Digital Migration av Koen Leurs

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<p>In contemporary discussions on migration, digital technology is often seen as a ''smart'' disruptive tool. Bringing efficiencies to management, and safety to migrants. But the reality is always more complex.<br/><br/>This book is a comprehensive and impassioned account of the relationship between digital technology and migration. From ''top-down'' governmental and corporate shaping of the migrant condition, to the ''bottom-up'' of digital practices helping migrants connect, engage and resist.<br/><br/>Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Digital Migration explores:</p><ul><li>The power relations of digital <strong>infrastructures </strong>across migrant recruitment, transportation and communication.</li><li>Migrant <strong>connections </strong>and the use of digital devices, platforms and networks.</li><li>Dominant digital <strong>representations </strong>of migrants, and how they’re resisted.</li><li>The <strong>affect </strong>and <strong>emotion</strong> of digital mig