This multimedia MEDIUM set of stories was jointly authored by Yara Al-Athel, Tiajna Amayo, Juan Carlos Castillo, Nick Cicchitelli, Laura Cross, Catherine Gessner, Dana Ghanem, Emily Marks, Pedro Molina, Devin Van Houten and Frankie Wong (alphabetical order). Editors were Susan Moeller and Daphne Wales.

(MY)GRATION • 2 GB Phone

There is more to a phone than just routine tasks. Learn how I use it.

“I am able to talk to people, I am able to connect with people.”

Follow the trajectory of my object as it migrates from Nanjing, China to Nairobi, Kenya.

2GB Phone Migrating.

“This phone helped me do such a feature that would help progress the community.”

SMARTPHONES in an increasingly digital world are becoming more and more important and easier to access.

For Jeremiah, his LG smartphone that he has had for five years is something that symbolises the fruits of his hard work and his ambitions to work on projects to do with his university and his community. Jeremiah lives with the ancient traditions of the Maasai culture, yet attends a modern university in Kenya.

He uses his phone to record interviews at school when recording equipment is not available. Even though the town he lives in doesn’t particularly have a problem with migrants, he realises that the migrant crisis in Kenya is becoming increasingly worse. However, the Salzburg Global Seminar has taught him that sending migrants away is dangerous because it has the potential to radicalize disenfranchised immigrants. Currently, Jeremiah is studying communication and electronic media at Daystar University in Kenya. His ambition for the future is to go back to his hometown and start developmental projects in order to globalise and educate the people in his community.

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