Migrant
Knowledge

Network and blog for scholarship at the intersection of migration and knowledge studies

Meet our Network

Kevin Ostoyich

Associate Professor

USA

| Identity and Belonging

| Transpacific

see profile

Sarah Hagmann

Doctoral Candidate

Switzerland

| Experts

| Forced Migration

see profile

Joela Jacobs

Assistant Professor

USA

| Environment

| Identity and Belonging

see profile

Mariko Jacoby

PhD Candidate

Germany

| Environment

| Experts

see profile

Stefan Zeppenfeld

Doctoral Candidate

Germany

| (Cross) Borders

| Labor

see profile

Maria Alexopoulou

Postdoctoral Fellow

Germany

| Class/Race/Gender

| Identity and Belonging

see profile

Recent Features

Schütz shows how GDR officials' knowledge of violence against guest workers failed to change their perception of them or the nature of the country. Instead, they blamed the workers.

Violence against Migrants in the GDR and the Lack of Epistemic Impact

Aug 5, 2022

Johannes Schütz

Highlighting an interview with a Turkish migrant woman, Kübra Göksel explores the "knowledge" West Germans had about these guest workers, the impact this knowledge had on their lives, and the ways they occasionally utilized that knowledge for their own benefit.

Knowledge and Ignorance about ‘the Turkish Woman’ in West Germany and Migrant Women’s Responses

Jul 8, 2022

Kübra Göksel

West German experts emphasized cultural otherness as an impediment to the employment—and "emancipation"—of Turkish migrant women instead of attending to the women's testimony about the practical impediments they faced in a system built on the unpaid labor of housewives.

Knowledge about the ‘Migrant Woman’ as an Alibi for State Inaction in the Federal Republic of Germany

Mar 29, 2022

Lauren Stokes

Migrant Knowledge

Writing knowledge into the history of migration
and migration into the history of knowledge

Notices and Tips

A roundup of recent work and resources in migration and migrant knowledge.