Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

Co-creating the future of refugee gaming (UNHCR Innovation Service, Feb. 2024) [text]

"Digital money apps become a lifeline for war-affected Sudanese," The New Humanitarian, 7 Feb. 2024 [text]

Eyes in the Sky: EU Border Technology in the Mediterranean (Border Criminologies Blog, Jan. 2024) [text]

How refugee sector organizations represent refugees on Instagram, and why this matters for humanitarian communication (Media@LSE Blog, Jan. 2024) [text]

*Humanitarian AId?: Considerations for the Future of AI-use in Humanitarian Action (ELRHA, Jan. 2024) [text]

ICE Will Be Required to Wear Body Cameras in a Win for Transparency—But the Implementation Will Be Key (Immigration Impact Blog, Jan. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

*Taking a participatory approach to enhancing online opportunities (UNHCR Innovation Service, Feb. 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"The Design and Use of Digital Technologies in the Context of South–South Migration," Chapter in Palgrave Handbook of South–South Migration and Inequality (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023) [open access]

Immigration Detention Abolition and the Violence of Digital Cages, BU School of Law Working Paper, no. 23-6 (Boston Univ., 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the US. See also related article.

Improving Digital Livelihood Opportunities for Refugees: Using community-based workshops to co-create solutions (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

The O-Canada Mobile App: Recommendations on how to make a good user experience even better (IOM, 2023) [access]

- "Improved app design to assist refugees for a successful resettlement to Canada." Follow link for report in English and French. See also related news release.

Primer: Defending the Rights of Refugees and Migrants in the Digital Age (Amnesty International, Feb. 2024) [text]

Safe Space to Learn: Digital Literacy and Inclusion for Women and Girls in Humanitarian Settings (International Rescue Committee, Jan. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Lebanon and Uganda.

"Storytelling for understanding: a case study of an English-language digital storytelling service-learning subject for refugee children in Hong Kong," Journal for Multicultural Education, EarlyCite, 6 Feb. 2024 [open access]

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