Technology’s Refuge: The use of technology by asylum seekers and refugees

Leung, L

Technology’s Refuge: The use of technology by asylum seekers and refugees

Leung, L

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Issue Date:: 2009

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Leung, L
dc.contributor.other	Emrys, Liz
dc.contributor.other	Finney Lamb, Cath
dc.date.accessioned	2009-11-18T04:07:13Z
dc.date.accessioned	2012-12-15T02:59:42Z
dc.date.available	2009-11-18T04:07:13Z
dc.date.available	2012-12-15T02:59:42Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.identifier.isbn	978 1 86365 421
dc.identifier.issn	1834 2027 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn	1834 2035 (Online)
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19828
dc.description.abstract	This research by Linda Leung investigated the use of Information communication technologies (ICT) by refugees during flight, displacement and in settlement. It examined 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 study juxtaposed forms and processes of technology-mediated communication between institutionalised detention with those of displacement and settlement. The research found that while there were 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. Communication practices during the settlement process focused on learning new technologies, and repairing the disconnections with family members resulting from separation and detention.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	UTS ePRESS	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	UTS Shopfront Monograph Series
dc.relation.replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/2100/928
dc.subject	Political refugees--Australia--Communication	en
dc.subject	Refugees--Australia-- Communication	en
dc.subject	Telecommunication--Social aspects--Australia	en
dc.subject	Communication and technology-- Australia	en
dc.title	Technology’s Refuge: The use of technology by asylum seekers and refugees	en
dc.type	Book	en
utslib.copyright.status	open_access

Abstract:

This research by Linda Leung investigated the use of Information communication technologies (ICT) by refugees during flight, displacement and in settlement. It examined 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 study juxtaposed forms and processes of technology-mediated communication between institutionalised detention with those of displacement and settlement. The research found that while there were 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. Communication practices during the settlement process focused on learning new technologies, and repairing the disconnections with family members resulting from separation and detention.

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