TY - BOOK ID - 146156677 TI - Technology's refuge : the use of technology by asylum seekers and refugees AU - Leung, Linda AU - Lamb, Cathryn Finney AU - Emrys, Liz PY - 2009 PB - Broadway UTS ePRESS DB - UniCat KW - Telecommunication KW - Communication and technology KW - Political refugees KW - Refugees KW - Refugee communication practices KW - Communication in refugee detention KW - Asylum seekers and communication KW - Refugee use of communication technology KW - Diaspora communication KW - Refugees and technology-mediated communication KW - Social aspects KW - Communication. KW - Communication. KW - Refugee communication practices KW - Communication in refugee detention KW - Asylum seekers and communication KW - Refugee use of communication technology KW - Diaspora communication KW - Refugees and technology-mediated communication UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:146156677 AB - "An investigation into the use of information communication technologies by refugees during flight, displacement and in settlement, this book examines the impact of Australia's official policy of mandatory detention on how asylum seekers and refugees maintain links to diasporas and networks of support. Given the restricted contact with the world outside of the immigration detention centre, the book juxtaposes forms and processes of technology-mediated communication between institutionalised detention, with those of displacement and settlement. It finds that while there are obstacles to communication in situations of conflict and dislocation, asylum seekers and refugees are able to 'make do' with the technology options available to them in ways which were less constrained than in detention settings. The book also outlines how communication practices during the settlement process focus on learning new technologies, and repairing the disconnections with family members resulting from separation and detention."--Publisher's website. ER -