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Record Nr.

UNINA9910598067803321

Autore

Hajj Nadya

Titolo

Networked Refugees : : Palestinian Reciprocity and Remittances in the Digital Age / / Nadya Hajj

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[s.l.] : , : University of California Press, , 2021

ISBN

0-520-38325-7

Edizione

[1 ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Critical Refugee Studies

Disciplina

332/.04246089927405692

Soggetti

Social Science / Refugees

Technology & Engineering / Social Aspects

Social Science / Regional Studies

Social sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Giving Thanks -- Preface -- 1 Cooperation and Community Building in Catastrophe -- 2 Mapping Palestinian Ahl and Hamula Networks in Analog and Digital Spaces -- 3 Reciprocity, Enforcement, and Economic Remittances -- 4 Social Remittances and the Disruption of Traditional Norms and Community Leaders -- 5 Reciprocal Activism in Digital Spaces -- Research Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.   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.