[Commlist] CFP/ International Sub-Saharan Migrations to and through Turkey, and information and communication technologies

*CALL FOR PAPERS
International conference*
*International Sub-Saharan Migrations to and through Turkey, and 
information and communication technologies
19-20 May 2022
Istanbul and online*
International migration is an extensively studied subject, but academic 
research has so far paid less attention to some countries and topics. 
Mobility between sub-Saharan African countries and Turkey is among the 
latter. Another neglected area is the use of information and 
communication technologies (ICTs) in international mobilities considered 
peripheral. Recent research on the use of these technologies in 
migration processes is conducted mostly in European and North American 
destination countries.

This conference will focus on international migration from sub-Saharan 
countries to and through Turkey, with a comparative horizon of African 
mobility to other parts of the world; and on the multiple uses of ICTs 
in these complex mobilities.
Paper proposals for this conference may address the following 
theoretical and empirical topics, but do not need to be strictly limited 
to them:
- aims, targets, planning, resources, technological tools and 
experiences in migration contexts between sub-Saharan African countries 
and Turkey
- circumstances in the countries of origin that inspire and stimulate 
international mobility
- contingent circumstances or longer-term institutional factors, or 
legal frameworks affecting migrants’ decisions
- migration policies and regulations in the sub-Saharan African 
countries and in Turkey
- formation of trans-national households, trans-border or 
trans-continental romantic liaisons, or networks of friendship and support
- transfers of money that make possible financing migration or joint 
business ventures of migrants in sub-Saharan countries and Turkey
- diversity of African migrants in terms of cultural background, social 
class, level of education, social and religious life in migrant communities,
- subjective dispositions of the migrants, their motivations, strategies 
and (digital) agency
- different uses of ICTs by migrants, NGOs and other stakeholders, 
including institutional actors,
- digital activism and digital advocacy networks
- (digital) humanitarianism in migration contexts
- epistemological and methodological issues in migration studies on 
sub-Saharan migration to Turkey and elsewhere and on ICTs.

*We welcome 500-word abstracts in English, French or Turkish by 15 
February 2022.* Please include authors’ names, titles, email addresses 
and institutional affiliations. Proposals need to be in .doc or .docx 
format and submitted to the following e-mail addresses: 
(m-saul /at/ illinois.edu) <mailto:(m-saul /at/ illinois.edu)> ; 
(ibrahim.soysuren /at/ unine.ch) <mailto:(ibrahim.soysuren /at/ unine.ch)> ; 
(gulercanbulat /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(gulercanbulat /at/ gmail.com)>

We will inform the authors of the proposal abstracts by 22 February 
2022. We will then have a deadline for the submission of the first full 
drafts of the accepted papers on 30 April 2022.

The conference will be organized in Istanbul, Turkey, at Kadir Has 
University and online at the same time, under the auspices of two 
research projects: the first is funded by the Scientific and 
Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK 2232 International 
Fellowship for Outstanding Researchers); the second (IP37) is a part of 
the National Center of Competence in Research on the move funded by the 
Swiss National Science Foundation.
*We expect to publish a selection of the papers presented in this 
conference as an edited volume with an international academic press.*
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