Resumen de Participation & (Re)settlement: envisioning mobile services with young forced migrants

Ana Maria Bustamante Duarte

• español

  Esta tesis se centra en el papel y la adaptación de los enfoques de diseño participativo (PD) para crear “espacios seguros” donde los jóvenes migrantes forzosos pueden ser co-investigadores y co-diseñadores de servicios móviles (geoespaciales) para apoyarlos al momento de su llegada y durante la primera Etapas de su (re) asentamiento en las ciudades anfitrionas. En tal contexto particular, la investigación actual tiene tres contribuciones principales. Primero, identificó un conjunto de desafíos y necesidades iniciales de los migrantes forzosos al momento de su llegada y en las primeras etapas de su (re) asentamiento en Münster, Renania del Norte-Westfalia, Alemania. En segundo lugar, propuso adaptaciones a las prácticas de la DP para alentar eficazmente la participación de los migrantes forzosos en el diseño de sus servicios digitales. Por último, desarrolló dos prototipos de geovisualizaciones aumentadas para ayudar en su navegación de las ciudades anfitrionas en tal situación.

• English

  It’s now my pleasure to thank several people for their fantastic support, their advice, and their trust through all this process. I would like to thank, first and foremost, my supervisor Christian Kray for having his doors always open for conversations and discussions, for his advice, feedback, and constant support. I would also like to thank Auriol Degbelo, for having always been there, for his continuous guidance, for his dedication, the talks, and discussions. From both of them, I have learned so much during these years. I will carry with me their teachings for the rest of my life. Also, a special thanks to my second supervisor Michael Gould for his feedback during the three years of the Geo-C project.

  I am especially grateful to my friends in Colombia, Sofi, Mafe, and Joha, as well as to the fantastic people I have met in Münster. To my friends, Mehrnaz, Samuel, Fer, Diego, Shivam, Guiying, Thore, Nina, Gabriele, Ralf, and Marion, it was the most beautiful surprise to have met them through this adventure. They made my days here an unforgettable experience. To my friends and colleagues in Geo-C, I am happy to have shared this experience with all of them. To Markus, Apurva, Lasse, Albert, Max, Karsten, and Heike, special thanks for their support and collaboration on this project. To all my wonderful colleagues in the Sitcom Lab, and to the incredible people at the Institute for Geoinformatics, to all of them, all my gratitude.

  Additionally, I’ve had the pleasure to get to know and work, outside IfGI and the Geo-C, with several amazing people through this research (too many to be all listed here). I am incredibly thankful for their trust, their time, and their collaborations. Their experiences and conversations not only supported this research but also inspired me.

  I would also like to thank my incredible family, my parents, Johaira and Oscar, and my partner in crime, Javi, I am grateful for their love, their understanding, and their unconditional support (gracias por todo el amor, la comprensión y por su apoyo incondicional. Significan el mundo entero para mí)