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‘Intimacy as method’: Ethnographic reflections on equitable knowledge production in migration research (2024)
Journal Article
Cîrstea, A.-M., & Pescinski, J. (2024). ‘Intimacy as method’: Ethnographic reflections on equitable knowledge production in migration research. Migration Studies, 12(3), Article mnae020. https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnae020

Despite the ongoing ‘reflexive turn’ in migration studies, intimacy continues to be cropped out of methodologies. This article explores how intimacy can enable us to produce knowledge in a way that is grounded in and sensitive to our participants’ li... Read More about ‘Intimacy as method’: Ethnographic reflections on equitable knowledge production in migration research.

Towards a praxis of care in post-pandemic fieldwork: Comparing ethnographic encounters during Covid-19 (2023)
Journal Article
Cîrstea, A., Johnson, L., & Phiri, C. (2024). Towards a praxis of care in post-pandemic fieldwork: Comparing ethnographic encounters during Covid-19. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 5, Article 100387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100387

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of ensuring the wellbeing of both researchers and participants throughout the research process. In this paper, we argue that in order to produce caring research, the wellbeing of researchers must n... Read More about Towards a praxis of care in post-pandemic fieldwork: Comparing ethnographic encounters during Covid-19.

‘Coming from Abroad’: Exploring Romanian Migrants’ Transnational Social Networks through the Prism of Temporary Return (2020)
Journal Article
Cîrstea, A. (2020). ‘Coming from Abroad’: Exploring Romanian Migrants’ Transnational Social Networks through the Prism of Temporary Return. Lietuvos etnologija, 20 (29), 169-180. https://doi.org/10.33918/25386522-2029008

Return features heavily in the narratives and lives of Romanian immigrants in London, as a key topic of debate rather than a mere end goal of their migration. By analysing their experiences of temporary return, this paper1 reveals the tensions and co... Read More about ‘Coming from Abroad’: Exploring Romanian Migrants’ Transnational Social Networks through the Prism of Temporary Return.