Logistical tools for refugees and undocumented migrants: smartphones and social media in the city of Fès
<p class="first" id="d223326e82">This article reports findings from fieldwork and analyses the impact of mobile technologies and social media on increasing migration flows in Morocco, particularly in the city of Fès. The role of smartphones as a mean...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pluto Journals
2019-03-01
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| Series: | Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation |
| Online Access: | https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/workorgalaboglob.13.1.0062 |
| Summary: | <p class="first" id="d223326e82">This article reports findings from fieldwork and analyses the impact of mobile technologies
and social media on increasing migration flows in Morocco, particularly in the city
of Fès. The role of smartphones as a means to support the use of maps, global positioning
apps and the use of social media like Facebook and WhatsApp have become essential
tools for refugees and undocumented migrants. This article focuses on these logistical
aspects, intended as constantly changing adaptations between life-forms and interactions
with the social, political and economic conditions to which migrants are exposed.
Logistics is understood as the nexus between migrants and these various logistical
tools, influencing their mobility and identities, as well as modifying the organisation
of communities and cities (of provenance, transit and destination).
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| ISSN: | 1745-641X 1745-6428 |