Migrant Knowledge

Migrant Knowledge

Mario Peters

Research Fellow

German Historical Institute Washington DC,

USA

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#MigKnow Notes 17

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

Dagmar Ellerbrock and Swen Steinberg

Examines knowledge that radio programs made for Greek guest workers in West Germany conveyed and their role in creating an emotional community.

For Their Ears Only: Migrant Knowledge in the Greek Radio Programs for Gastarbeiter in West Germany

Maria Adamopoulou

"Migrant knowledge figures as a category of absence" in Europe. In Germany, one core issue is knowledge about recycling requirements and expectations. Efforts to teach it "betray an unreflective understanding of cultural identity."

Refuge and Refuse: Migrant Knowledge and Environmental Education in Germany