Explores the life and scientific work of Carl Sartorius (1796–1872), a German émigré who transformed his Veracruz plantation, Hacienda Mirador, into a center of nineteenth-century transatlantic scientific exchange. Between Mirador and Washington: Carl Sartorius and His Collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution Nov 28, 2025 Andreas Markus Schurr
Describes the subgroup of migrants called “third culture kids,” the adjustments they go through, and some knowledge-based implications. Third Cultures—The (Cursed) Gold of Migrants? Dec 16, 2024 Kim Carlotta von Schönfeld
As Chinese children and youth immigrated to the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s, they had to overcome increasing restrictions on their entry. Wendy Rouse describes the knowledge they formed and passed on to succeed. Crossing Borders: Chinese Immigrant Children and the Production of Knowledge Mar 2, 2020 Wendy L. Rouse
The author interrogates a mid-nineteenth-century map for German emigrants, using it as a way to talk about the central concept behind this blog, "migrant knowledge". An 1853 Map for German-Speaking Emigrants Jan 30, 2022 Mark R. Stoneman