Migrant Knowledge

Migrant Knowledge

H. Glenn Penny

Professor

University of California, Los Angeles,

USA

material culture

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Glenn Penny highlights aspects of children's go-between role in Chile not visible in histories of European migration to the United States. German schools in Chile and teachers posted there from Germany are central to this multigenerational story.

Routes of Knowledge: Growing up German in Chile, 1900–50

Emil Trinkler didn't migrate as such, but Marjan Wardak's article speaks to central themes on this blog. People and knowledge itself are on the move, interacting with go-betweens and yielding something new.

The Scientist Emil Trinkler’s Exploration across South Asia, 1915–1933

Through playtime, Jewish refugee children in Shanghai acquired specific knowledge about their new home through sources unavailable to adults refugees.

The Power of Play: Jewish Refugee Children in World War II Shanghai

Hirschfeld's encounters with Islam and Muslims in Indonesia, India, and the Near East "taught him how closely connected the issues of sexual and cultural diversity were."

Knowledge in Transit: Global Encounters and Transformation in Magnus Hirschfeld’s Travelogue