DATE / TIME:

2016•05•20    10:00 - 16:30

Location:

Macau

On 20 May 2016, UNU Computing and Society (UNU-CS) will host the one-day event Migrant Technologies: (re)producing (un)freedoms at UNU-CS in Macau.

The event will bring together scholars, practitioners and activists to share understandings and research on information and communication technology (ICT) use by migrants from Asia, particularly the Philippines and China. Panel discussions will explore research about the existing role of ICTs in (re)producing development freedoms and structural unfreedoms among migrants, plans for new uses of ICT, and will identify potential areas for future research and collaboration.

Researchers, students and staff from migrant organisations who work on or are interested in migrant rights and ICT use by migrants are encouraged to attend the event.

The event is free and will include refreshments and lunch plus a closing drink reception.

Advance registration is required. Please click on the REGISTER button above to access the online registration page.

For further information, please see the event flyer and/or contact the event coordinator, Becky Im: pkim@unu.edu

Event Programme

10:00–10:30  Coffee Reception

10:30–10:40  Introduction and Welcome

Michael Best, Director of UNU-CS

10:40–12:00  Morning Panel: Emerging Themes in Migrant Technology Research

Chair: Tony Roberts, UNU-CS

• Jack Qiu, Chinese University of Hong Kong
  Freedom, Slavery, and Working-Class ICTs: Learning from Chinese Migrant Workers in Foxconn

• Nikos Dacanay, Chiang Mai University
  ICT Usage and How Ethnic Migrant Women in Northern Thailand Indigenize/Mediate Human Rights’ Discourse of Gender Equality

• Odalia Wong, Baptist University of Hong Kong
  Transnational Mothers and Mobile Phone Usage: The Case of the Filipino Female Domestic Workers in Hong Kong

Discussant: Rhodora A. Abano, Centre for Migrant Advocacy in Philippines

12:00–13:00  Lunch

13:00–15:20  Afternoon Panel: New Migrant Technologies

Chair: Tony Roberts, UNU-CS

• Kayoko Ueno, University of Tokushima
  Facebook Activism and Networking among Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore

• Jude Yew, National University of Singapore
  Pemca: A Proposed Mobile Platform for Crowdsourcing the Reporting and Visualization of Migrant Worker Injuries/Deaths

• Kakit Cheong, National University of Singapore
  Kwento: Designing a Family Storytelling Mobile Application for Domestic Helpers

Discussant: Fish Ip, International Domestic Workers Federation

15:20–15:30  Closing Statements

15:30–16:30  Drink Reception

16:30  Close