The central argument of this article is that transforming notions of space and time can grasp the dynamic relationship between local realities and global themes such as indigenous peoples' rights, the increasing importance of new media in both conflict and everyday life, and peace research. It does so by drawing on three fieldwork projects: (1) on changing resource use among hunters and gatherers in the Philippines; (2) in cyberspace, where local conflicts are mediatized and globalized; and (3) on the peace process in Eastern Indonesia. The respective research interests had major impact on the spatial and temporal set-up of the respective fieldwork, from classic participant observation in one specific locality, to the conduct of fieldwork in a space that is constituted and imagined through new media, to multi-sited and multi-temporal research on peace processes or peace scapes. The article elaborates on the interplay between planned action and serendipity, showing how methodology and the respective fields (and their borders) were negotiated in each case in spatial as well as temporal terms. It opens with a brief review of Malinowski's classic fieldwork paradigm and closes with some reflections on current challenges to anthropology's central methods.