Trajectories of belonging and enduring technology

2G phones and Syrian refugees in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11486451
AutoresJordan Hayes (University of Pittsburgh, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen34
Número6
Páginas661-670
Fecha de publicación2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEuropean Journal of Communication (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0267-3231 • E-ISSN: 1460-3705
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0267323119886168
OpenAlexW2983729489
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas31

Digital migration studies has confronted its own Eurocentric tendencies and cautioned against the ‘technological fetishization’ of migrants. Like Gillespie et al.’s Mapping Refugee Media Journeys: Smart Phones and Social Media Networks, much of its literature to date investigates the use of smartphones by asylum seekers in Europe. In contrast, this article summarizes a study engaging Syrian nationals in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, tracing relationships between their movement, uses of communication devices and expressions of belonging. Leveraging an infrastructural understanding of digital literacies, it brings to light the role played by 2G rather than smart devices and infrastructures in the respondents’ maintenance of the strong ties that inform mobility. This endurance of 2G technology suggests the exclusions that can result from the use of specific devices and applications in the definition of scholarly inquiries

Internet privacy · Media studies · Mobilities · Political science · Refugee · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Syrian refugees · Computer Science · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Social Media and Politics