Migrant and new media

Author(s)

Monika Palmberger

Abstract

This chapter brings superdiversity into conversation with digital ethnography and
transnationalism. It argues that there is a need to include digitalized lifeworlds and, especially,
practices related to new information and communication technologies in ethnographies
of superdiversity in order to do justice to the social relations and the complexities
involved. First, the chapter provides a broad overview of the historical importance of information
and communication technologies for migrants and the study of migrants’ lives
and of the evolving research field of digital migration studies. It will then bring digital migration
studies into conversation with the superdiversity debates, particularly through a
(shared) focus on transnationalism. From a methodological perspective, it suggests a digital
ethnographic approach for further interweaving these still widely separate research
fields. Ultimately, the chapter outlines how a digital ethnography approach can advance
conceptual and theory-driven discussions about superdiversity. The chapter ends with an
outlook and by raising key questions to be tackled.

Organisation(s)

Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Pages

1-14

No. of pages

14

Publication date

07-2022

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

504008 Ethnography, 504017 Cultural anthropology

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/migrant-and-new-media(3298cdf6-77ad-4427-a83a-5306658247f5).html