DISCOVERY EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER AWARD (DECRA)
Exploring the digital divide in the ageing migrant's personal home
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This project aims to investigate the experiences of ageing migrants in accessing and using digital communication technologies in their personal home settings. Taking the case of elderly Filipino-Australians, and deploying multi-sited ethnography and visual methods, this project expects to generate new knowledge on the consequences of digital divide on their personal and social wellbeing. Expected outcomes include culturally appropriate recommendations and resource materials to determine and reduce communication barriers for ageing migrants, migrant communities, policy makers, and relevant stakeholders. This should provide significant benefits in enhancing ageing migrants’ connective capacities to navigate a secure digital landscape.
NATIONAL INTEREST TEST STATEMENT
Australia has a large ageing migrant population embedded within a rapidly evolving digital society. The Australian Government has invested in digital inclusion programs to enhance the digital skills and competencies of this cohort. However, ageing migrants continue to encounter difficulties in navigating digital environments. This project will provide insights to better understand the benefits and challenges experienced and negotiated by ageing migrants in using digital media technologies. Unlike previous research it will centre on ageing migrants' personal homes as a site of investigation. The home is a vital space for shaping everyday personal, familial, and social lives. This project will establish a valuable foundation for ageing migrants, migrant communities, policy makers, and relevant stakeholders. It will produce culturally appropriate measures and resource materials to improve ageing migrants’ connective competencies. In turn, this should enhance their personal and social wellbeing by helping activate an inclusive, secure, and age-friendly digital society.
The project (DE230101380) is funded by the Australian Research Council.
Project timeline: 24 July 2023 - 23 July 2026.
Funding: AUD$431,834.00
This project aims to investigate the experiences of ageing migrants in accessing and using digital communication technologies in their personal home settings. Taking the case of elderly Filipino-Australians, and deploying multi-sited ethnography and visual methods, this project expects to generate new knowledge on the consequences of digital divide on their personal and social wellbeing. Expected outcomes include culturally appropriate recommendations and resource materials to determine and reduce communication barriers for ageing migrants, migrant communities, policy makers, and relevant stakeholders. This should provide significant benefits in enhancing ageing migrants’ connective capacities to navigate a secure digital landscape.
NATIONAL INTEREST TEST STATEMENT
Australia has a large ageing migrant population embedded within a rapidly evolving digital society. The Australian Government has invested in digital inclusion programs to enhance the digital skills and competencies of this cohort. However, ageing migrants continue to encounter difficulties in navigating digital environments. This project will provide insights to better understand the benefits and challenges experienced and negotiated by ageing migrants in using digital media technologies. Unlike previous research it will centre on ageing migrants' personal homes as a site of investigation. The home is a vital space for shaping everyday personal, familial, and social lives. This project will establish a valuable foundation for ageing migrants, migrant communities, policy makers, and relevant stakeholders. It will produce culturally appropriate measures and resource materials to improve ageing migrants’ connective competencies. In turn, this should enhance their personal and social wellbeing by helping activate an inclusive, secure, and age-friendly digital society.
The project (DE230101380) is funded by the Australian Research Council.
Project timeline: 24 July 2023 - 23 July 2026.
Funding: AUD$431,834.00
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