The restrictions on mobility and several social distancing rules during the Pandemic compelled scholars worldwide to adopt digital remote research methods for data acquisition. This paper is based on the ethnographic account of a study on mobility conducted with urban marginalised women from the peri-urban areas of New Delhi, India, during the COVID-19 Pandemic. By discussing the approach adopted for the exploratory methods used to deal with uncertain situations posed due to the Pandemic, the paper highlights the barriers faced while engaging remotely with a socially marginalised group of women because of limited or no knowledge and access to digital medium/technology. Further, it also emphasises certain opportunities that the digital medium presents with respect to the reconstruction of social space within the digital ethnographic field. By doing so, this paper aims to offer insights for conducting a remote ethnographic study with marginalised communities.

This paper was submitted and accepted for inclusion, but was not delivered due to circumstances that prevented attendance at the conference.