ABSTRACT
This chapter contributes to the growing field of digital migration studies by exploring the relationship between digital communication practices, (im) mobilities and everyday experiences of place among professional migrants living in Groningen, the Netherlands, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Under the disruptions resulting from restrictions on movement and social life, digital communication reshaped their experiences of (im)mobility and perception of the global and the local. On the one hand, social media enabled mobility from offline to online and enhanced transnational connections; on the other hand, non-digital practices recreated new forms of emotional attachment to the local space of the city. This study foregrounds questions on intra-European mobilities and migration, and the role of digital media in shaping social relationships, mobilities, and place-making.
