Multi-sited Qualitative Research in Architectural Study

Researching Spatially Dispersed Migrants in Balikpapan East Kalimantan

Abstract

Migrants' place to live in destination city belongs to study of architecture as it concerns spatial mobility implicating a certain built environment in destination city. This article concerns the issue of spatially dispersed migrants with particular reference to one of prominent migration destinations in Indonesia, namely Balikpapan East Kalimantan. This article aim to present the exploration of research site selection as well as its methodological consideration to tackle the aforementioned issue. To do so, it employs and highlights the prominence of multi-sited qualitative research, especially the notion ‘follow the people’. This article follows guidance of bodies of studies categorised as methodological reflection, putting forward the narrative genre of presenting.