Mongolian women’s communication chains for future movement

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ID21785950
AuthorsSondra Cuban (Western Washington University, corresponding author)
Year2026
Pages1-16
Publication date2026-07-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMobilities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1745-0101 • E-ISSN: 1745-011X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17450101.2026.2695979
OpenAlexW7167131107
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited50

This study is about the ways Mongolian migrant women in South Korea used ICTs to maintain transnational family communication and plan future movement during a period of immobility imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The author conceptualizes the extensive virtual interactions connecting migrant and non-migrant family members through, Transnational ICT-based Communication Chains (TICCs). Findings of the study showed that the family video groups that migrant women used to communicate helped to plan future movement. after the borders reopened, including timing it, waiting for it, and trading turns. These ICT-based chains acted as channels by which women members, who were leading the communique as digital kinkeepers, deftly navigated family relations and (im)mobilities. The article highlights how the communication chain operated within the family migration project during the pandemic to sustain economic relations within Northeast Asia and spur regional circulation. The author challenges mainstream theories about transnational family communication at the nexus of gender to illuminate migrant women’s expressive and strategic communication systems for future migration

Family reunification · ICTS · Mainstream · Mobilities · Movement (music) · Nexus (standard) · Period (music) · Transnationalism · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration and Labor Dynamics

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