[ecrea] Call for Applications - (Forced) Migration and Media Workshop

Reminder - Call for Applications – Workshop (Forced) Migration and Media 
at the University of Leicester.**

**13^th  of June, 2016*

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*For this workshop – *Monday, the 13^th  of June *–**we are looking for 
applicants who conduct research on how media and forced migration 
intersect. The deadline to submit your abstract is on the *Sunday, the 
15^th  of May, 23.59 GMT.

_Outline Interdisciplinary Workshop aimed at academic knowledge exchange_

*Digital technologies have “woven themselves into the everyday lives of 
refugees” (Wilding and Gifford, 2013), opening up new spaces for agency 
and creativity. For example, 96% of the refugees in Uganda use mobile 
phones, which is a much higher percentage than the general population 
(Betts, 2014). We aim to bring together established and upcoming 
scholars from different areas together in order to further understand 
and increase our knowledge on the mediation of (forced) migration.
*
*The academic interest for (forced) migrants and media is very topical 
given the influence of the ‘refugee crisis in Europe’- for instance in 
dehumanizing language regarding refugees and other migrants in the 
British media or the confusion about the realization that refugees own 
smartphones.

But while ethnographic research has indeed shown that diasporic 
communities are often vanguards of digital technologies and it is clear 
that forced migration and mediated connectivity are increasingly 
intertwined, critical research in this area is still lacking. The few 
notable exceptions show that media (mass media and social media) can 
influence one’s feelings of security, but can also provide opportunities 
to strategise and negotiate one’s position of insecurity (Aouragh, 2011; 
Collyer, 2007; Dekker and Engersen, 2012; Horst, 2006; Moore and 
Clifford, 2007; Wilding and Gifford, 2013).

We are looking for applicants who conduct research to further the 
understanding on how media and forced migration intersect. New and old 
media play a crucial role in the lives of (forced) migrants. Within this 
workshop we aim to explore how we can understand the intersections 
between different media forms, including people’s own media use, and 
(forced) migration. We bracket the forced, as we recognise that the 
label ‘refugee’ can have its own difficulties, and could even be 
considered as a governing tool appropriated by nation-states. This 
workshop could therefore also be opened up to people who consider mixed 
migration or challenge the distinction between economic and forced 
migrations in regard to media.

The workshop (see a detailed program in the attachment) includes 
interactive activities in which established scholars, new career 
researchers and post-graduate students from a wide variety of fields are 
able to learn from each other and write together. *

*After a general opening and key note speeches, the keynote speaker will 
be working within a small group of early career researchers (max. 5/6 
people) on a specific subject which is related to the one of the 4 streams.
The 4 streams are:
1. Media representations of (forced) migration.
2. Methodology, media and migration.
3. Trajectories of (forced) migrants.
4. Media power in the politics of (forced) migration.
For a more detailed description of these streams, please have a look at 
the attachment or on our Facebook event-page: Workshop (Forced) 
Migration and Media.

The objective of the afternoon session is creating a more informal space 
where researchers working on similar subjects can present their work 
with people working on similar issues and to someone who has a tracked 
record in the field.

In the closing plenary session we will look for bridges, and consider 
how we as academics can best engage to policies and practices.

We ask you to submit the title of your work, an abstract of maximum 300 
words and a short motivation of maximum 200 words why your works fits 
best in what particular stream by *Sunday, the 15^th  of May, 23.59 GMT 
*to (mediamigrationworkshop /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(mediamigrationworkshop /at/ gmail.com)>.

Accepted participants will be notified by the 20^th  of May.

_Costs:_ Attendees are asked to contribute £10 each, in order to 
contribute to the travel costs of attendees without funding. Those 
attendees who have to travel far within the UK and do not have funding 
to cover travel costs can contact us for additional funding.**


For more information or any questions, please contact 
(mediamigrationworkshop /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(mediamigrationworkshop /at/ gmail.com)>, Mirjam Twigt: (mat35 /at/ le.ac.uk) 
<https://email.le.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=vsArdVSJZaiGQFYu2tHEPDtHFzLuv3-aiDA0cBglmFxJfbalTFPTCG0AYQBpAGwAdABvADoAbQBhAHQAMwA1AEAAbABlAC4AYQBjAC4AdQBrAA..&URL=mailto%3amat35%40le.ac.uk> 
or Zakaria Sajir: (zs70 /at/ le.ac.uk) 
<https://email.le.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=hfbqTAEGstXMGVBRJ84niVUb2HoKaIFmpeagVidPw0FJfbalTFPTCG0AYQBpAGwAdABvADoAegBzADcAMABAAGwAZQAuAGEAYwAuAHUAawA.&URL=mailto%3azs70%40le.ac.uk>__or 
contact us through the Facebook event-page: Workshop (Forced) Migration 
and Media.

Contrary to what our first call stated, the workshop on Community impact 
has been postponed to a later date so it won’t take place during 
Ramadan.For more information on the Community Impact Even, please 
contact Idil Osman: (io40 /at/ le.ac.uk) 
<https://email.le.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=9NWZ9b-cNcbglwqBc-gVFVIB1lRuMQULuLMUuxLZzcJJfbalTFPTCG0AYQBpAGwAdABvADoAaQBvADQAMABAAGwAZQAuAGEAYwAuAHUAawA.&URL=mailto%3aio40%40le.ac.uk> 
or Mirjam Twigt: (mat35 /at/ le.ac.uk) 
<https://email.le.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=vsArdVSJZaiGQFYu2tHEPDtHFzLuv3-aiDA0cBglmFxJfbalTFPTCG0AYQBpAGwAdABvADoAbQBhAHQAMwA1AEAAbABlAC4AYQBjAC4AdQBrAA..&URL=mailto%3amat35%40le.ac.uk>. 



All the best wishes,

Mirjam A. Twigt
PhD-student, Graduate Research Assistant
Email: (mat35 /at/ le.ac.uk)

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