Negin Dahya
Biographic Data
| ID | 759869 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Negin Dahya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Negin |
| FAMILY NAME | Dahya |
| SIGNATURE | DAHYA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3095-7762 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Apprendre en autonomie dans les camps de réfugiés: Une proposition méthodologique pour capturer les perspectives communautaires sur l’enseignement, l’apprentissage et la technologie
Alors que la pandémie de COVID-19 persiste, la collecte de données de recherche qualitative dans des milieux difficiles d’accès reste semée d’embûches. Cet article présente la méthodologie développée dans le cadre d’un projet de recherche sur l’enseignement et l’apprentissage sur et par les technologies au sein de la communauté de personnes réfugiées du camp de Dzaleka au Malawi. Il s’agit d’une méthodologie visant à collecter des données qualita…
Learning Technology Systems in Everyday Life: Women's Experiences Navigating Refugee Resettlement in the United States
This article presents findings from research on women’s lived experiences with technology in refugee resettlement. Participants include focus group discussions with 22 refugee women and interviews with 26 staff from refugee serving organizations in Washington state. We adopt a feminist socio-technical approach and draw on feminist and transformative methodologies. The research engaged participants in discussions about technology including ICTs, h…
Virtual Reality and Youth Incarceration: Methodological Reflections from a Media Education and Research Program
Background: This research aimed to provide young people in a juvenile rehabilitation centre (JRC) with access and exposure to virtual reality (VR) as a growing media technology industry, to offer media education that was fun and engaging, and to introduce the digital arts to participants as a potential career path. The project evolved through a partnership with the Washington State Librarian who, as a part of her role overseeing public library ac…
Learning in/Dependently in Refugee Camps: Community-Based Perspectives on Teaching, Learning, and Technology
The focus of this project is to understand the ways in which teaching, learning, and technology interact in/dependently in the daily lives of refugee people in Dzaleka Refugee Camp at home, in the community, and at school. Distinctly, we are asking questions about the role of technology in the everyday lives of refugee people in Dzaleka, and specifically related to how teaching and learning relationships are enacted with, about, and around tools …
Politics of race, gender, and visual representation in feminist media education
This paper discusses technologies of power and technologies of self in relation to race and gender in youth digital media production. We query how girls of color use feminist filmmaking to tell the stories they want to tell, and ask where the political discourse shaping their media production is located throughout the process. Our analysis is based on research conducted from 2015 to 2017 exploring traditional and mobile digital video production p…
Social support networks, instant messaging, and gender equity in refugee education
This paper addresses the role of instant messaging chat groups to support teacher training and gender equity initiatives in Kenyan refugee camps. Our findings are based on survey data with refugee teachers in Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps (n = 203), group interviews with refugee teachers in Kakuma (n = 21), and interviews with international instructors of teacher training programs in Nairobi, Toronto, and Vancouver (n = 14). In our analysis, we…
(En)gendering videogame development: A feminist approach to gender, education, and game studies
Over the past 10 years there has been growing recognition that digital media like movies, video games, and social networking technologies are changing the way we think about teaching and learning
Pathways to Educational Success Among Refugees: Connecting Locally and Globally Situated Resources
This study identifies pathways to educational success among refugees. Data are from an original online survey of Somali diaspora and in-depth qualitative interviews with Somali refugee students educated in the Dadaab refugee camps of Kenya. This research builds on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model to consider both the locally and globally situated nature of resources across refugees’ ecosystems. Analysis examines the nature and content of student…
Tracing pathways to higher education for refugees: The role of virtual support networks and mobile phones for women in refugee camps
In this paper, we explore the role of online social networks in the cultivation of pathways to higher education for refugees, particularly for women. We compare supports garnered in local and offline settings to those accrued through online social networks and examine the differences between women and men. The paper draws on complementary original data sources, including an online survey of the Somali Diaspora (n = 248) and in-depth interviews (n…
Mis/Representations in School-Based Digital Media Production: An Ethnographic Exploration with Muslim Girls
In this article, the authors discuss findings from a digital media production club with racialized girls in a low-income school in Toronto, Ontario. Specifically, the authors consider how student-produced media is impacted by ongoing postcolonial structures relating to power and representation in the school and in the media production work of Muslim and other racialized girls. From this standpoint, the authors interrogate how technological tools …
Teachers’ Conceptions of Student Engagement in Learning: The Case of Three Urban Schools
Although student engagement plays a central role in the education process, defining it is challenging. This study examines teachers’ conceptions of the social and cultural dimensions of student engagement in learning at three low-achieving schools located in a low socioeconomic status (SES) urban area. Sixteen teachers and administrators from the three schools participated in two focus group discussions about their definitions of student engageme…
Tracing pathways to higher education for refugees: The role of virtual support networks and mobile phones for women in refugee camps
In this paper, we explore the role of online social networks in the cultivation of pathways to higher education for refugees, particularly for women. We compare supports garnered in local and offline settings to those accrued through online social networks and examine the differences between women and men. The paper draws on complementary original data sources, including an online survey of the Somali Diaspora (n = 248) and in-depth interviews (n…
Pathways to Educational Success Among Refugees: Connecting Locally and Globally Situated Resources
This study identifies pathways to educational success among refugees. Data are from an original online survey of Somali diaspora and in-depth qualitative interviews with Somali refugee students educated in the Dadaab refugee camps of Kenya. This research builds on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model to consider both the locally and globally situated nature of resources across refugees’ ecosystems. Analysis examines the nature and content of student…
Mis/Representations in School-Based Digital Media Production: An Ethnographic Exploration with Muslim Girls
In this article, the authors discuss findings from a digital media production club with racialized girls in a low-income school in Toronto, Ontario. Specifically, the authors consider how student-produced media is impacted by ongoing postcolonial structures relating to power and representation in the school and in the media production work of Muslim and other racialized girls. From this standpoint, the authors interrogate how technological tools …
Learning Technology Systems in Everyday Life: Women's Experiences Navigating Refugee Resettlement in the United States
This article presents findings from research on women’s lived experiences with technology in refugee resettlement. Participants include focus group discussions with 22 refugee women and interviews with 26 staff from refugee serving organizations in Washington state. We adopt a feminist socio-technical approach and draw on feminist and transformative methodologies. The research engaged participants in discussions about technology including ICTs, h…
Politics of race, gender, and visual representation in feminist media education
This paper discusses technologies of power and technologies of self in relation to race and gender in youth digital media production. We query how girls of color use feminist filmmaking to tell the stories they want to tell, and ask where the political discourse shaping their media production is located throughout the process. Our analysis is based on research conducted from 2015 to 2017 exploring traditional and mobile digital video production p…
(En)gendering videogame development: A feminist approach to gender, education, and game studies
Over the past 10 years there has been growing recognition that digital media like movies, video games, and social networking technologies are changing the way we think about teaching and learning
Mis/Representations in School-Based Digital Media Production: An Ethnographic Exploration with Muslim Girls
In this article, the authors discuss findings from a digital media production club with racialized girls in a low-income school in Toronto, Ontario. Specifically, the authors consider how student-produced media is impacted by ongoing postcolonial structures relating to power and representation in the school and in the media production work of Muslim and other racialized girls. From this standpoint, the authors interrogate how technological tools …
Teachers’ Conceptions of Student Engagement in Learning: The Case of Three Urban Schools
Although student engagement plays a central role in the education process, defining it is challenging. This study examines teachers’ conceptions of the social and cultural dimensions of student engagement in learning at three low-achieving schools located in a low socioeconomic status (SES) urban area. Sixteen teachers and administrators from the three schools participated in two focus group discussions about their definitions of student engageme…
Tracing pathways to higher education for refugees: The role of virtual support networks and mobile phones for women in refugee camps
In this paper, we explore the role of online social networks in the cultivation of pathways to higher education for refugees, particularly for women. We compare supports garnered in local and offline settings to those accrued through online social networks and examine the differences between women and men. The paper draws on complementary original data sources, including an online survey of the Somali Diaspora (n = 248) and in-depth interviews (n…
(En)gendering videogame development: A feminist approach to gender, education, and game studies
Over the past 10 years there has been growing recognition that digital media like movies, video games, and social networking technologies are changing the way we think about teaching and learning
Pathways to Educational Success Among Refugees: Connecting Locally and Globally Situated Resources
This study identifies pathways to educational success among refugees. Data are from an original online survey of Somali diaspora and in-depth qualitative interviews with Somali refugee students educated in the Dadaab refugee camps of Kenya. This research builds on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model to consider both the locally and globally situated nature of resources across refugees’ ecosystems. Analysis examines the nature and content of student…
Social support networks, instant messaging, and gender equity in refugee education
This paper addresses the role of instant messaging chat groups to support teacher training and gender equity initiatives in Kenyan refugee camps. Our findings are based on survey data with refugee teachers in Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps (n = 203), group interviews with refugee teachers in Kakuma (n = 21), and interviews with international instructors of teacher training programs in Nairobi, Toronto, and Vancouver (n = 14). In our analysis, we…
Politics of race, gender, and visual representation in feminist media education
This paper discusses technologies of power and technologies of self in relation to race and gender in youth digital media production. We query how girls of color use feminist filmmaking to tell the stories they want to tell, and ask where the political discourse shaping their media production is located throughout the process. Our analysis is based on research conducted from 2015 to 2017 exploring traditional and mobile digital video production p…
Learning in/Dependently in Refugee Camps: Community-Based Perspectives on Teaching, Learning, and Technology
The focus of this project is to understand the ways in which teaching, learning, and technology interact in/dependently in the daily lives of refugee people in Dzaleka Refugee Camp at home, in the community, and at school. Distinctly, we are asking questions about the role of technology in the everyday lives of refugee people in Dzaleka, and specifically related to how teaching and learning relationships are enacted with, about, and around tools …
Virtual Reality and Youth Incarceration: Methodological Reflections from a Media Education and Research Program
Background: This research aimed to provide young people in a juvenile rehabilitation centre (JRC) with access and exposure to virtual reality (VR) as a growing media technology industry, to offer media education that was fun and engaging, and to introduce the digital arts to participants as a potential career path. The project evolved through a partnership with the Washington State Librarian who, as a part of her role overseeing public library ac…
Apprendre en autonomie dans les camps de réfugiés: Une proposition méthodologique pour capturer les perspectives communautaires sur l’enseignement, l’apprentissage et la technologie
Alors que la pandémie de COVID-19 persiste, la collecte de données de recherche qualitative dans des milieux difficiles d’accès reste semée d’embûches. Cet article présente la méthodologie développée dans le cadre d’un projet de recherche sur l’enseignement et l’apprentissage sur et par les technologies au sein de la communauté de personnes réfugiées du camp de Dzaleka au Malawi. Il s’agit d’une méthodologie visant à collecter des données qualita…
Learning Technology Systems in Everyday Life: Women's Experiences Navigating Refugee Resettlement in the United States
This article presents findings from research on women’s lived experiences with technology in refugee resettlement. Participants include focus group discussions with 22 refugee women and interviews with 26 staff from refugee serving organizations in Washington state. We adopt a feminist socio-technical approach and draw on feminist and transformative methodologies. The research engaged participants in discussions about technology including ICTs, h…
Sociology (11 works) · Political science (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Refugee (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Social Media and Politics (4 works) · Art (3 works)