Programme

Transnationalization Begins at Home

Unseen Dynamics in Public Communication

Moderation: Mariam Meetra

12:00 – 13:00

Refreshment & Registration

13:00 – 13:20

Welcome Remarks

Prof. Dr. Patrick Donges & Dr. Kefa Hamidi

13:20 – 14:00

Keynote Speech

Title Will be announced soon

14:00 – 15:30

Panel I

Journalism, Disinformation, and Transnational Media Practices

Ahmad Zia Ferozpur: Voicing the Homeland from Exile: Radio Afghanistan International as a Site of Transnational Public Communication

Dr. Merga Yonas Bula: Users’ Perception of AI-Generated Disinformation and Its Implications on Deliberative Quality: Critical Discourse Analysis of the Sub-Saharan African Diaspora

Hamid Obaidi: Data Collection in Exile Journalism: Afghan Journalists Post-2021 Taliban Takeover

15:30 – 16:20

Coffee Break & Posters

Poster 1: Who speaks? An analysis of the news coverage of the Bundesaufnahmeprogram Afghanistan (Pauli Albrecht)

Poster 2: Alternative Communication Dynamics by Migrant-led groups through artistic spaces in Germany (Andrea Bendaña Tapia)

16:20 – 17:50

Panel II

Moderation: Dr. Mergas Yonas Bula

Diaspora Governance, Integration, and Transnational Control

Dr. Asli Telli: The Digital Dimensions of Transnational Repression: Mechanisms of Control and Sovereignty over Diaspora Communities in Germany

Ali Reza Hussaini: Mapping Afghanistan Diaspora Organizations: Digital Infrastructures, Community Dynamics, and Communication Across Borders

Dr. Kefa Hamidi, Abomoslem Khorasani, & Ramin Kamangar): AFGfluencers – Actors, Arenas and Issues: The Case of the Afghanistan Diaspora in Germany

17:50 – 18:00

Concluding Remarks

20:00 – 23:00

Cultural Program & Dinner