| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Technologies of Refuge and Displacement -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Figures -- Preface -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 1. What's Technology Got to Do with Refugees? -- 2. Background and Methodology -- 3. Digital Divides: A Review of Literature -- PART II: DIGITAL DICHOTOMIES -- 4. Netizens and Asylum Seekers as Cultural Citizens -- 5. Technological and Social Determinism -- PART III: ALTERNATIVE MODELS -- 6. The Strength of Weak Ties -- 7. Actor Network Theory -- 8. Hierarchies of Technology Literacy -- PART IV: PRACTICES AND PRINCIPLES |
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9. Accessibility: Moving Beyond the Disability Paradigm -- 10. User-Centered Design -- 11. UCD Principles in Practice -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
| Summary |
The book explores the role of technology in the refugee experience, focusing particularly on the contexts of displacement and detention. Traversing the disciplines of refugee studies, socio-technical studies and technology design, it speaks to academics, students, and practitioners working and studying in those areas |
| Subject |
Digital divide
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Refugees -- Social networks
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Refugees -- Cultural assimilation
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Communication and technology
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Communication and technology.
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Digital divide.
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Refugees -- Cultural assimilation.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781498500036 |
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149850003X |
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