‘Unaccompanied’ Minors? Accompanied Foreign Minors, Families and New Technologies

This work aims to make apparent the importance of family, throughout the life trajectories of a group of young people whose very juridical designation—unaccompanied foreign minors—seems to preclude the possibility of recognising and appreciating such importance. Here, we present the results of an et...

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Autores: Mendoza Pérez, Karmele, Morgade Salgado, Marta
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/717747
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/717747
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12134-018-0591-z
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mobile phones
Youth
Participatory research
Unaccompanied foreign minors
Family
Psicología
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Sumario:This work aims to make apparent the importance of family, throughout the life trajectories of a group of young people whose very juridical designation—unaccompanied foreign minors—seems to preclude the possibility of recognising and appreciating such importance. Here, we present the results of an ethnographic and participatory research with ‘unaccompanied’ foreign minors in Bizkaia (Spain). By using our chosen methodology, we were able to understand how, with their currently transitory lifestyles as children in care, they fulfil their own social, emotional and identity needs, needs that the Social Care System alone is unable to meet. This study also shows how digital media cross all the social relations of these children. Digital media become an essential methodological tool for studying the daily life of young migrants