Geographies of migration I: Platform migration

This first report on research about the geographies of migration examines the sociotechnical platforms that enable migration and shape its outcomes. I begin by examining two areas of recent inquiry that analyse (1) commercial actors that form migration industries and (2) the broader infrastructures...

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Published inProgress in human geography Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 866 - 877
Main Author Collins, Francis L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.08.2021
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Directing
Human geography
Infrastructure
Migration
Sociotechnical systems
Spatial analysis
migration regimes
temporalities
borders
infrastructure
intermediaries
industry
time
platform
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Summary:This first report on research about the geographies of migration examines the sociotechnical platforms that enable migration and shape its outcomes. I begin by examining two areas of recent inquiry that analyse (1) commercial actors that form migration industries and (2) the broader infrastructures that underpin and direct migration. To elaborate on these insights, I also discuss observations of multinational (stepwise) migration as grounded evidence for the importance of sociotechnical systems in understanding the geographies of migration. Addressing platform migration reconfigures the spatialities and temporalities of migration, highlighting the diverse and distributed actors, networks and institutions generating, directing and constraining movement in the world.
ISSN:0309-1325
1477-0288
DOI:10.1177/0309132520973445