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Networked Refugees : Palestinian Reciprocity and Remittances in the Digital Age

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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.

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332.04246089927405692 NAD n

Publisher

: University of California Press., 2021

Collation

127p.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780520383241

Classification

332.04246089927405692

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Edition

Ed. 1

Subject(s)

Regional studies
Impact of science & technology on society
Refugees & political asylum

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Nadya Hajj

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