Abstract

In recent decades, the role of digital communication in the lives of migrants in Asia has greatly expanded, becoming integral to the decision to migrate, earning a living, and the practice of keeping in touch with left-behind families and friends. The papers in this Special Issue foreground how gender structures and practices within migrant households and the wider political economy shape migrants’ digital communications. They expand the breadth of our thinking about the interlinkages among gender, migration and digital communication from a range of new subject positions including transnational families, international students, and marginalized minorities in the region.

摘要

近几十年来，数字通信在亚洲移民生活中的作用大大扩大，成为移民决策、谋生以及与留守家人和朋友保持联系的不可或缺的一部分。本期特刊中的论文重点介绍了移民家庭中的性别结构和做法以及更广泛的政治经济如何塑造移民的数字通信。它们扩大了我们对性别、移民和数字通信之间相互联系的思考范围，涵盖了一系列新的学科职位，包括跨国家庭、国际学生和该地区的边缘化少数群体。