TY - JOUR
T1 - Mapping the Super-Whale
T2 - Towards a Mobile Ethnography of Situated Globalities
AU - Blok, Anders
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In empirical discussion on global connections, frequent allusions are made to Michael Burawoy's 'global' and George Marcus' 'multi-sited' ethnographies. While both have inspired transnational fieldwork, neither methodological approach has sufficiently analysed the local-global dichotomy embedded at their core. Drawing on actor-network theory (ANT), this article suggests an alternative framework for mobile ethnography, better suited to a social world conceived in network-relational terms. Employing metaphors of mobility, scalemaking, and cartography, an empirically driven approach to situated and plural 'globalities' is outlined. These claims are developed drawing on the author's inquiries into Japanese whaling practices, showing how 'ethno-socio-cartography' can contribute to the mapping of global-scale micro-cosmoses.
AB - In empirical discussion on global connections, frequent allusions are made to Michael Burawoy's 'global' and George Marcus' 'multi-sited' ethnographies. While both have inspired transnational fieldwork, neither methodological approach has sufficiently analysed the local-global dichotomy embedded at their core. Drawing on actor-network theory (ANT), this article suggests an alternative framework for mobile ethnography, better suited to a social world conceived in network-relational terms. Employing metaphors of mobility, scalemaking, and cartography, an empirically driven approach to situated and plural 'globalities' is outlined. These claims are developed drawing on the author's inquiries into Japanese whaling practices, showing how 'ethno-socio-cartography' can contribute to the mapping of global-scale micro-cosmoses.
U2 - 10.1080/17450101.2010.510335
DO - 10.1080/17450101.2010.510335
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1745-0101
VL - 5
SP - 507
EP - 528
JO - Mobilities
JF - Mobilities
IS - 4
ER -