Revisits Werner Schiffauer's 1991 classic, Die Migranten aus Subay, which reminds us that "migrants have lives of their own before they arrive in host societies, and they never cease to maintain ties … to the homelands they leave behind." Rebels against the Homeland: Turkish Guest Workers in 1980s West German Anthropology Oct 23, 2019 Michelle Lynn Kahn
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 May 27, 2021 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 Oct 5, 2022 Anne-Christin Klotz
As Chinese children and youth immigrated to the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s, they had to overcome increasing restrictions on their entry. Wendy Rouse describes the knowledge they formed and passed on to succeed. Crossing Borders: Chinese Immigrant Children and the Production of Knowledge Mar 2, 2020 Wendy L. Rouse