Doing International Research Global and Local Methods [Hardcover]

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