Migration Lab

Network for Education and Culture in the Migrant Society

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Stories of Migration

Human history is made up of multifaceted stories of migration. But not all of these stories are told and heard. Many of them are either unknown or entirely absent from memory. Some...

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Racism

Racism has many faces, each depending on the specific context, era, history and location. At the same time, racism always pursues the same goal, which is to maintain white power an...

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Anti-Semitism

Anti-Semitism is not a new phenomenon. And yet it continues to take on new forms and appear in new guises. Another new feature that characterizes the current discussion surrounding...

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Diversity

Diversity shines a light on the heterogeneity of human beings. It captures the intersection of different characteristics, including religion, gender, socio-economic status and migr...

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Empowerment

Empowerment is an important form of resistance against racism and discrimination. In everyday life, many people find themselves excluded from access to social resources, including ...

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History

Colonialism and Nazism spawned ideologies of inequality and exclusion. They also gave rise to the forced migration and systematic annihilation of millions of human beings. This leg...

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Language

Language is an important part of human identity. For precisely this reason, the recognition of linguistic diversity and multilingualism is key to the peaceful coexistence of commun...

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Religion

In Germany, freedom of religion is anchored in and guaranteed by the country’s constitution, known as the Grundgesetz or Basic Law. Still, this hasn’t prevented the emergence ...

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Pedagogical Expertise

The diversity that characterizes societies shaped by migration raises new questions for schools as well as for extracurricular and non-formal educational facilities. Educators and ...

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Flight and Escape in Historical Perspective

How can the situation of German Jews in the 1930s serve as a starting point for reflecting on escape and migration today? The Memorial and Educational Site House of the Wannsee Conference and the Schiller-Gymnasium Berlin provide insights into practical work.

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Thematic Areas Stories of MigrationAnti-SemitismHistoryPedagogical Expertise

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Fields of action MemorialsSchools

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story

“Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity.” (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2009)

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Thematic Areas Stories of MigrationEmpowermentHistoryPedagogical Expertise

Types of Media Videos & FilmsLiterary TextsContributions from Science

Fields of action Civil Society

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Multidirectional Memory and Entangled (Hi)stories

How are memories told? What memories are shared? How does the hegemonic, and “overwhelmingly national perspective” deal with the challenge that more stories and memories demand entry into historiography and public memory?

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Thematic Areas Stories of MigrationRacismAnti-SemitismDiversityEmpowermentHistoryLanguageReligionPedagogical Expertise

Types of Media Literary TextsMethodsCollectionContributions from Science

Fields of action TheatersMuseumsMemorialsSchoolsCultureCivil Society

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The Migration Lab Germany network collects and develops knowledge about an array of migration-related phenomena, providing a digital media archive for schools, extracurricular bodies, cultural institutions and civic education.

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