The role of children in history matters, including in knowledge formation and in migration. Simone Lässig introduces a miniseries about children and youth as go-betweens in migration contexts, whether people migrated or knowledge itself. Knowledge and the Agency of Children in Migration Contexts Aug 5, 2020 Simone Lässig
Introduces a 6-part miniseries analyzing 6 sources of knowledge of the US for prospective migrants in Baden in the late 19th century. What Did They Know?: An Introduction to the Miniseries Oct 28, 2022 Martin Bemmann
The authors discuss disparagement practices using the "invectivity" approach developed at the TU Dresden. Shaming helps demarcate in-groups from out-groups, feeding communication loops and producing emotions beyond the immediate parties involved. Invective Loops: How Shaming Migrants Shapes Knowledge Orders Aug 24, 2021 Dagmar Ellerbrock and Swen Steinberg
Andrea Wiegeshoff explorers the interactions of different ways of knowing at the moment of immigration using the 1914 example of Wong Kum Wo in Honolulu. Clashing Ways of Knowing at the Moment of Immigration Dec 16, 2019 Andrea Wiegeshoff