Student: Monica Magnone

Moving and communication are both strategies to link two or more geographically distant points with each other. Efficient mobility infrastructure and widely available communication resources bridge the gap between spaces and people. At the same time, they are catalysts for interaction and exchange, which are crucial factors for cultural and economic development.
Given the extremely remote, harsh location of the camps by Tindouf, the distance separating them from the rest of the world is arguably a multiple of the actual distance measured in miles or kil- ometers. Geographically, the camps are isolated. If for no other reason this fact alone calls for an elaborate network of linkage, embedding the camps in the cultural, political and economic world. The chapter on Moving and Communication focuses on these networks, which facilitate connect- ing people and spaces, or permit it alltogether, both within the camps and between the camps and the rest of the world.