The Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences
and Humanities (CRASSH), University of
Cambridge, is pleased to announce a forthcoming conference on
Digital Diasporas:
Migration, ICTs and Transnationalism
January 13 -14 2011
Convener: Mirca Madianou (Department of
Sociology and Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge)
New developments in digital media combined with
a collapse in the cost of international
communication are together transforming the
experience of migration with implications for
family life, sociality and intimacy, identity
and political involvement. Through a series of
panels and presentations, this interdisciplinary
conference will assess the impact of digital
media on the following aspects of migration:
representation, visibility and participation;
culture and identities; family separation;
social life; patterns of migration and policy
implications. The conference will also provide
an opportunity to reflect on ?the digital? and
what is new about new media. The conference is
co-funded by CRASSH and the ESRC as part of the
research grant on Migration, ICTs and Transnational families.
Confirmed speakers include:
· Annabelle Sreberny (SOAS);
· Miyase Christensen (Karlstad)
* Dana Diminescu (Telecom Paris Tech and FSHM, Paris)
* Marie Gillespie (Open University)
* Myria Georgiou (LSE)
* Radha Hegde (NYU)
* Andreas Hepp (IMKI, University of Bremen)
* Heather Horst (University of California, Irvine)
* Jonathan Ong (University of Cambridge)
* Mirca Madianou (University of Cambridge)
* Daniel Miller (UCL)
* Deirdre McKay (Keele)
* Jonathan Ong (Cambridge)
* Adela Ros Hijar (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
* Eugenia Siapera (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
* Roza Tsagarousianou (CAMRI, University of Westminster)
For the full programme and information regarding registration please see:
<http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/1328/>http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/1328/
There will be a small registration fee (£30 for
faculty and £15 for students) which covers lunch
and refreshments on both days. Advanced
registration is strongly advised as places are
limited. If you have any administrative queries
about the event, please contact the conference
manager, Helga Brandt, (hb380 /at/ cam.ac.uk)
Location: CRASSH, University of Cambridge, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge, UK
