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This chapter explains the methodological approach taken in this study, which is one of a multi-methodological transnational global ethnography. It is in this chapter that I systematically explain what doing a mobile and global ethnography entails as well as outlining other mobile methods regarding data collection that were both quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed. These include, for example, observing people’s movements, participating in patterns of movements, virtual mobility through websites, capturing atmosphere, investigating real places and examining conversations from individuals involved in diverse areas of the adventure tourism industry. Afterwards, I discuss the notion of lifestyle as well as outlining the different social categories and theoretical distinctions made, which pertain to participants of this study that include backpackers, tourists, travelers, locals, lifestyle residents and lifestyle migrants. The chapter ends with an explanation about the theoretical distinctions between lifestyle migration and lifestyle mobilities, of which the latter is taken up in this study.

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    It must be stated though that qualifications for commercial tandem paragliding differs considerably among countries. On a global scale, Switzerland is known internationally to have one of the most vigorous testing certifications for both solo and commercial pilots as attested by several of my interviewees and confirmed by the Association of Paragliding Pilots and Instructors (APPI) that was founded in 2009 and based in Switzerland.

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Gonçalves, K. (2020). Mobile and Global Ethnography in Two Hemispheres. In: Labour Policies, Language Use and the ‘New’ Economy. Language and Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48705-8_3

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