From Analogue to Digital: technology's role in the refugee crisis

Good Chance presents a discussion on the role of technology in the refugee crisis.

This talk is part of Encampment’s Nights of Hope – evenings of music and discussion that seek to reinvigorate the dialogue on displacement and asylum. The talk is followed by music from The Calais Sessions.

Digital technology touches every aspect of our lives and the refugee crisis is no exception. Social media can mobilise democratic movements led by the people and can be used by displaced people as a tool of survival.

Our world is increasingly shaped by digital communication, transaction and innovation. National boundaries are both more easily transcended online and more heavily guarded in the real world.

Refugees who find themselves with nothing but a mobile phone live at the sharpest end of what Turkish writer and digital activist Meltem Arikan describes as 'the transition from the analogue to the digital world'.

The panel includes author and playwright Meltem Arikan, actress Pinar Ögün, and actor/director Memet Ali Alabora, the creative team behind the play Mi Minör.

Performed in Turkey to both online and in-house audiences, Mi Minör was blamed for inciting the Gezi Park protest and the creatives behind it were forced into exile.