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oapen-20.500.12657-396712020-06-18T09:42:29Z Technology’s Refuge Leung, Linda Finney Lamb, Cath Emrys, Liz Refugee communication practices Communication in refugee detention Asylum seekers and communication Refugee use of communication technology Diaspora communication Refugees and technology-mediated communication bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTC Communication studies bic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1M Australasia, Oceania & other land areas::1MB Australasia::1MBF Australia An investigation into the use of information communication technologies by refugees during flight, displacement and in settlement, this book examines the impact of Australia’s official policy of mandatory detention on how asylum seekers and refugees maintain links to diasporas and networks of support. Given the restricted contact with the world outside of the immigration detention centre, the book juxtaposes forms and processes of technology-mediated communication between institutionalised detention, with those of displacement and settlement. It finds that while there are obstacles to communication in situations of conflict and dislocation, asylum seekers and refugees are able to ‘make do’ with the technology options available to them in ways which were less constrained than in detention settings. The book also outlines how communication practices during the settlement process focus on learning new technologies, and repairing the disconnections with family members resulting from separation and detention. 2020-06-17T14:13:12Z 2020-06-17T14:13:12Z 2009 book ONIX_20200617_9781863654241_12 1834-2027 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/39671 eng UTS Shopfront Series application/pdf n/a technologys-refuge.pdf UTS ePRESS 10.5130/978-1-86365-4241 10.5130/978-1-86365-4241 feb523b3-bdff-4e43-ad50-063a48b87781 5 54 Broadway open access
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An investigation into the use of information communication technologies by refugees during flight, displacement and in settlement, this book examines the impact of Australia’s official policy of mandatory detention on how asylum seekers and refugees maintain links to diasporas and networks of support. Given the restricted contact with the world outside of the immigration detention centre, the book juxtaposes forms and processes of technology-mediated communication between institutionalised detention, with those of displacement and settlement. It finds that while there are obstacles to communication in situations of conflict and dislocation, asylum seekers and refugees are able to ‘make do’ with the technology options available to them in ways which were less constrained than in detention settings. The book also outlines how communication practices during the settlement process focus on learning new technologies, and repairing the disconnections with family members resulting from separation and detention.
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