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Central and South America Essays & Articles Long-Distance Journeys Publications

“There’s (Not) an App for That”: Taking a Hard Look at the “App-ification” of Migration and the “Need” for New Technologies

October 30, 2020April 5, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 362 Views 0 Comment ecuador, Family, Friends and Networks, Money and finance, Technology

By Madison Chapman, under the supervision of Kim Wilson Practitioners, advocates and writers often underscore the link between migration and

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A Shared Universe (for Most): Ecosystems in Public Spaces and Migrant Livelihoods

October 19, 2020April 5, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 501 Views 0 Comment Bangladesh, Colombia, Coping and thriving, ecuador, Friends and Networks, Host and transition communities, Identity and documents, India, Integration, Language, lebanon, Livelihoods, venezuela

By Madison Chapman, under the supervision of Kim Wilson Two young Colombian women sit next to a small iron pushcart

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Parque La Carolina

October 13, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 529 Views 0 Comment Bangladesh, Colombia, Coping and thriving, ecuador, Friends and Networks, Host and transition communities, Identity and documents, India, Integration, Language, lebanon, Livelihoods, venezuela

A hub for work and play, Parque La Carolina acts as a microcosm of migrant and local dynamics in Quito,

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Innovation (Charlie, Josephina and Juan)

October 13, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 441 Views 0 Comment Bangladesh, Colombia, Coping and thriving, ecuador, Friends and Networks, Host and transition communities, Identity and documents, India, Integration, Language, lebanon, Livelihoods, venezuela

“Ratcheting-up” livelihoods through entrepreneurship and innovation allow migrants to get a foothold in their new home

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Discrimination

October 13, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 613 Views 0 Comment Colombia, Coping and thriving, ecuador, Friends and Networks, Host and transition communities, Identity and documents, Integration, Language, Livelihoods

Skin color blurs the line between migrant and local, and exposes underlying assumptions about class, ethnicity, and immigration status

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Jose and Margarita

October 13, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 478 Views 0 Comment Coping and thriving, ecuador, Friends and Networks, Host and transition communities, Identity and documents, Integration, Language, Livelihoods, venezuela

Self-help communities grow as Venezuelan migrants find solidarity and solace in friendship

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Formal vs. Informal

October 13, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 545 Views 0 Comment Bangladesh, Colombia, Coping and thriving, ecuador, Friends and Networks, Host and transition communities, Identity and documents, India, Integration, Language, lebanon, Livelihoods, venezuela

Registered and unregistered sellers in La Carolina compete for social and retail space in the park amidst growing inter-group tensions.

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Entrepreneurship Amidst Displacement

October 8, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 472 Views 0 Comment Barriers, Coping and thriving, Dangers and trouble, Family, Financial health, Friends and Networks, Host and transition communities, Humanitarian aid, Identity and documents, Integration, Jordan, Language, Livelihoods, Money and finance, Somalia, sudan, Syria

In this issue of Fresh FINDings we feature research from Jordan, led by Swati Mehta Dhawan of Katholische Universität Eichstätt

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Searching for Smugglers in Kabul, A Recollection

September 24, 2020April 5, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 376 Views 0 Comment Afghanistan, Friends and Networks, Smuggling

By Qiamuddin Amiry, under the supervision of Kim Wilson While researching migrants and refugees, my former professor from graduate school

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Abu Samer

September 23, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 557 Views 0 Comment Barriers, Coping and thriving, Dangers and trouble, Family, Financial health, Friends and Networks, Host and transition communities, Humanitarian aid, Identity and documents, Integration, Jordan, Language, Syria

A “positive deviant” struggles with resilience

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