This is the online first version published on 2022-04-04. Read the most recent version. Analysing digital multilocality between urban centres and rural peripheries: Combining and integrating digital and analogue research methods Authors Reto Bürgin University of Bern Heike Mayer University of Bern Alexander Kashev University of Bern Sigve Haug University of Bern DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/rur.116 Keywords: mixed methods, digital methods, digital multilocality, digitalisation, research ethics, qualitative methods, quantitative methods Abstract The application of mixed methods in researching digitalisation and rural development has numerous benefits in terms of the integration of various data sources. In this paper, we present a novel, mixed methods approach that combines digital and analogue methods. We investigate multilocal work arrangements of knowledge workers in Switzerland who mainly work in a central urban area but occasionally withdraw to peripheral mountain regions in order to conduct their work in a concentrated and undisturbed environment. To analyse such multilocal work arrangements, we use a mixed methods approach that incorporates six integrated methods: geotracking, laptop and smartphone tracking, self-administered digital diaries, ethnographic walk-along observations and qualitative semi-structured interviews. Our study illustrates that mixed methods in digitalisation research provide in-depth insights, but that they also have limitations. Furthermore, we show how ethical standards can and should be used to create a basis of trust with the study participants and how this affects the recruitment of the sample. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads PDF HTML XML Published 2022-04-04 Versions 2022-06-30 (2) 2022-04-04 (1) Issue Vol. 80 No. 3 (2022) Section Research Article License Copyright (c) 2022 Reto Bürgin, Heike Mayer, Alexander Kashev, Sigve Haug This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Articles in Raumforschung und Raumordnung – Spatial Research and Planning are published under a Creative Commons license. From Vol. 79 No. 2 (2021), the license applied is CC BY 4.0. From Vol. 77 No. 1 to Vol. 79 No.1, articles were published under a CC BY-SA license. Earlier volumes have been re-published by oekom 2022 under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License CC BY 4.0. How to Cite 1.Bürgin R, Mayer H, Kashev A, Haug S. Analysing digital multilocality between urban centres and rural peripheries: Combining and integrating digital and analogue research methods. RuR [Internet]. 2022 Apr. 4 [cited 2024 Nov. 10];80(3). Available from: https://rur.oekom.de/index.php/rur/article/view/116 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Share
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