[Commlist] CfP Digitized global mobilities’

CfP Digitized global mobilities’ 3- 4 Juni, 2019, Utrecht University

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  *Digitized global mobilities’ T**he role of new media and digitization
  in the **security approaches of the refugee crisis*


  *3- 4 Juni, 2019, Utrecht University *

Digitization and the use of social media has dramatically changed most 
aspects of our everyday practices, perceptions and cause severe changes 
in Human Mobility (Innes, 2016, Gray, 2018). While the importance and 
effects of technological innovations in social science research has been 
increasingly recognized, the role of new technologies and how these 
shapes the security of people on the move is still limited in scope.

This international event of UGlobe seeks to address questions on the 
digital features of forced mobility, how technology shapes the 
approaches of migrant’ security, particularly the unintended effects of 
digitization and social media use.

This event aims to bring together multiple stakeholders: NGO 
representatives, social workers, media representatives (e.g. Dutch 
Refugee Council, Dutch Association for Migration Research, European 
institutions, IOM, UNHCR) and academics.


  The first day of our event is a Seminar with invited speakers from 
different disciplines, the second day is organised in Workshops to 
facilitate interactive knowledge exchange and inclusion of visual 
material. For the Workshop sessions we invite papers, films and art 
works that rethink issues of the ‘digital’ in the study of human 
mobility and security. Papers should include an inquiry into one or more 
of the following questions:

• How does `the digital´ change the way we approach security issues in 
the migration domain, and do we need to adjust our research objectives 
accordingly?   • How current changes in nationalist movements, 
securitization processes and surveillance mechanisms are shifting human 
mobility approaches in different social contexts?  • What are the 
ethical concerns and limitations in using new media, particularly when 
studying mobility? • How do we critically assess digital justice, 
traceability and accountability?

We encourage paper proposals from various disciplines including, but not 
limited to, social and cultural anthropology, sociology, human 
geography, criminology, law, communication studies and digital 
humanities by early and mid-career scholars.   As we aim to create a 
platform for in-depth discussion, selected papers will be grouped into 
one of the five sessions, each led by an expert in the selected field. 
The preliminary topics below serve as a guide for applicants:

Session 1 Perceived Security and Asylum processes

Session 2 Media, Gender and Ethnicity

Session 3 Fear of Expulsion and Relocation

Session 4 Digilantism, Digital solidarity and Social Justice

Session 5 Migration Security and Technology

Abstracts for papers (max. 300 words) and a short biographical note 
including your institutional affiliation and position, should be sent 
via e-mail as a Word.doc attachment by Monday, 11th of March, 2019.

Please e-mail your abstracts and papers to Dr Veronika Nagy: (v.nagy /at/ uu.nl)

Decisions will be communicated before the 22th of March.

Accepted abstracts should be turned into preliminary papers (3000 words) 
and sent by Sunday, 05th of May, 2019.

Should you have a preferred session(s), please indicate it upon abstract 
submission.


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