Between contexts of departure and modalities of social organization of migration: a radiography of the research process

Abstract

This chapter offers a methodological reflection on the research process into migration and social transformation in the Mexican state of Morelos, an emergent area of migration to the United States. It presents an overview of the research process that discusses how the research was conducted and how the main findings were obtained. It includes the theoretical and methodological arguments prompting the research, how these arguments were subsequently modified over time, the process by which analytical categories were constructed, and the data construction process. The analysis is based on the concept that both the original research proposal as well as its subsequent enrichment are closely linked not only to the type of academic formation and field of study of the participating researchers, but also to the questions each of them has posed and the debates they have engaged in during their particular trajectories.