Mediated Lives : : Waiting and Hope among Iraqi Refugees in Jordan / / Mirjam Twigt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2022
• VerfasserIn: Twigt, Mirjam,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Forced Migration ; 43
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Notes on Translation and Transliteration --; Abbreviations --; Introduction: Becoming and Being a (Dis)Connected Forced Migrant --; 1 ‘Life Is Like a Waiting Stop’ Situating Experiences of Iraqi Refugees in Jordan’s Temporary Protection Context --; 2 Hoping for Solutions in a ‘Surrogate State’ --; 3 Tactics to Get ‘Unstuck’ Refugee Protests and Seeking Alternative Means to Travel --; 4 Prolonged Legal Uncertainties and Their Interaction with Virtual Home-Making Practices in Amman --; 5 The Mediation of Hope Digital Technologies and Affective Affordances in Iraqi Refugee Households --; 6 Post-humanitarian Shifts in Jordan’s Protection Space --; 7 Fast-Forward to 2018 Technologies towards Accountability for UNHCR Jordan’s Persons of Concern --; Conclusion (Dis)Connectivity and the Politics of Hope --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781800733442; 9783110997668
• DOI: 10.1515/9781800733442
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Mirjam Twigt.

Using the example of Iraqi refugees in Jordan's capital of Amman, this book describes how information and communication technologies (ICTs) play out in the everyday experiences of urban refugees, geographically located in the Global South, and shows how interactions between online and offline spaces are key for making sense of the humanitarian regime, for carving out a sense of home and for sustaining hope. This book paints a humanizing account of making do amid legal marginalization, prolonged insecurity, and the proliferation of digital technologies.