Travaux
DIGITAL DIASPORAS: MIGRATION, ICTS AND TRANSNATIONALISM
The conference will address the convergence of two parallel developments: global migration and the flow of symbolic forms and digital interactive media, which are having profound consequences for our transnational world. New developments in information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as the internet and mobile phones combined with a collapse in the cost of international communication are together transforming the experience of migration with implications for family...
The weight of the diaspora on Skyrock in images
What is the imagery of the diaspora on the French blogging/social networking site Skyrock? METHOD_ 1. query Google Images for the top three immigrant groups in France: Algeria, Portugal and Marocco (source: www.insee.fr). Query for country name and nationality (male/female): algerie, algérien, algérienne portugal, portugais, portugaise maroc, marocain, marocaine within skyrock.com, eg: algerie site:*skyrock.com 2. download top 100 images with DownThemAll 3. count and categorize...
Digital Methods et Migration Workshop
Le programme TIC-Migrations, en collaboration avec l’université de Californie (Santa Cruz), organise du 22 au 24 juin à Paris (Maison Suger & Telecom ParisTech) un workshop consacré aux méthodes numériques dans la recherche sur les migrations. La question qui sera au centre de ce workshop sera la suivante : De quels méthodes et outils dispose-t-on ou a-t-on besoin pour cartographier/étudier les espaces numériques des diasporas ? Le workshop réunira des chercheurs...



















