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Theme: 4. Seeing from the Neighbourhood: States, Communities and Human Mobility
Juan Zhang
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Lan Anh Hoang
The University of Melbourne, Australia
Juan Zhang
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Lan Anh Hoang
The University of Melbourne, Australia
Juan Zhang
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Lan Anh Hoang
The University of Melbourne, Australia
Tong Meng
Durham University, United Kingdom
In the past decade, internal and international migration have been shaped by a variety of health and environmental crises, regional and international geopolitical tensions, as well as the opportunities and challenges stemming from evolving global economic outlooks. Notably, the digital boom has had a profound effect on the scale, composition, and velocity of human mobility flows, radically transforming the ways migrants conduct their transnational lives.
This panel seeks to contribute to a growing body of literature that explores how digital technologies, particularly social media and networking platforms, have become integral to regional and global mobilities, increasingly blurring the boundaries between physical and virtual worlds. Papers in this panel address the wide-reaching implications of how digitalised networks – especially social media apps and other digital technologies are reshaping and redefining migration decision making and situated practices. Together, researchers in this panel aim to explore how the rapid expansion of remote technologies has been deeply embedded in the social realms of migrant livelihoods, intimacy, and aspiration.
Presenter: Juan Zhang – University of Bristol
Presenter: Lan Anh Hoang – The University of Melbourne
Presenter: Tong Meng – Durham University