Collecting International Merchant Seafarer Oral Histories: Experiences and Reflections

Autor/in	Matyok, Tom
Titel	Collecting International Merchant Seafarer Oral Histories: Experiences and Reflections
Quelle	In: Qualitative Report, 16 (2011) 4, S.1001-1017 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-0147
Schlagwörter	Migrant Workers; Semiskilled Workers; International Trade; Animals; Water; Global Approach; Life Style; Personal Narratives; Qualitative Research; Research Methodology; Adjustment (to Environment); Researchers; Mobility + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wanderarbeiter; Semi-skilled worker; Semi-skilled workers; Semiskilled worker; Ungelernter Arbeitnehmer; Angelernter Arbeitnehmer; Trade; International relations; Handel; Internationale Beziehungen; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Wasser; Globales Denken; Lebensstil; Erlebniserzählung; Qualitative Forschung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Researcher; Forscher; Mobilität; Mobilitätsförderung
Abstract	Investigating highly mobile labor populations presents researchers with unique challenges and opportunities. In this paper, I share my experiences and reflections in collecting international merchant seafarers' oral histories and propose to move the dialogue forward regarding the use of hybrid qualitative research practices. Seafarers are constantly moving, at sea and in port, and traditional research methodologies are inadequate in determining the nature of modern-day seafaring. I suggest how qualitative research methods must be flexible enough to accommodate researchers' needs in a chaotic global milieu. Investigators researching highly mobile labor populations, as well as mobile immigrant and refugee communities, can gain insights into the challenges and methods available for meeting those challenges. (Contains 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10