"If you study immigrant workers in Taiwan, you'll only see their plight here in this society--this is only one facet of the issue," explains Tsai. If you go to their country and research the same issue, you might approach it from a different angle, such as what social factors force them to go abroad to work. Combining these different perspectives gives us a more complete overall understanding of them.
「如果在台灣看移工，你只能看到移工在這個社會的處境，這僅僅是問題的一面，」蔡青龍解釋，到了當地，同樣的問題，研究的面向可能是去探索當地究竟存在什麼樣的社會因素、扮演推力，讓他們不得不出國工作？