Broad Methods within Global Studies
Global studies is an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary field. This means that researchers and students utilize various methodologies for their work, such as historical and literary analyses, big data modelling, ethnography, interviews, and more. In this section, you will find broad and introductory methods resources. Some of the major methodological fields within global studies are broken out into separate tabs on the left-hand side where you will find more in-depth resources.
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The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research
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Call Number: H62 .H2455 2024 and OnlineISBN: 1071836749Publication Date: 2023The sixth edition of this handbook reflects recent methodology developments within qualitative research including using social media, critical lenses, and, more broadly, the politics of epistemological and methodological choices. This book describes over 30 different methods of qualitative research, making it a key text for developing research design and selecting a methodology. -
Beyond Methodological Nationalism: research methodologies for cross-border studies
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Call Number: Online ResourceISBN: 9781136328299Publication Date: 2012Building on transnational and global scholarship, this book critiques unquestioned acceptance of the "nation" as an analytic category by exploring research methods in transnational and cross-border studies. For global studies, a discipline committed to moving beyond the national lens, this book is a vital introduction to how researchers do this in a world defined by nations. -
Research Design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches
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Call Number: H62 .C6963 2023ISBN: 9781071817940Publication Date: 2022The sixth edition provides clear directions for developing research questions, methods, and plans for all three methodological areas-- qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods. Given the wide array of methods employed by global studies scholars, this book is a useful touchstone for further directions for research design. -
Transdisciplinary Research and Practice for Sustainability Outcomes
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Call Number: Online ResourceISBN: 1138625736Publication Date: 2018Transdisciplinarity is a key tenet of global studies, and this book delves into how researchers can apply transdisciplinary methods to sustainability. Students interested in sustainability, environmental, and climate research will find this book's case studies useful. -
Decolonizing Methodologies: research and Indigenous peoples
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Call Number: Online ResourceISBN: 1786998149Publication Date: 2021One of the most well known books on decolonial methods, Tuhiwai Smith's work argues that decolonizing research methods will help regain Indigenous control over ways of knowing and being. This is a key work for any researchers working with Indigenous people throughout the world and, more broadly, important for reframing the politics and power of knowledge. -
A Handbook for Social Science Field Research
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Call Number: 300.723 H191 and OnlineISBN: 1412916801Publication Date: 2006Provides an important reference for fieldwork such as ethnography, oral history, and surveys in a series of essays by renowned scholars detailing their research experiences. An important text for students interested in social science methodologies, particularly in parsing ethical, design, and critical questions.
