Lifecourse Transitions: How ICTS Support Older Migrants’ Adaptation to Transnational Lives
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چکیده
Lifecourse transitions from adulthood into older age are particularly complex for transnationalmigrants, bringing additional challenges and opportunities. Adding to the growing literature on ageing migration, this article illustrates ways ICTs facilitate transnational lifecourse of Vietnamese migrant grandparents in Australia through digital learning. Research findings highlight crucial role that citizenship plays supporting grandparents’ adaptation increasingly mobile lives practices kinning homing. These include using technological tools maintain social support networks, exchange caregiving, tackle language, navigation, integration barriers, consume culturally relevant media, all which identities belongings. Findings confirm importance promoting learning migrants who often stereotyped their poor capacities ability adapt new living arrangements because age.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Social Inclusion
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2183-2803']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v10i4.5735