Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Blog posts & press:

"Facebook a 'Megaphone for Hate' against Indian Minorities," Reuters, 30 Oct. 2019 [text]

Immigration Agencies’ Intrusive Searches of Cell Phones, Laptops are Ruled Unconstitutional (Immigration Impact Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

"A Kid in a Refugee Camp Thought Video Games Fell From Heaven. Now He Makes Them," NPR, 11 Dec. 2019 [text]

New Technologies are Changing Humanitarian Action, But Don’t Assume They're Inclusive (ODI Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

"Phone App for Immigrants and Refugees Designed to Make Settlement Easier," CBC News, 9 Nov. 2019 [text]
- Focuses on Canada.

Reports & journal articles:

Crossing the Digital Divide: Applying Technology to the Global Refugee Crisis (RAND, Dec. 2019) [text]

DHS Lacked Technology Needed to Successfully Account for Separated Migrant Families (DHS Office of Inspector General, Nov. 2019) [text]
- See also related AP story.

The Humanitarian 'Digital Divide' (ODI, Nov. 2019) [text]

"The Opportunities and Risks of Mobile Phones for Refugees’ Experience: A Scoping Review," PLoS ONE 14(12): e0225684 (Dec. 2019) [open access]

"Refugees in the IT Sector: Young Syrians’ Economic Subjectivities and Familial Lives in Jordan," Geographical Review, vol. 109, no. 4 (Oct. 2019) [open access]

"Transnational Connectivity and the Affective Paradoxes of Digital Care Labour: Exploring How Young Refugees Technologically Mediate Co-presence," European Journal of Communication, OnlineFirst, 7 Nov. 2019 [open access]

The Weaponization of Social Media: How Social Media can Spark Violence and What can be Done about It (Mercy Corps, Do No Digital Harm & Adapt Peacebuilding, Nov. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Multimedia:

Humanitarian Wearables and Digital Bodies: Problems of Gifts and Labour, Oxford, 13 Nov. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

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- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (12 Nov. 2019)

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