Encountering Vulnerabilities through ‘Filmmaking for Fieldwork’

• Published in: Millennium Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 911 - 930
• Main Authors: Barabantseva, Elena, Lawrence, Andy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.06.2015; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Belonging; China; Diaspora; Documentary films; Ethics; Ethnic identity; Fieldwork; Identity; International relations; International studies; Mass media images; Methodological approaches; Migrants; Research methods; Research subjects; Second generation; Vulnerability; research methods; vulnerabilities; IR; diaspora; documentary film; everyday

In this article we discuss the potential of observational and participatory filmmaking methods to both explore and represent a research subject through a documentary film. We position our project ‘British Born Chinese’ about the experiences of the second generation of Chinese migrants in relation to...