From c423c1fc3ec04b68167c15b523c5b3a8dfa5ccd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: inga Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2022 12:12:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'content/session/mezzadra.md' added title --- content/session/mezzadra.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/session/mezzadra.md b/content/session/mezzadra.md index f878441..cc37a96 100644 --- a/content/session/mezzadra.md +++ b/content/session/mezzadra.md @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ ++++ +title = "Digital Mobility, Logistics, and the Politics of Migration" ++++ + + # Digital Mobility, Logistics, and the Politics of Migration [Mohammad Khalefeh](https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article152540522/Ohne-Facebook-waere-ich-nicht-angekommen.html), a 17-year-old boy from Syria, spoke on behalf of many refugees when interviewed about his journey across ten European countries in 2015, on foot, by boat, bus, car, and train: “without Facebook and Google Maps I really do not think I would have made it to Germany.” And he was keen to emphasise that this was only possible with a strong network of relatives and friends, constantly exchanging information and knowledge. Maria Ullrich’s article in this issue of *spheres* explores these new forms of media use by migrants and refugees focusing on the so-called Balkan route, during and after the “summer of migration” in 2015. And she makes a remarkable contribution to the understanding of this incorporation of logistical technologies and infrastructures (within the very fabric) of migration. Taking an “actor-centered” perspective of the “autonomy of migration approach”, she sheds light on the uneven and contested process of the formation of “mobile commons” and “migrant digitalities”[^mezzadra_1] that support and facilitate border crossings and geographical mobility.