Many European émigrés escaping the Nazis helped shape consumer capitalism in the United States. After the war, they did business in Europe as well, circulating their transformed knowledge to shape marketing there. European Émigrés and the Transatlantic Circulation of Knowledge: Examples from Mid-20th-Century Consumer Capitalism Apr 29, 2020 Jan Logemann
Abstracts seven posts about migration and knowledge that were published at the History of Knowledge blog in the past two years. Linking Migration and Knowledge: Seven Viewpoints at ‘History of Knowledge’ Mar 14, 2019 Mark R. Stoneman
Using the example of Max Vasmer's biography, the authors argue that "Slavic Studies in general and in German-speaking countries in particular can and should be studied from the perspective of migrant knowledge." Slavic Studies as Migrant Knowledge: The Case of Max Vasmer Jul 22, 2021 Vladislava Maria Warditz and Wim Coudenys
"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 Sep 13, 2019 Joela Jacobs