[Air-L] Making the familiar strange: Studying the Syrian refugee crisis

[Meryl Alper]

Hi all,



I wanted to share a post I wrote for Sonia Livingstone's London School of
Economics/Parenting for a Digital Future blog on the unexpected ways in
which the Syrian refugee crisis can manifest in any social science research
right now, and the vital need to connect refugee narratives to the broader
study of institutional and interpersonal relationships.



In my case, I write about a family that took part in the research for my
new book <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/giving-voice> on disability,
technology, and inequality, and the direct and indirect manner in which
their immigration status impacted their lives and intersected with other
aspects of their identity.

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/2017/02/21/making-the-familiar-strange-studying-the-syrian-refugee-crisis/



I'm curious too how the Syrian refugee crisis has turned up in the work of
those on this list who similarly did not originally set out to study the
topic.



Best,

Meryl

-- 
*Meryl Alper*
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Studies
Northeastern University
Holmes 217
m.alper at northeastern.edu
merylalper.com
Author, *Giving Voice: Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality* (MIT
Press <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/giving-voice>, Amazon
<https://www.amazon.com/Giving-Voice-Communication-Disability-Inequality/dp/0262533979/>
)