النص
Volume 8, Numéro 1, Pages 1105-1124
2022-06-15
Coveted Migration In A Borderless Space: Patterns Of Displacement Of Algerians In The Webspace
Authors : Bakezzi Soumia .
Abstract
There appears to be an understudied continuity to the phenomenon of migration with the advent of web use and the appearance of new perceptual behavioral changes in Algerians parallel to the proliferation of social media and the mass exodus into its ensnaring terrain. Therefore, the horizon of displacement seems to loom even larger in what has been deemed the “borderless space”. This latter shows little resistance to the tendencies of Algerians to escape the socioeconomic conditions of their geographical residency in the context of internet use and provides not only a blank template for identity formation and the fertile ground necessary for a temporary experience with the “Other” but also an opportune chance to leap into its shapeless territory to compensate for their physical immobility. In this paper, I place the notion and patterns of displacement with the broader understanding of migration studies to further a theoretical conceptualization of the notion and nature of migration, to stretch it beyond its limited conception to account for the dynamics it represents and to clear the way for considerations of its coveted nature and by extension zoom in on the state of refuge of Algerians in the virtual reality and the implications it wrought. Finally, we stress in closing the unmitigated nature of virtual migration to gain a different perspective on the broader term of “migration” in all its complexities.
Keywords
migration ; displacement ; borderless space ; virtual reality ; Algerians
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