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 Aug 7, 2020 H. Glenn Penny
The author looks at the relationship between two famous early sociological community studies, "Middletown" and "Marienthal." The latter became Paul Lazarsfeld's "ticket out of Europe just as the continent was descending into fascism." Drifting Along: Unemployment and Interwar Social Research, from Marienthal to Muncie Dec 28, 2020 Joseph Malherek
Ben Nobbs-Thiessen examines the personal geographies of some Mennonites in Latin America who "have exercised a paradoxical degree of mobility" despite their well-known horse-and-buggy appearance. Marginal Knowledge: The Transnational Practices of Latin American Mennonites Mar 22, 2019 Ben Nobbs-Thiessen
Using the example of a group of refugees from Czechoslovakia in Canada during World War II, the author analyzes knowledge transfers through migration and their limitations in changing political and economic environments. Shoes and Guns from Batawa: Refugees from Czechoslovakia, Knowledge Transfers, and Canadian Immigration from the late 1930s to the 1940s Jul 17, 2025 Swen Steinberg