Ecuadorian Migration, Nostalgia, and Technology in Transnational Times

In this Digital Dialogue Silvia Mejía Estévez will show clips from her dissertation project, a documetary video analyzing how new technologies such as Internet, satellite communications, email, video-conferences, and cell phones have changed the experience of being away from home, transforming nostalgia and encouraging the appearance of transnational phenomena.

Speakers

Silvia Mejía Estévez
Vambery FellowMITHUniversity of Maryland

Silvia Mejía Estévez is a doctoral candidate in Comparative Literature and a MITH fellow.