Using oral history, the author explores how a Polish Jewish family "used knowledge as a strategy not merely to survive but to build a new life" in what turned out to be a highly contingent transit process. Knowledge as a Strategy on the Migratory Routes of Polish Jewish Survivors after World War II Mar 29, 2021 Anna Cichopek-Gajraj
A researcher from Scotland, by way of Germany, examines a key text offered to international scholars at UC Berkeley during their initial orientation session there. Exclusion and Erasure in ‘The Values Majority Culture Americans Live By’ Sep 3, 2020 Sarah Earnshaw
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
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