Media-related Configurations of translocal social spaces by West African Migrants in Europe

该研究项目审查了欧洲的西非移民及其在西非的家人和朋友的跨地方社交形式和媒体做法。媒体民族志特别关注德国和塞内加尔之间的社会和媒体空间，以及（主要是）柏林和达喀尔的塞内加尔人对这些空间的性别和年龄配置。延长期分析的一个特别重点是围绕智能手机、（历史）摄影、Facebook和Skype等社交在线应用程序的做法，以及不同年龄和性别的用户对这些应用程序的占用。一方面，该项目假定西非移民通过与制作和接受媒体有关的社会习俗，在原籍国和欧洲居住国实现自我融合。另一方面，它审查了媒体对跨地方社会变化的影响，并考虑到原籍国和居住国的转型进程。该研究项目补充了多地点民族志的空间和地点为中心的方法与多时间民族志和时间性的角度。 通过研究德国和塞内加尔之间的跨地方移徙关系，并考虑到媒体做法在跨地方社会背景下的作用，该项目创新地将自己定位于社会人类学和媒体人类学的界面。

The research project examines forms of translocal sociability and media practices of West African Migrants in Europe and their families and friends in West Africa. The media ethnography pays particular attention to social and media spaces between Germany and Senegal and their gender and age specific configurations by Senegalese in (mainly) Berlin and Dakar. A special focus of analyses of the extension period lies on the practices surrounding smartphones, (historical) photography, social online applications like Facebook and Skype and their appropriation by users of different age and sex. On the one hand, the project assumes that West African migrants situate themselves both within the country of origin but also within the European country of residence through the social practices associated with the production and reception of media. On the other hand, it examines the influence of media on translocal social changes and takes into account transformation processes in both the country of origin as well as the country of residence. The research project complements the space and place centered approach of multi-sited ethnography with the multi-temporal ethnography and a perspective on temporality. By studying translocal migratory relations between Germany and Senegal, and taking into account the role of media practices in the translocal social context, the project is innovatively positioning itself at the interface of social and media anthropology.