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Social media for Immigrant Participation
Verkkodemokratia ja kansalaisten osallistuminen seminaari 17.11.2010
Immigrant Inclusion by eParticipation
ICT -supported citizen participation in the processes of government and governance.
Many spheres of participation (social, cultural, political)
Levels of engagement (local, municipal, national, transnational, global)
Stages of policy making (from issue identification to decision making and implementation)
Multiple stakeholders (citizens, NGOs, gov. officers, politicians)
E-participation
technology
-> models for enhanced social, cultural and political participation and inclusion -> manuals for immigrant groups and authorities
Participatory action research involves a continuing spiral of
◦planning, ◦acting (implementing plans), ◦observing (systematically), ◦Reflecting ◦ Re-planning ◦ and so round the spiral again.
Participatory action research
Participatory action research
Reflection
Action and its observation
Planning
Workshops in Lahti (approx once a month – or 6 weeks)
Observation of activities (photos, video, journaling, diary)◦ Understanding of immigrant use of technology
Interviews (individual and group) and surveys Worskhops/ Seminars with authorities Testing
◦ Different platforms Taking forth actions and initiatives
Modes of activities
Women’s group (13-15 women)
◦ Some women have been in Finland for 20+ years, others only few weeks.◦ Mainly Kurdish from Syria, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, but also Afgan, Bosnian and
Russian/ Ingrian Finn.◦ Aged between 20-60+ years.◦ Some have married during their 14-19 years of age, some married their
cousins or other extended family.
has been meeting for past nine years ◦ Sporadic attendance: with some members having taken part throughout,
whereas others have left and new women have joined.
◦ in danger of exclusion, due to linguistic, cultural, social, and educational challenges/pitfalls
◦ Hazy understanding of groups/ individuals’ digital competence
◦ the emergence of generational and gendered gaps in immigrant e-participation....”My children...” “My husband...”...
Preliminary conceptualisations
Entertainment (Youtube, games) Communication (Facebook, Messenger) Gaining new information (Google, Wiki)
What is the space? What is the purpose?
◦ Locality? ◦ Transnationality?
Use of social media
Where is everybody ?Where everybody is!
How to get them there?
Spheres of e-participation:◦ Is the social and cultural more interesting than
political? Levels of engagement:
◦ Is the own ethnic/ transnational sphere more relevant than the local/ national?
Next phases:◦ How to engage local level and political e-
participation?
E-participation
Ilona Tikka Matthias WevelsiepUniversity of Helsinki, Palmenia Center for Continuing [email protected] [email protected]
Discussion ideas eParticipation and social vs political integration Local vs global e-participation
Thank you!
