Soziologie
Gastvortrag: Digital Agency within (Forced) Migration Processes
Dr. Mihaela Nedelcu von der Universität Neuchâtel (Schweiz) hält einen Gastvortrag zum Thema „Digital Agency within (Forced) Migration Processes“.
Abstract:
While biometrics, digital traces and datafication more broadly lie at the heart of e-borders and e-control that are central to contemporary migration regimes, digital technologies have also transformed the migrants’ “capacity to make a difference” (Giddens 1984) in their own lives, and in the societies in which they live or belong.
In this talk, I discuss digital agency along with three different lines of research: forced migration, transnational families and digital diasporas. Accordingly, I identify three forms of digitally mediated agency within migration processes (which I call survival, care, and militant agency) and argue for a socio-technical relational approach to agency in digital migration studies.
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Wann: Montag, 2. November 2026, 16:00–18:00 Uhr
Wo: Universität Bielefeld, Raum X-E0-200 oder online per Zoom