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Dear all,

This might be of interest to some of you, but apologies for cross-posting.

The Call for Papers for the European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) i=
s now open, which will take place in Prague on 25-28 June 2025. Please cons=
ider submitting a paper to our panel on digitally-mediated youth mobilities=
, networks and positionings (full details below). The submission deadline i=
s on 15 December 2024. Paper proposals can be submitted via this link.

Warm wishes,
Sarah Ansch=FCtz, also on behalf of Ruth Cheung Judge


Youth Mobilities, Digital Technologies, and Transnational Connections in Af=
rica and the Diaspora

DISCPLINARY STREAM: Anthropology
THEMATIC STREAM: Afropolitanism and Afropean Belongings

ORGANISERS: Sarah Ansch=FCtz (the Netherlands; Belgium) & Ruth Cheung Judge=
(United Kingdom)
DISCUSSANT: Ebenezer F. Amankwaa (Ghana)

SHORT DESCRIPTION
This panel explores the ways in which digital technologies and media transf=
orm 'non-crisis' migrations and mobilities of African diaspora and African =
youth. Focusing on how the digital and embodied intersect, we invite papers=
on new digitally-mediated youth mobilities, networks, and positionings.

ABSTRACT
In transnational migration studies, digital technologies have primarily bee=
n understood as a way to connect those who leave and those who stay behind,=
and, more recently, as a key infrastructure of forced migration journeys. =
Yet recent technological developments in Europe and Africa mean that =91the=
digital=92 today has far greater repercussions for African, Afropolitan an=
d Afropean life-worlds =91on the move=92. This is particularly the case for=
young people.

Bringing together research on youth in Africa and in the diaspora, this pan=
el seeks to explore the intersections of =91non-crisis=92 youth mobilities =
and digital media to offer new insights into how the digital is not just a =
conduit for transnational connectivity, but a fundamental factor shaping th=
e changing character of young people=92s everyday lives and geographies: it=
shapes mobility practices and imaginaries, transnational engagements, and =
articulations of belonging. We are particularly interested in the ways that=
the digital is entangled with embodied practices and affective experiences=
, and the formation of new African/Afropolitan/Afropean networks through th=
e digital. We invite papers that consider how technology usage is situated =
in specific contexts, and how global inequalities, class, gender, and other=
categories affect (im)mobility experiences. Potential topics include, but =
are not limited to: the ways digital mediation is reshaping youthful diaspo=
ra-=91homeland=92 engagements; the role of smartphones during =91non-crisis=
=92 youth mobilities driven by leisure, =91roots=92, or economic endeavours=
; the interplay between hyper-connectivity, capitalism, and the character o=
f youthful Afropolitanisms; the impact of everyday digital infrastructures =
and online communities in mobilising (imaginaries of) movement between Afri=
ca and Europe.

=AD=ADDr Sarah Ansch=FCtz (she/her) | Assistant Professor | Department of =
Human Geography and Spatial Planning | Utrecht University | Princetonlaan 8=
a, 3584 CB Utrecht | room 6.50 | s.anschutz@uu.nl =
| www.uu.nl/staff/SAnschutz | Present Tue=
-Thu
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This mi=
ght be of interest to some of you, but apologies for cross-posting.
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The =
Call for Papers for the European Conference on African Studies (ECAS)
is now open, which will take place in Prague on 25-28 June 2025. Please=
consider submitting a paper to our panel on digitally-mediated youth mobil=
ities, networks and positionings (full details below). The submission deadl=
ine is on 15
December 2024. Paper proposals can be submitted via this
link.
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Warm wish=
es,
Sarah Ans=
ch=FCtz, also on behalf of Ruth Cheung Judge
 
 

Youth Mobilities, Digital T=
echnologies, and Transnational Connections in Africa and the Diaspora

 

DISCPLINARY STREAM: Anthropology

THEMATIC STREAM: Afropolitanism and Afrop=
ean Belongings=


 

ORGANISERS: Sarah Ansc=
h=FCtz (the Ne=
therlands; Belgium) & Ruth Cheung Judge (United Kingdo=
m)

DISCUSSANT: Ebenezer F. Ama=
nkwaa (Ghana)

 

SHORT DESCRIPTION

This panel explores the ways i=
n which digital technologies and media transform 'non-crisis' migrations an=
d mobilities of African diaspora and African youth. Focusing on how the dig=
ital and embodied intersect, we invite
papers on new digitally-mediated youth mobilities, networks, and positioni=
ngs.

 

ABSTRACT

In transnational migration stu=
dies, digital technologies have primarily been understood as a way to conne=
ct those who leave and those who stay behind, and, more recently, as a key =
infrastructure of forced migration journeys.
Yet recent technological developments in Europe and Africa mean that =91th=
e digital=92 today has far greater repercussions for African, Afropolitan a=
nd Afropean life-worlds =91on the move=92. This is particularly the case fo=
r young people.

 

Bringing together research on =
youth in Africa and in the diaspora, this panel seeks to explore the inters=
ections of =91non-crisis=92 youth mobilities and digital media to offer new=
insights into how the digital is not just
a conduit for transnational connectivity, but a fundamental factor shaping=
the changing character of young people=92s everyday lives and geographies:=
it shapes mobility practices and imaginaries, transnational engagements, a=
nd articulations of belonging. We
are particularly interested in the ways that the digital is entangled with=
embodied practices and affective experiences, and the formation of new Afr=
ican/Afropolitan/Afropean networks through the digital. We invite papers th=
at consider how technology usage
is situated in specific contexts, and how global inequalities, class, gend=
er, and other categories affect (im)mobility experiences. Potential topics =
include, but are not limited to: the ways digital mediation is reshaping yo=
uthful diaspora-=91homeland=92 engagements;
the role of smartphones during =91non-crisis=92 youth mobilities driven by=
leisure, =91roots=92, or economic endeavours; the interplay between hyper-=
connectivity, capitalism, and the character of youthful Afropolitanisms; th=
e impact of everyday digital infrastructures
and online communities in mobilising (imaginaries of) movement between Afr=
ica and Europe.
 


=AD=
=ADDr Sarah Ansch=FCtz 
(she/her) | Assistant Professor | Department of Human Geography and Spa=
tial Planning | Utrecht University | Princetonlaan
8a, 3584 CB Utrecht | room 6.50 | s.anschutz@uu.nl=

| www.uu.nl/staff/SAnschutz
| Present Tue-Thu


 




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