Migration, Identity and New Information Technology

Odyssey Group workshop being held at University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Northern Ireland, 23rd-27th August 2004


Provisional Timetable

Township, South Africa Gated development, South Africa University of Ghana, Legon Ghana Red Cross project

This timetable is being updated and extended before and during the event

See also the Programme in Progress

  Morning Sessions:
University of Ulster,
Jordanstown Campus
Afternoon Activities:
Fieldwork
Evening Sessions:
Monday
23th August
09:00
Julian Hine, University of Ulster
New Approaches to Migration
PowerPoint slideshow here


Kay Axhausen, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Hypotheses about the link between social network geographies and transport and telecom costs
Paper here in pdf format
Digital Tours and Virtual Capture
Material gathered by the participants and uploaded to this site: Steve Little's crossing of the Irish sea.
Glenavna Forum:
IT, Mobility and Migration
Facilitator: Steve Little, Open University Business School
Tuesday
24th August
Frank Go,
Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Migration, Tourism and Micro-Banking: Branding Identity of Self Help Groups
PowerPoint slideshow here (1.2Mb)


Kay Axhausen
Measurement of social network geographies
Paper here in pdf format
14:00University of Ulster, Jordanstown
Reception,

Tours and Capture
More material gathered by the participants and uploaded to this site.

Glenavna Hotel:
Len Holmes, London Metropolitan University
Irish Identities: Voicing through song

Virtual presentation:
Migration and Skills: The Ghanaian Experience
Yaw Dankwa
Wednesday
25th August
Margaret Grieco, Napier University, Ednburgh
Migration, Methodology and Meaning: the Oaxaca Index Part 1: see also Note on the Oaxaca index
Steve Little
The Oaxaca Index Part 2
Tours and Capture
Continuing fieldwork: Len Holmes and Steve Little visit the Ulster-American Folkpark
Glenavna Hotel:
Weblogging Workshop
Thursday
26th August
Melih Kirlidog, Marmara University, Istanbul
and
Steve Little
Turbulent Geographies: Divided Cyprus and the Internet
Paper and links here

Virtual Book Launch:
Fiona Raje
Transport, Demand Management and Social Inclusion: the need for ethnic pespectives
Tours and Capture
also discussion between Frank Go and Margaret Grieco on microfinance, migration and development Meeting the moment
Glenavna Hotel:
John Hogan, University of Hertfordshire

Andreja Zivkovic, University of Cambridge:
Electronic Territoriality: Trade Unions in the Balkans


Friday
27th August
Virtual Book Launch:
Steve Little
Design and Determination:the role of information technology on redressing regional inequities in the development process

Closing Presentations
Stewart Clegg, University of Technology, Sydney and John Hogan, University of Hertfordshire:
The Polyphonic Spree - the Case of the Liverpool Dockers

Close-down at Glenavna at 13:00
Closing Statement
Julian Hine
 

 

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