A media and migration scholar/digital anthropologist with expertise in the material and affective practices of connectivity among European and forced migrants. I am particularly interested in observing the role that media technologies play in shaping transnational identities and communities, but also how they contribute to the circulation of solidarity and support across and despite of borders.

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines
Methods
Geographies

Roles

  • London College of Communication

    University, London, United Kingdom
    Senior Lecturer

  • ECREA Diaspora, Migration and the Media

    Research Institute, Brussels , Belgium
    Chair

  • Digital Cultures and Economies Research Hub

    University, London, United Kingdom
    Co-founder

  • University of the Arts London London College of Communication

    University, London, United Kingdom
    Senior Lecturer

  • Bournemouth University

    University, Poole, United Kingdom
    Lecturer in Communication

  • King's College London

    Other, London, United Kingdom
    Teaching Fellow in Digital Culture

  • University of Westminster

    University, London, United Kingdom
    Visiting Lecturer

  • University of the Arts London Central Saint Martins

    University, London, United Kingdom
    Associate Lecturer

  • Farnborough College of Technology

    Other, Farnborough, United Kingdom
    Lecturer in Research Methods

Research

Cook it, eat it, Skype it: Mobile media use in re-staging intimate culinary practices among transnational families

Authors Sara Marino
Year 2019
Journal Name International Journal of Cultural Studies
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1 Journal Article

Digital food and foodways: How online food practices and narratives shape the Italian diaspora in London

Authors Sara Marino
Year 2018
Journal Name Journal of Material Culture
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2 Journal Article

What Are We Going to Do about Them? The Centrality of Borders in Fortress Europe

Authors Sara Marino
Year 2016
Journal Name Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network
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3 Journal Article

Making Space, Making Place: Digital Togetherness and the Redefinition of Migrant Identities Online

Authors Sara Marino
Year 2015
Journal Name Social Media + Society
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4 Journal Article

Transnational identities and digital media: the digitalisation of Italian Diaspora in London

Authors Sara Marino
Year 2015
Journal Name JOMEC Journal
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5 Journal Article

Surviving mechanisms of power in immigration strategies: embracing Otherness and pluralisms

Authors Sara Marino
Year 2015
Journal Name Journal of International Political Theory
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6 Journal Article

Suggested Research

Reviews

Authors Kelsey P. Norman, Sara Marino
Year 2014
Journal Name Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture
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1 Journal Article
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