Lexington Books
Pages: 154
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Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-4985-0002-9 • Hardback • August 2018 • $104.00 • (£80.00)
978-1-4985-0004-3 • Paperback • July 2021 • $44.99 • (£35.00)
978-1-4985-0003-6 • eBook • August 2018 • $42.50 • (£35.00)
Linda Leung is associate professor and honorary associate at the University of Technology Sydney.
Part I: Introduction
1. What’s Technology Got to Do with Refugees?
2. Background & 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
9. Accessibility: Moving Beyond the Disability Paradigm
10. User-Centred Design
11. UCD Principles in Practice
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Using empirical data from surveys and interviews with refugees, this stimulating book interrogates and deconstructs the narrative of a singular digital divide, and allows for greater complexity in understanding the relationship between technology and forced migration.
— Giorgia Dona, University of East London
Grounded in empirical research that centers refugee voices, Leung’s book challenges notions of technological ‘haves’ and ‘have nots.’ Multiple ways in which refugees utilise technology, often against the odds, reveal resourcefulness, innovation, and agency. This book will make a major contribution to scholars and practitioners in refugee studies, social sciences, and technology.
— Linda Briskman, Western Sydney University
Dr. Leung's pioneering book explores the relationship between global population movements and emerging digital technologies. It provides insights based on empirical work relevant to scholars from a wide range of disciplines including refugee and development studies, STS and technology design, as well as to policy-makers, planners and refugee groups themselves.
— Nod Miller, University of East London