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
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
Categorization schemes are never neutral and rarely comprehensive, but the question of how to handle them is thornier than one might think. How can we question categories and their confining walls given that those same walls also provide shelter? On the Discomfort of Shedding Ill-Fitting Categories Mar 7, 2022 Ulrike Bialas
Based on fieldwork for her recent book, Harbisch highlights refugees' strategies for changing the way receiving societies view them by asserting their own perspectives. Refugees’ Counter-Knowledge: Resisting Stereotypes, Becoming Political Jun 20, 2025 Amelie Harbisch