Apps, mobilities, and migration in the Covid-19 pandemic: Covid technology and the control of migrant workers in Singapore

IF 1.5 2区社会学 Q1 CULTURAL STUDIES

International Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-15 DOI:10.1177/13678779231160802

G. Goggin, K. Zhuang

引用次数: 1

Abstract

In this article we discuss the entanglement of apps, mobilities, and migration – and the way that apps work as migrant infrastructure in a Covid context. We develop our analysis through a case study of Singapore's response to the pandemic during 2020–22, centred on the control of migrant workers through the use of Covid apps. We argue that Covid apps enact ‘managed inequality’ in blatant as well as subtle ways for migrants and the societies in which they live and belong.

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2019冠状病毒病大流行中的应用程序、流动性和移民:新冠技术和对新加坡移民工人的控制

在本文中，我们将讨论应用程序、移动性和迁移之间的纠缠，以及应用程序在Covid环境中作为迁移基础设施的工作方式。我们通过对新加坡在2020 - 2022年期间应对大流行的案例研究进行了分析，重点是通过使用Covid应用程序控制移民工人。我们认为，Covid应用程序以公然和微妙的方式对移民及其生活和所属的社会实施了“有管理的不平等”。

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International Journal of Cultural Studies Multiple-

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4.20

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9.50%

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