Lifestyle migration in East Asia: Integrating ethnographic methodology and practice theory

O'Reilly, K., Stones, R. and Botterill, K. (2014) Lifestyle migration in East Asia: Integrating ethnographic methodology and practice theory. In: SAGE Research Methods Cases. SAGE. ISBN 9781473946644 (doi: 10.4135/978144627305013509192)

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Abstract

This project was designed to study the lifestyle migration of British migrants in Thailand and Malaysia and Hong Kong Chinese migrants to mainland China. With a focus on the meanings, motivations and outcomes of lifestyle migration in Asian contexts, the goal was to tell practice stories. Practice stories explain a phenomenon by describing how it develops over time as norms, rules and organisational arrangements are acted on and adapted by individuals as part of their daily lives, in the context of their communities, groups, networks and families. This article provides an explanation of the research project and its initial aims; describes what is meant by practice stories, and indicates their role in the design of the research; considers how practice stories emerge from a bringing together of strong structuration theory, the concerns of the lifestyle migration literature, methods and empirical data; discusses the fieldwork undertaken by the authors in Malaysia and Thailand, and thus, illustrates how a project underpinned by ethnographic methodology and practice theories can address the initial aims of the research project.

Item Type:Book Sections
Status:Published
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Botterill, Dr Kate
Authors: O'Reilly, K., Stones, R., and Botterill, K.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences
Publisher:SAGE
ISBN:9781473946644

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