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Performing transnational family with the affordances of mobile apps : a case study of Polish mothers living in Finland
2020
Affordances provided by digital technologies and mobile apps (WhatsApp, Skype, Messenger) help in maintaining familyhood. These mobile apps enable the creation of in-app family groups. They also afford image sharing, which is used for phatic purposes. Digital connectivity provides the illusions of togetherness and belonging, and allows for performing family in a transnational context (emotional transnationalism). However, it also generates the feelings of guilt through infrequent communication. In the auto-driven visual elicitation interviews, the study looks at family constellations and technologically mediated communication from the perspective of five Polish mothers living in Finland. Ap…
Virtual proximity and transnational familyhood : a case study of the digital communication practices of Poles living in Finland
2020
The article presents a study of five Polish multicultural and multilingual families in Finland, and their engagement in digitally mediated family communication. Explored through an ethnographic inquiry into the in-app communication practices of Polish migrant mothers and children, the study contributes to the body of research at the intersection of new media and communication, transnational family and migration studies, and family multilingualism. Building on the concept of virtual proximity, which refers to the emotional closeness between individuals afforded by digital technologies and mobile communication, the study identifies four thematic patterns in participants’ practices in digital …
Familias transnacionales, familias inmigrantes: reflexiones sobre su inclusión en la escuela
2019
El objetivo del presente artículo es describir el impacto que las migraciones tienen en las familias a través de una revisión bibliográfica sobre migración internacional como metodología de trabajo. Se examinaron artículos publicados entre 1998 y 2014 indexados en las bases de datos Web of Science y Scopus. Con el análisis de los artículos seleccionados se construyó un cuerpo teórico desde el cual se presentan los conceptos de familia transnacional, feminización de la migración mundial, concepción de la paternidad, fragmentación de la familia, reagrupación familiar, así como las principales dificultades de las familias migrantes en el país de destino que dan lugar a situaciones de exclusión…