Transnational Families through the Lens of Multi-sited Qualitative Research: Costs, Benefits, and Transformations of a Methodological Approach

Rosa  Soriano Miras; Carolina  Escobar-Blanco; Rita Sobczyk

doi:10.3989/ris.2025.83.4.1519

Autores/as

Rosa Soriano Miras Universidad de Granada https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8296-2382
Carolina Escobar-Blanco La Caracola: Migramos con Derechos https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4617-1523
Rita Sobczyk Universidad de Granada https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6897-3568

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/ris.2025.83.4.1519

Palabras clave:

Familias transnacionales, estudios multisituados, dato denso, metodología cualitativa

Resumen

Las tendencias a la dataficación y la tecnologización que afectan a nuestras sociedades suscitan un debate sobre la necesidad de adaptar nuestras estrategias de investigación a un panorama social en rápida evolución. Este artículo contribuye a este debate ofreciendo una reflexión sobre el potencial del enfoque cualitativo multisituado para analizar los vínculos familiares transnacionales e indagando sobre posibles escenarios futuros en los que se desarrolle este ámbito de investigación. Se presenta un estudio de caso donde se utilizó una metodología de análisis de muestras emparejadas, para comprender las prácticas transnacionales de los migrantes colombianos en España. A partir del estudio, examinamos los beneficios y problemas que tradicionalmente han caracterizado la investigación multisituada. Se hace especial hincapié en las prácticas que pueden aplicarse hoy en día para reducir los costes de investigación y los retos de los estudios multisituados. Argumentamos que las estrategias a distancia pueden servir para ampliar la gama existente de prácticas metodológicas, al tiempo que defendemos la relevancia del contacto personal y las descripciones «densas».

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