Somali Development Agents as Development Communicators

Gonnelli, Michele

doi:10.1002/9781119236771.ch24

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“…For example, Nedelcu's (2019) study found that ICTs generate new transnational public spheres in which migrant and non-migrant populations can mobilize on common public issues in new spaces of collective action (ibid, 2019, p.492). For the diasporas, this metaphor serves the functions of enabling diaspora peoples to look back at 'home' while adopting a distant and less involved gaze (Gonnelli, 2019). The scoping review reveals that the term is linked to theories such as DevComm, and migration regulation policies.…”

Section: Functions the Term Diaspora Serves To Diaspora Groupsmentioning

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On the issue of diaspora’s terminological dispersal

Ogunyemi

2020

Journal of Global Diaspora &Amp; Media

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This analytical scoping review contributes to the debate about the diaspora’s terminological dispersal that has dominated scholarly discourse in the past two decades. The author argues that diaspora as a ‘metaphoric designation’ is a useful conceptual entry point to chart the multiplicity of ways in which diaspora research has evolved in the twenty-first century. From this premise, diaspora as a ‘metaphoric designation’ mitigates against the ‘nostalgia-premised’ definitions of diasporas and could resolve the concerns about ‘terminological dispersal’ that have proliferated in diaspora studies.

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Section: Functions the Term Diaspora Serves To Diaspora Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

On the issue of diaspora’s terminological dispersal

Ogunyemi

2020

Journal of Global Diaspora &Amp; Media

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Somali Development Agents as Development Communicators

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On the issue of diaspora’s terminological dispersal

On the issue of diaspora’s terminological dispersal

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