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A mobile methodology for the study of environmental change and human mobility

In: Handbook of Research Methods in Migration

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  • Ingrid Boas

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This chapter discusses and exemplifies the use of a mobile methodology to study the relations between environmental change and human mobility. A mobile methodology allows for a situated and grounded understanding of what it means to move in the context of environmental change; as to how decisions are made and how journeys take shape. The chapter proceeds in discussing ways to increase the interdisciplinary character of a mobile methodology. In particular, drawing on a study done in Bangladesh, it explores the use of connecting grounded experiences of environmental changes with Earth Observation satellite data to obtain a deeper understanding of the interplay between socio-political and environmental factors shaping land-change and mobility decisions. The chapter ends by reflecting on the limits of a mobile methodology; How far can researchers go in tracing trajectories and grounded experiences? And what can be done to make this method more ethically sound?

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  • Ingrid Boas, 2024. "A mobile methodology for the study of environmental change and human mobility," Chapters, in: William L. Allen & Carlos Vargas-Silva (ed.), Handbook of Research Methods in Migration, chapter 16, pages 258-265, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:20304_16
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