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Workshop 1 : Documenting Processes of Spatial Mobility: Qualitative and Ethnographic ApproachesCoordinators: Dr Rémy Delage : Geographer (Centre for South Asian Studies, CNRS-EHESS, Paris / IFP, Pondicherry) Dr Aurélie Varrel : Geographer (IFP, Pondicherry / Centre for South Asian Studies, CNRS-EHESS, Paris)Invited Tutors: Dr Tristan Bruslé : Geographer (CSH, New Delhi / Centre for Himalayan Studies, CNRS, Paris) Prof. Mohammed Abdul Kalam : (Dept. of Sociology, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam) Dr Marie Percot : Anthropologist (Paris)Argument-Purpose : This workshop focuses on the theory and practice of ethnographic fieldwork in South Asia and beyond, primarily discussing conceptual and methodological issues regarding the observation, description and analysis of various types of spatial mobilities (daily commuting, seasonal migration, international labour migration, etc.). The paradigm of the opposition between society of departure (homeland) and host society (hostland) being outdated, it is rather in terms of continuity and not rupture with the society of origin that we reason.While drawing some concepts and innovative tools drawn from French human geography and Anglo-Saxon migration studies, our aim is to provide students with an intensive training course presenting theories, concepts and ethnographic research methods relating to mobility (Day 1). Mobility is not only envisaged as a research object, but also as a fluid process and as an efficient method of investigation, within a network of interlinked field sites. Indeed, historians, anthropologists and geographers share a common method for apprehending migration processes and describing transnational networks, that is the multi-sited and mobile/itinerant ethnography, as introduced and popularized by George Marcus (1995), brilliantly debated, critiqued and practiced by Alessandro Monsutti (2010), and well synthesized by Ester Gallo (2009), Karen O’Reilly (2009) and Novoa (2015), among others. Various case studies focusing on South Asia and diasporic contexts will then complement and illustrate the formal training (Day 2). The third day of the workshop will take the form of a collaborative session between scholars and students during which a research topic will be chosen and defined, developed and finalized into a formal research proposal while using the concepts and methods taught during the first two days (Day 3).Workshop ScheduleDAY 1 / TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2016SESSION 1 – INTRODUCTION 9:00-10:00Opening speech and roundtableIntroduction to the theme and its methodological implicationsContents and objectives of the workshopSESSION 2 – THEORIES AND CONCEPTS10:00-11:00Defining a conceptual repertoire: movement, circulation, migration, globalization11:00-11:15Coffee/Tea break11:15-12:30How to describe processes of spatial mobility: from geographical scales and metrics to places and regimes of mobility12:30-14:00LunchSESSION 3 – TOOL BOX14:00-15:00General research methodology and ethnographic fieldwork in social sciences15:00-15:15Coffee/Tea break15:15-17:00Documenting spatial mobilities: the case of multi-sited/mobile/itinerant/travelling  ethnographyDAY 2 / WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2016SESSION 4 – CASE STUDIES9:00-11:00Case study 1 – International labor migration and place-making11:00-11:15Coffee/Tea break11:15-12:30Case study 2 – Gender and transnational migrations12:30-14:00Lunch14:00-15:00Case study 3 – Religious circulations and processes of belonging15:00-15:15Coffee/Tea break15:15-17:00Case study 4 –Beyond remittances: researching on material circulationsDAY 3 / THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2016SESSION  5 – PROJECT DYNAMIC9:00-11:00Choosing a research topic, defining a research framework, writing a project proposal11:00-11:15Coffee/Tea break11:15-12:30Choosing a research topic, defining a research framework, writing a project proposal (cont.)12:30-14:00Lunch14:00-15:00Preparation of a PowerPoint presentation15:00-15:15Coffee/Tea break15:15-17:00Rehearsal for the public restitutionDAY 4 / FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2Group work restitutionDiscussion of the results and the workshops&#160;&#160;