Many European émigrés escaping the Nazis helped shape consumer capitalism in the United States. After the war, they did business in Europe as well, circulating their transformed knowledge to shape marketing there. European Émigrés and the Transatlantic Circulation of Knowledge: Examples from Mid-20th-Century Consumer Capitalism Apr 29, 2020 Jan Logemann
Using the example of a group of refugees from Czechoslovakia in Canada during World War II, the author analyzes knowledge transfers through migration and their limitations in changing political and economic environments. Shoes and Guns from Batawa: Refugees from Czechoslovakia, Knowledge Transfers, and Canadian Immigration from the late 1930s to the 1940s Jul 17, 2025 Swen Steinberg
Interview with Swen Steinberg outlining key achievements of the blog and network Migrant Knowledge since its inception in 2019. A Journey Worth Knowing About? Interview with Swen Steinberg about the Past Five Years of the Blog Migrant Knowledge Oct 7, 2024 Viola Alianov-Rautenberg and Swen Steinberg
A young German in 19th-century North America bragged that his travels had enabled him to "learn and see how it goes in the world." What did he mean? What can we learn from him about migration, knowledge, and knowledge formation? Migration, Creativity, and the Construction of Knowledge Jun 3, 2019 Benjamin Hein