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SUMMARY:International Snowballing and the Multi-Sited Research of Diplomat
 s - Judit Kuschnitzki (Department of Geography)
DTSTART:20180213T110000Z
DTEND:20180213T120000Z
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DESCRIPTION:This seminar addresses the methodological challenges involved 
 in the qualitative research of diplomats. The question of how and where to
  access a highly mobile “cosmopolitan elite” is discussed with referen
 ce to the role of space\, trust\, and scholarly flexibility. It is suggest
 ed that relationships of trust constitute axes around which the research o
 f “difficult to access” professionals may flexibly evolve. This perspe
 ctive shifts focus onto the method of snowball sampling\, which allows the
  researcher to tap into and benefit from diplomats’ personal networks of
  trust. Where relationships transcend clearly demarcated places\, geograph
 ical proximity is unlikely to impact interviewees’ referrals\, rendering
  fieldwork a highly mobile and multi-sited undertaking. This raises questi
 ons about the quality of collected data. Situated within the broader debat
 e of “breadth-versus-depth”\, the various (dis-)advantages resulting f
 rom the “quick visit” of multiple and globally dispersed field sites a
 re therefore discussed.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Department of Geography\, Downing Site
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