Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity

Without technology we’d be very stuck”: Ageing migrants’ comobility capital in pandemic times

Date: May 27, 2021
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Earvin Cabalquinto (Deakin University)
Earvin Charles Cabalquinto is a Lecturer in Communication at Deakin University. He is also a member of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation.
Location: Video Conference

Without technology we’d be very stuck”: Ageing migrants’ comobility capital in pandemic times

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The onset of the global health pandemic has placed many individuals in constrained mobilities. People’s movements across the world have been curtailed by cross-border shutdowns, travel restrictions, and lockdowns. In a sense, various forms of spatial and temporal immobilities reflect the concept of what Hage Ghassan (2009) calls ‘existential immobility’ or stuckedness during a crisis. However, in a digital era, diverse individuals manage stuckedness by using digital communication technologies to sustain personal relationships and enact civic participation.