Amanda Alencar
@MandyPazAlencar
Associate Professor @erasmusuni. Focused on Refugees & Tech. PI of http://translocallives.com. Once @ICA_InterComm chair, @refugeestudies & U. of Amsterdam.
On Sep.4, we started a participatory research program on digital storytelling, placemaking & forced migration. For 7 weeks, we explored together ways in which the 14 participants could express their placemaking experiences in creative ways using digital media & storytelling🎥 1/6
I can’t wait to return to EUR, reunite with the team, and discuss our new book “Digital Media, Denunciation, and Shaming”! Please sign up and join us if you are interested in topics such as cancel culture, doxxing, trolling, and censorship!
We are pleased to invite you to the launch of a new book by @dantrottier, @XeniaQianHuang, and @Gabdulhakov_R exploring the rise of digital media denunciation and its social impacts. bit.ly/3Cb1iE0
Hearing from friends in Colombia and Brazil about the impact of the USAID freeze which is already disrupting critical support for migrants & refugees. In Brazil, the Lula government has called an emergency meeting to respond. g1.globo.com/politica/blog/…
📢CALL FOR ABSTRACTS- Migration, Place/making and Belonging Conference at The ISS21 Migration and Integration Research Cluster @UCC (5 & 6 June 2025) ‼️Deadline: Friday 14th February 2025 🔍All details here: ucc.ie/en/iss21/resea…
🗣️Call for Papers Special Issue: Who is a Refugee in the 21st Century? With @UlrikeBialas (@maxplanckpress ), @FitzGeraldUCSD (@UCSanDiego), Aryan Karimi(@UBC) ⚠️Deadline for abstracts: March 31st 🧐More info: imiscoe.org/news-and-blog/…
🚨Publication alert🚨 Happy to share my latest worldview published in Nature Cities!🤩🌍🌱It highlights how Bogotá’s LGBTQI+ houses provide crucial support to displaced communities, showcasing the power of municipal policies in creating inclusion🏳️🌈Read: rdcu.be/dZ0If
Join us on the 2nd December where we will be discussing my latest book on #crisismanagement and #radicalright
📣 New book launch event ⬇ 'Radicalisation and Crisis Management: Shifts of Radical Right Discourse' by @vtsagkr 🗓 When: 2 December 2024, 16:00 - 17:30 📍 Where: room 3.48, Wijnhaven, The Hague More info: universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2024…
We are extending the deadline for the conference, Doing Ethnography: Notes from the Field, until Mon, November 4th. There are so many wonderful proposals thus far. @UCL_IAS @SarojiniSapru @UCLgeography Looking forward to more. All info can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1su…
🥁🥁 it’s here, and I’m amazed! 🥁🥁 My first book, Unfair ID, launches today with @SAGEPublishers. It is dedicated to all sufferers of harmful outcomes of digital identity, and imagines routes to overcoming #digitalID unfairness. us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/unfa… #UnfairID #datajustice
Join this important event on Participation and Digitalization: Opportunities and Challenges for Migrants and Refugees in the Netherlands, in Utrecht on 20 November, organized by Noemi Mena Montes
OUT NOW!! We are thrilled to announce that our podcast series, “Voices on the Move,” is officially available for streaming! The podcast explores climate induced migration, highlighting the stories of people on the ground already impacted and researchers. migrationmatters.me/what-we-do/edu…
CfP, Digital Solidarity Economies, a special issue for Internet Policy Review journal. Deadline for abstract submissions: Nov 15. Guest editors: Belen Albornoz, Denise Kasparian , @ricardespelt and I @PolicyR Call: policyreview.info/node/1808
Join us for a comprehensive, full-day in-person masterclass that delves into the growing significance of online interviewing as a research method! More: rmes.nl/rmes-mastercla…
What's the connection between the discourse around 'refugee self-reliance' and the arguments used to justify transatlantic slavery? Read all about it in this fascinating article! academic.oup.com/isq/article/68…
Starting today! Looking forward to seeing all our presenters over the next few days ☺️ Please check the programme and presentation guidelines on the website and on your mailbox ✨
Welcome to the @ECREA_eu #ECREA2024 #ECC10 conference! See you at the opening at Cankarjev dom! @cankarjevdom #Ljubljana
Why has #migration #research so little #impact? In @IMRjournal, @NWelfens and I examine dynamics of knowledge production and knowledge use in migration policy and migration studies. Check it out and engage!🔻journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…
Happy to announce the publication of my article ‘Refugees’ Storytelling Strategies on Digital Media Platforms: How the Russia–Ukraine War Unfolded on TikTok’ Special thanks to the stellar editorial team and reviewers @SocialMedia_Soc journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…
Modern journalism is already heavily dependent on the platforms offered by big tech. Adding new financial dimensions to this relationship raises urgent questions about press independence writes @Mathias_Felipe (@Macquarie_Uni) theconversation.com/big-tech-is-pa…