Foreclosed futures and entangled timelines: conceptualization of the ‘future’ among Syrian newcomer mothers in Canada

Omar, Laila

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2022.2029372

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“…Of course, hostility burns in the background of those going through the asylum application process (Anderson et al, 2019; Smith and Vasudevan, 2017; Weheylie, 2014), but how might forms of administered hostility get (re)mediated by users of smartphones, or indeed, other digital devices? What happens to the deeply affective experience of waiting or suspension (Bissell and Fuller, 2010; Greene, 2020; Griffiths, 2014; Omar, 2022) when it is mediated by the ever-expanding possibilities of smartphone use? In the remainder of the paper, I outline how geography as a discipline may be able to contribute to these questions, tracing a pathway to geographic research on the digital everyday.…”

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Living digitally like a migrant: Everyday smartphone practices and the (Re)mediation of hostile state-affects

Morgan

2023

Progress in Human Geography

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Over the last decade, geographical research has documented how digital technologies are changing experiences of (im)mobility into and within Europe. For irregular migrants in the European context, the smartphone has become a vital digital tool for mediating everyday experiences of hostile environments that have become characteristic of mobility landscapes. Building upon novel work in Social Media and Media studies, which explores the entanglements between smartphones and mobility, this paper aims to bring forward a geographical research agenda that centres everyday smartphone practices as a central object of inquiry in work on irregular migration and broader work around everyday life: specifically in the context in which hostility has become one of the main affective experiences of mobility governance throughout Western Europe. Introducing the concept of living (digitally) like a migrant, this paper highlights how we can no longer conceptualise irregular ‘migrant life’ without consideration of the way in which life, in a biopolitical sense, is productive of and enmeshed within, everyday digital practices. This paper thus offers an agenda for geographic research concerned with forms of the everyday: demanding we can no longer conceptualise the everyday, nor experiences of irregular migration, without serious consideration of the digital – specifically of everyday smartphone practices. We must, therefore, take seriously the forms of digital agency or experience that (re)mediate encounters with state-administered hostility, whilst remaining open to the affirmative forms of living or flourishing that may emerge through everyday engagement with the digital.

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Section: (Digitally) Encountering Hostilitymentioning

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Living digitally like a migrant: Everyday smartphone practices and the (Re)mediation of hostile state-affects

Morgan

2023

Progress in Human Geography

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“…Given the large number of newcomers, great demand was placed both on settlement agencies and broader communities as they were forced to "rapidly expand or strengthen their capacity" to support the refugees (Drolet & Moorthi, 2018, p. 102), often without the resources and necessary means to adequately service them (Vatanparast et al, 2020). This literature review, therefore, analyzes Syrian refugees' that some Syrian refugees experience profound mental health challenges given the traumatic experiences of their forced migration that may have subjected them to countless acts of violence (Omar, 2022). (Agroam, 2021).…”

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Syrian Refugees’ Stability and Opportunity in Canada and Implications on Mental Health

Cherubini

2023

Spectrum

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The Syrian conflict is a significant humanitarian crisis. An estimated 6.5 million Syrians have been forced to flee the Syrian Arab Republic since 2011. In 2015, the Canadian federal government promised to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees, and expanded the number to 40,000 in 2017. Since 2015, Canada’s intake of Syrian refugees has exceeded 50,000, representing the largest number of refugees admitted in Canada since the Immigration Act of 1978. This paper reviews and analyzes the literature corresponding to Syrian refugees’ experiences as they transition to Canada by exploring key topics including sponsorship streams, employment, housing affordability, language acquisition, and educational opportunities. It examines obstacles in Syrian refugees’ successful integration into the aforementioned community and social services and underscores the importance of providing financial and material support for language acquisition and education opportunities to improve Syrian refugees’ acculturation process. The findings reveal two key themes in the literature—financial stability, and language and education—which are discussed in the context of their implications on Syrian refugees’ mental health. The paper discusses how the challenges of integrating into a host country can significantly undermine refugees’ ability to transition successfully. The review points to the importance of providing Syrian refugees with the necessary financial and material stability so as not to compound the stress and anxiety being experienced during the transition. The importance of language acquisition and education programs are also discussed in the literature review in the context of better facilitating Syrian refugees’ acculturation and contributing to positive mental health outcomes.

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Career agency of immigrants participating in employment interventions in Norway

Khoronzhevych,

Eriksson

2024

British Journal of Guidance & Counselling

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Foreclosed futures and entangled timelines: conceptualization of the ‘future’ among Syrian newcomer mothers in Canada

Cited by 4 publications

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Living digitally like a migrant: Everyday smartphone practices and the (Re)mediation of hostile state-affects

Living digitally like a migrant: Everyday smartphone practices and the (Re)mediation of hostile state-affects

Syrian Refugees’ Stability and Opportunity in Canada and Implications on Mental Health

Career agency of immigrants participating in employment interventions in Norway

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