#3373. Young Gazan Refugees, Sport and Social Media: Understanding Migration as a Process of Becoming

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Abstract:
Located at the intersection of two key literatures this research offers original insights into the lived and embodied experiences of young men migrating from Asia to Europe. Drawing upon interviews with young men throughout the migration process and upon digital ethnography, it explains how these men used their physical prowess in the informal sport of parkour, combined with digital entrepreneurialism, to navigate alternative routes of migration to Europe. Migration is, thus, revealed as an ongoing and multi-dimensional process of becoming that operates within and across physical and digital spaces and over time. The first to evidence the struggles, creativity, and agency of youth in their efforts to escape lives of conflict and poverty, the article also prompts conceptual and methodological questions for youth and sport migration research.
Keywords:
migration; social media; sport; young refugees

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