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
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
The author examines records from trade union seminars given by IG Metall to Yugoslav workers in West Germany. Initially, the classes reflected the union's needs, but xenophobia in the 1980s led immigrant workers to express their own concerns in these meetings. Trade Union Knowledge and Educational Programs for Yugoslavian Workers in West Germany, 1970s–1980s May 27, 2021 Matthias Thaden
Examines knowledge that radio programs made for Greek guest workers in West Germany conveyed and their role in creating an emotional community. For Their Ears Only: Migrant Knowledge in the Greek Radio Programs for Gastarbeiter in West Germany Mar 20, 2023 Maria Adamopoulou