Call for papers

This international conference is structured around four complementary areas open to both theoretical contributions, analysis of practical experiences and / or empirical research conducted by experienced researchers (MCF, PR), doctors and PhD students:

Area 1: Migration, communication and media: connected  migrants anddigital diasporas: the development of media and web sites by migrant populations prompt us to rethink the role of media diaspora  in the reconfiguration of information and communication practices, production, consumption and reception of digital and traditional media by migrants. Thus, the increased use of the Internet and digital tools of information and communication led to questions about their real role in the creation and reconfiguration of social ties in the migration population and spheare refugees. In general, the use of new information and communications technology by migrants, exiles and refugees (whether to inform their families of their travel or communicate with migrants on the situation local), was still unexplored, especially in a multidisciplinary context: this is the main novelty of this international conference:
- Media coverage of the migratory themes and refugee issues in the press, television, radio and through the Internet and the social web.
- The use of media and new information and communications technology (television, radio, print, internet, mobile, Facebook, Twitter, Blog) for the purpose of communication and socialization of migrants and refugees.
- Digital and connected diasporas: the social web devices (Facebook, twitter, blogs etc ..) in a context of migration and increase of refugees and their impacts on social relationships and changing communication practices of migrants and refugees .

Area 2: Family contemporary migration: theoretical approaches, communication and media issues: More often attentive to the migration of individuals, SSH Research is little bent on contemporary migration called family. When approaching this question, the look has tended to land on gender and migration in terms of inequalities, demographic imbalances and migration cycles, for example (Martin, Bordeau and Daller 2012; Talendier 2007). The Arab Spring and the recent events in the Middle East and Europe show a migration of households whose images relayed by the media have seriously affected the Western sensibilities (eg migration of Eastern families to Germany or other countries). This axis is therefore proposed to explore the ins and outs of specific theoretical and empirical family migration whether national or international. It also aims to question the communication of family groups who migrate in search of a better world and the media treatment of this type of migration flow

Area3: Migration of approval: recreational habitability and reception policies: researchers have studied the migration of approval and have begun to invest this field of research (Moss, 2006; Martin, Bordeau and Daller 2012; Talendier, 2007). If labor migration, economic or climate are undoubtedly a cause of population displacement, people deliberately choose to migrate to improve the quality of the dwelling and their ways of living. As part of this conference, we want to bring together researchers to discuss the ongoing work to deepen the knowledge of the socio-geographical practice. The issue concerns not only the study of individual or family action logics and mobile amenity that motivate these migrations, but also on how these individuals become inhabitants of a territory. The detour to the notion of habitability then captures the practices developed by neo-residents to inhabit a place. The concept of social responsiveness queries in parallel the way relationships are established with the locals and promote or not the collective sense of belonging to a place. Finally, in an era marked by attention to the territories reception policies, it seems interesting to link this phenomenon of migration accreditation with the re-enchantment of public policy around the local amenities. How orientation and residential-face economy is reflected in the thinking and organizing public space to better accommodate neo-residents? What place do they reserve territories recreational habitability of neo-residents?

Area 4: Contemporary Migration, diversity, multiculturalism and public space : forms of migration raise intercultural and communications issues directly related to the plural public space. This is why the latter axis aims to question the intercultural and diversity concepts, in the context of contemporary migration, globalization and accelerated development of new technologies information and communication. This is to question the impact of migration on cultural diversity, the reconfiguration of the plural public space and the emergence of multicultural societies called communication. We intend to explore mechanisms for maintaining and / or restoring links between different types of individuals and groups from diverse and varied backgrounds. Particular attention will be given also to socio-economic and associative actors who invest in diversity for social, economic and cultural integration of migrants, refugees and newcomers in an area. Finally, issues related to intercultural communication, alterity, the social bond, living together, intercultural dialogue and the definition of implementing diversity policies in all backgrounds (Verbunt 2006) and public and private organizations will also be mobilized as part of the symposium.

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