The technology issue

38

The 32 articles and short pieces in the feature theme section of FMR 38 look at the effects of changes in technology – particularly in communications technology – on displaced people and those who work with them. FMR 38 also includes eight articles on other forced migration subjects. This issue is available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.

 

The articles in this issue cover positive and negative aspects of the spread of technologies; the increased accountability, and the increased scope for controlling displaced people; the opening up through the internet of possibilities beyond the traditional confines of life as a displaced person, and the risks and dangers that that brings; and the potential in technological advances for assistance and protection programmes.

This issue also contains a range of articles on other aspects of the experiences of and responses to forced migration in a variety of circumstances – in Japan, in cities, at sea, in Egypt, and more.

Popular participation in FMR cover design!
We decided to use a version of ‘crowdsourcing’... Out of all the designs we received, we chose one idea for the front cover, took another for the back cover – you can find a selection of other designs submitted at www.fmreview.org/technology/coverdesigns

We encourage you to circulate or reproduce any articles in their entirety but please cite ‘Forced Migration Review issue 38 http://www.fmreview.org/technology

FMR# 38 is an expanded contents listing of all articles in this issue of FMR. It provides for each article: the title, the author(s) and their affiliation, the introductory sentences and a link to the full article online. It will be available in print as well as online.

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While we want to share the contents of this issue as widely as possible, we ask you to think carefully about how many print copies you need; please remember that it is available online, that print copies can be shared, and that printing and postage use up more resources than just money. 

We would like to thank the following donors for providing funding for this issue: AusAID, DfID, Oxfam Australia, Stephanie and Hunter Hunt/The Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity, UNHCR Division of Programme Support and Management, UNHCR Policy Development and Evaluation Service, and the University of Queensland. We would also like to thank all of our regular donors for their continued and valuable support.