Methodological dilemmas in migration research in Asia: Research design, omissions and strategic erasures

Area

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 274-281

  Elmhirst, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional geographies; Indonesia; Migration; Qualitative methods; Reflexivity; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; MIGRATION; MOBILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

INDONESIA;

EID: 84865109122     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2011.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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