameworks
PART THREE: DOING THE RESEARCH
Chapter 7: Data management
Chapter 8: Researching people
Chapter 9: Researching populations
Chapter 10: Researching places
Chapter 11: Mapping places
Chapter 12: Analysing world systems
Chapter 13: Analysing official documents
PART FOUR: USING THE FINDINGS
Chapter 14: Further analysis
Chapter 15: Reporting the research


Descriere

This energetic and thought-provoking book encourages a reflexive, non-nationalistic approach to doing world research and sets out how to understand, plan, do and use this research.
Williams introduces a range of frameworks, from desk-based studies and traditional ethnography to the use of internet, satellites, robots, drones and ‘big data’, and provides exciting, interdisciplinary examples. This book is presented in a clear international style and uses creative approaches to researching peoples, places and world systems.
It explains:

  • desk-based research using international data including documentaries, museum objects, archives, data-sets and working with groups such as refugees, tourists and migrants
  • distance research using online videos, surveys and remote methods such as video conferencing and crowdsourcing
  • fieldwork abroad, including ethnography, street observation and mapping.

The book is also accompanied by a website, with the following features:
For Students

  • Weblinks for each chapter
  • Examples/summaries/templates related to text marked with
  • Additional thinking zones
  • An overview of data capture technologies

For Lecturers

  • Copies of all the figures and thinking zones for use in teaching material
  • PowerPoint slides for each chapter

Built upon the foundations of the author’s 30 years of research experience, and including original case studies from international students, this is an essential guide for anyone in the social sciences using or doing international and global research.


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