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oapen-20.500.12657-502872023-01-31T18:35:25Z Networked Refugees Hajj, Nadya Social Science Refugees Social Science Regional Studies Technology & Engineering Social Aspects bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFD Refugees & political asylum bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTB Regional studies bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDR Impact of science & technology on society A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Almost 68.5 million refugees in the world today live in a protection gap, the chasm between protections stipulated in the Geneva Convention and the abrogation of those responsibilities by states and aid agencies. With dwindling humanitarian aid, how do refugee communities solve collective dilemmas, like raising funds for funeral services, or securing other critical goods and services? In Networked Refugees, Nadya Hajj finds that Palestinian refugees utilize Information Communication Technology platforms to motivate reciprocity—a cooperative action marked by the mutual exchange of favors and services—and informally seek aid and connection with their transnational diaspora community. Using surveys conducted with Palestinians throughout the diaspora, interviews with those inside the Nahr al Bared Refugee camp in Lebanon, and data pulled from online community spaces, these findings push back against the cynical idea that online organizing is fruitless, emphasizing instead the productivity of these digital networks. 2021-07-31T05:31:39Z 2021-07-31T05:31:39Z 2021 book 9780520383258 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50287 eng application/pdf n/a external_content.pdf University of California Press University of California Press https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.111 https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.111 72f3a53e-04bb-4d73-b921-22a29d903b3b b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780520383258 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) University of California Press Knowledge Unlatched open access
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A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.
Almost 68.5 million refugees in the world today live in a protection gap, the chasm between protections stipulated in the Geneva Convention and the abrogation of those responsibilities by states and aid agencies. With dwindling humanitarian aid, how do refugee communities solve collective dilemmas, like raising funds for funeral services, or securing other critical goods and services?
In Networked Refugees, Nadya Hajj finds that Palestinian refugees utilize Information Communication Technology platforms to motivate reciprocity—a cooperative action marked by the mutual exchange of favors and services—and informally seek aid and connection with their transnational diaspora community. Using surveys conducted with Palestinians throughout the diaspora, interviews with those inside the Nahr al Bared Refugee camp in Lebanon, and data pulled from online community spaces, these findings push back against the cynical idea that online organizing is fruitless, emphasizing instead the productivity of these digital networks.
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