Migrant Knowledge

Migrant Knowledge

Jochen Oltmer

Professor of Historical Migration Research, Institute for Migration and Intercultural Studies (IMIS)

University of Osnabrück,

Germany

political culture

Related Blog Posts

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

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

Matthias Thaden

Klotz shows how Yiddish travelogues functioned as purveyors of knowledge about destination countries for potential Polish-Jewish refugees.

More than Tourism: Re-reading Yiddish Travelogues as Sources of Migrant Knowledge

Anne-Christin Klotz

A Berlin-based group works with refugee girls, who make films as a way to narrate their life experiences. The idea is to help the girls form and mobilize knowledge repertoires for their self-empowerment, although the process is by no means linear.

Girls’ Self-Empowerment through Narrative in Film

Mervete Bobaj and Anh-Susann Pham Thi