From an anthropological perspective, Santisteban analyzes the collective memories about the displacements of the Mapuche-Tehuelche people (Patagonia) in the territory before and during the imposition of state borders and the nation-state. Anthropological Reflection on the Memories and Mobility of the Mapuche-Tehuelche People in the Andes Mountains Apr 14, 2025 Kaia Santisteban
Presents the knowledge produced and shared in refugee letters in periodicals in Switzerland in the post-World War II period. Epistolary Knowledge in Transit: Migrant Letters in Swiss Refugee Periodicals after the Second World War Aug 21, 2023 Ramon Wiederkehr
Elliot Young reminds us to consider migrants not only as victims, as the objects of others' actions, but also as subjects with their own agency. This shift in perspective has implications for how we understand migration facilitation, among other things. Beyond Chinese “Coolies” as Victims Jul 14, 2021 Elliot Young
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