In an attempt to generalise from the data, quantitative works may come across as disconnected from the reality of migration experience, thereby disregarding the complexity of dual contexts of countries of origin and countries of destination entanglements for migrant entrepreneurship. Whilst the use of various methods in the study of migrant entrepreneurship has advanced substantially, most of the methodological approaches adopted rely on quantitatively collected data, which funnels a specific set of perspectives and approaches (see Rodríguez-Pose and von Berlepsch 2020, or Wei and Zhu 2020). This study questions the potential of ethnographic methodologies for studying migrant entrepreneurship by recognising the specificity of researcher experiences in developing an understanding of migrants’ occupational choices and practices, and, specifically, how researchers treat their subjects of research during the ethnographic study, as well as how they perceive the complexity of the context shaping migrant entrepreneurship. Whilst the empirical work illuminating how migrant entrepreneurial actors from different ethnic groups and countries settle in new host environments engages a variety of methodologies, studies very rarely reflect upon the role of the researcher within such scholarly works. 1999), highlight how migrants engage a set of resources to fit their ventures within the institutional, political, and regulatory environment. 2011 Discua Cruz and Fromm 2019), with special focus on ethnicity and social capital (Barrett and Vershinina 2017), and the latest theory of mixed embeddedness (Kloosterman et al. 1994 Portes and Jensen 1989), forms of capital (Ram et al. It builds on the work of numerous sociologists and anthropologists, whose insight on structure and agency (Giddens 1984), acculturation (Light et al. The field of migrant entrepreneurship is mature. This study shows how narratives intertwine with migrants’ stories of entrepreneurship and offers guidance for future research. The contribution this study offers is in suggesting new methods that allow fresh understanding of the complex narratives of migration dynamics to emerge. We adopt two illustrations to highlight the relevance of ethnographic methodologies to studying migrant entrepreneurship. We argue that specific ethnographic practice-based methods have the capacity to reveal the rich social context of migrant entrepreneurship, which can supplement the theoretical perspectives. Specifically, we examine what varieties of ethnographic research methods offer, as well as what limitations these methods bring if adopted within migrant entrepreneurship research. Our positionalities and subjectivities, embedded in being migrants and researchers, offer this opportunity for in-depth reflection. In this paper we offer a scholarly reflection about the value of ethnographic methods for studying migrant entrepreneurship this reflection is seen specifically through the lens of our own migration experiences.

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