Visual Methods in Research with Migrant and Refugee Children and Young People

Moskal, Marta

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“…The new technological tools at our disposal are making us reconsider what we in our corporeal existence have taken to denote separation and togetherness, allowing us to connect to distant family even while grocery shopping. Previous works have helped establish the field of digitalized family practices among transnational families (King-O'Riain, 2015;Madianou & Miller, 2012;Moskal, 2017;Nedelcu, 2017), 'doing family' through ICTs (Baldassar et al, 2016;Chib et al, 2014;Madianou, 2012;Nedelcu & Wyss, 2016;Tiilikainen, 2017) and ways of fostering 'virtual connectedness' (Wilding, 2006) that transcend our geographical boundaries uniting different generations (Bangerter & Waldron, 2014;Gonzalez et al, 2012;Tarrant, 2010;McClure, 2015;Souralova, 2019).…”

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“…Tiilikainen (2017) offers a more up-to-date analysis on sentiments of transnational 'ways of being' and 'belonging' of children through telephone calls, social network sites, remittances and visits to home country, and how the mother plays a central role in mediating kinship relationship with the distant family. Another recent study that sheds light on ICTs in the imagination of the migrant child has been offered by Moskal (2017) based on the drawings of Polish children in Scotland visualizing a sense of 'attachment' , demonstrating how common it is for children to draw smartphones or computers to represent connection with distant family members that allow them to construct 'home' that extends beyond spaces (Moskal, 2017: 7-8).…”

Section: The Migrant Child and The Intermediary Role Of The Mothermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is a rich and thriving new field that explores the impact of new digital technologies on the lives of migrants, including social media and migrant networks (Dekker & Engbersen, 2014;Komito, 2011), online practices of transnational families (Baldassar, Nedelcu, Merla, & Wilding, 2016;King-O'Riain, 2015;Madianou & Miller, 2012;Nedelcu, 2017;Nedelcu & Wyss, 2016;Wilding, 2006), changing forms of motherhood in migration (Parreñas, 2005;Chib, Malik, Arikat, & Kadir, 2014;Gonzalez, Jomhari, & Kurniawan, 2012;Madianou, 2012), the experience of migrant children and those of grandparents (Bangerter & Waldron, 2014;Moskal, 2017;Tarrant, 2010;Tiilikainen, 2017;McClure, Chentsova-Dutton, Barr, Holochwost & Parrot, 2015;Souralova, 2019). While the primary focus on the technology in question has either been international calls, SMS, emails, social media or more recently desktop Skype use, there is an evident gap in this field with regard to how the smartphone has replaced computer usage in maintaining everyday ties among transnational families.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Watching them grow: Intergenerational video‐calling among transnational families in the age of smartphones

Demirsu

2021

Global Networks

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This paper investigates the novel forms of intergenerational communication in transnational families introduced by the widespread use of video-calls on smartphones. Centring on the kin-keeping role of the mother, the study analyses 30 semistructured interviews with migrant Turkish mothers living in 10 different countries around the world, as the facilitators of video-calls and intergenerational mediators. It is argued that smartphone mediated video-calls add new dimensions to the communication that expand the possibilities of self-expression and bonding for the migrant child with their grandparents in the form of visual performance, spatial sharing and spatio-temporal longing, while offering new ways of carrying out traditional grandparenting roles in a digitalized setting. Such intergenerational communication is mediated by migrant mothers as manifested through the practice of simultaneous multigenerational communication engaging all three generations on different forms of exchange enabled by the device itself. Although the new generation born into the digital age struggle with the paradox of separation vis-à-vis virtual togetherness, everyday video-calls on smartphones not only help keep the image of 'family' alive for the migrant child, they also generate a circumambient virtual setting that permits the transfer of family This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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2021

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“…Using photographs and focus group follow-up, photovoice is meant to reach, inform, and organize community members, enabling them to discuss and prioritize problems and solutions. This method has been used to study adolescent immigrants (Adekeye et al, 2014; Roxas et al, 2017), children in refugee camps (Oh, 2011), migrants (Moskal, 2017), and resettled refugees (Dixit et al, 2017; Vecchio et al, 2017).…”

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“I Hate the Word ‘Liver’”: A Photovoice Study of Burmese and Bhutanese Adolescent Health Care Brokers in Northeast Ohio

2020

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Introduction: Adolescents health care brokers interpret for family and community members lacking English language proficiency in health care settings. The purpose of this study was to explore personal experiences of Burmese and Bhutanese teenagers who served as health care brokers in resettled refugee families in Northeast Ohio. Method: A mixed methods design using photovoice guided this study. Participants completed the Adolescent Language Brokering Survey, took photos, wrote in journals, and attended focus groups. Results: Eight Burmese and Bhutanese teenagers participated. Three themes became apparent: health care brokering within sociocultural contexts, mediation during health care encounters, and representations of childhood. Discussion: The adolescents were proud to be health care brokers yet found it disrupted their lives because they were living in both their traditional culture and the American culture. Photovoice empowered them through dissemination of findings during a photo exposition, community meeting, and health literacy class. Health care professionals must recognize benefits and prohibitions when working with adolescent health care brokers.

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“…Much research and practice continues to deny children agency and to "overlook the fact that childhood is a socially constructed phenomenon that changes over time and takes on different forms with varying expectations and actions, depending on historical, societal and cultural contexts" (Liebel, 2017, p. 79). Researchers are increasingly using participatory visual methods (PVM) with newcomer children to give them greater control in sharing with us a deeper understanding of newcomer children's experiences, their sense of identity and belonging, their relationships, strengths, and aspirations (Moskal, 2017).…”

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Drawing Out Their Stories: A Scoping Review of Participatory Visual Research Methods With Newcomer Children

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International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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Researchers are increasingly using participatory visual methods (PVM) to gain a deeper understanding of newcomer children’s experiences, sense of identity, relationships, needs, strengths, and aspirations. By taking photos, producing digital stories, creating maps, drawing, sculpting, and other visual-based practices, children can help us understand how they navigate their complex worlds. We conducted a scoping review to explore what is known about participatory visual research with newcomer children. We searched nine databases, screened 692 articles, and included 21 articles for synthesis and analysis. Five common and connected areas were identified as important for consideration when envisioning, planning, and conducting this type of research with newcomer children: PVM provides an opportunity for children to communicate complex feelings and disrupt deficit discourse; participation in PVM research is highly dependent on varying cultural, economic, and relational factors; providing a range and choice of data collection activities permits deeper engagement and higher quality data; PVM can enhance meaningful engagement, reduce power asymmetry, and engender confidence and self-awareness; developing and sustaining trusted relationships are integral to the research process. The review reveals the need for more researcher reflexivity with an explicit attention to assumptions, values, and ethical considerations and suggests opportunities for researchers to better ensure newcomer children can share and shape their own stories.

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Visual Methods in Research with Migrant and Refugee Children and Young People

Cited by 12 publications

References 48 publications

Watching them grow: Intergenerational video‐calling among transnational families in the age of smartphones

Watching them grow: Intergenerational video‐calling among transnational families in the age of smartphones

“I Hate the Word ‘Liver’”: A Photovoice Study of Burmese and Bhutanese Adolescent Health Care Brokers in Northeast Ohio

Drawing Out Their Stories: A Scoping Review of Participatory Visual Research Methods With Newcomer Children

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