Networked Refugees
Palestinian Reciprocity and Remittances in the Digital Age (Edition 1)
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Author(s)
Hajj, Nadya
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EnglishAbstract
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Almost 68.5 million refugees in the world today live in a protection gap, the chasm between protections stipulated in the Geneva Convention and the abrogation of those responsibilities by states and aid agencies. With dwindling humanitarian aid, how do refugee communities solve collective dilemmas, like raising funds for funeral services, or securing other critical goods and services?
In Networked Refugees, Nadya Hajj finds that Palestinian refugees utilize Information Communication Technology platforms to motivate reciprocity—a cooperative action marked by the mutual exchange of favors and services—and informally seek aid and connection with their transnational diaspora community. Using surveys conducted with Palestinians throughout the diaspora, interviews with those inside the Nahr al Bared Refugee camp in Lebanon, and data pulled from online community spaces, these findings push back against the cynical idea that online organizing is fruitless, emphasizing instead the productivity of these digital networks.
Keywords
Social Science; Refugees; Social Science; Regional Studies; Technology & Engineering; Social AspectsISBN
9780520383258Publisher
University of California PressPublisher website
www.ucpress.eduPublication date and place
2021Imprint
University of California PressClassification
Refugees and political asylum
Regional / International studies
Impact of science and technology on society