Multi-sited ethnography as a research method for globalization<p>Küreselleşme üzerine bir araştırma yöntemi olarak çok-sahalı etnografi
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Globalization, time and space compression, global flows, multi-sited ethnography, global capitalismKüreselleşme, zaman-mekân sıkışması, küresel akış, çok-sahalı etnografi, küresel kapitalizmAbstract
The globalization process destabilizes the meaning of the key concepts (e.g., site, place, and local) of ethnography because of the increasing impact of world-wide interconnectedness and interdependence. Thus, an ethnographic research conducted in a single place is not helpful to understand the complexity of the globalization process. An ethnographic research needs to take into account the multiplicity of global network and flows that overlap with one another in the global and local to better understand the globalized world. Therefore, the multi-sited ethnography has developed to overcome the risk of avoiding the complexity of the global circulation and its impact on the local. This article examines the development of the multi-sited ethnography to better understand the globalization process. As an example of the multi-sited ethnography, this article examines Carolyn Nordstrom’s ethnographic study of Global Outlaws. Her work highlights the links between the local, national and global by paying attention to the context of multi sites to understand how global capitalism works.
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Küreselleşme süreci “yer,” “yerel” ve “alan” gibi kavramlarının anlamını muğlaklaştırmaktadır. Bu nedenle, sınırlı ve dar bir alanda katılımcı gözlem üzerine kurulu klasik etnografik bir saha araştırması küreselleşme sürecinin karmaşıklığını anlamak bakımından yetersiz kalmaktadır. Yalnız, küreselleşmenin genel geçer etkilerinin ötesine geçmek ve günlük hayat üzerindeki etkisinin ortaya çıkarılabilmesi için de saha çalışması oldukça önemli bir metottur. Bu nedenle klasik etnografinin küresel dünyayı anlamada yetersizliğinin üstesinden gelebilmek için son yıllarda küresel akışın ve bağlantının peşinden giden, her bağlantı noktasındaki yerel ve küresel arasındaki etkileşimi ortaya çıkarmaya çalışan çok-sahalı etnografi yeni bir yaklaşım olarak gelişmiştir. Bu makalede öncelikle küreselleşme sürecinin klasik etnografiyi neden yetersiz kıldığı ve çok-sahalı etnografinin neden bir ihtiyaç olarak geliştiği incelenecek, sonrasında ise çok-sahalı etnografiye iyi bir örnek olması bakımında Carolyn Nordstrom’un Global Outlaws adlı çalışması ele alınacaktır.
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