Migration, Art, & Place: Berlin/U.S.

How do race and gender impact migration and migrant communities?

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How do migrants make place in new spaces or in periods of transition or conflict?

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How can art and cultural expression impact migrants' self understanding and the local community?

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What empowers migrants and migrant communities and what obstacles do they experience?

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What shapes a migrant experience, a migrant´s identity and the sentiment of “home”?

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This course will explore migrant communities at the intersection of place and identity with a focus on art as cultural expression, means of community and individual empowerment, and justice. We will engage critically with concepts such as migration and identity, place and transnationalism, gender and race. For research we use various art forms, including film, literature, and social media. A comparison of Berlin, Germany and Phoenix, Arizona—both places with large and diverse immigrant populations—will allow an in-depth and focused observation of the differences and commonalities of immigrant groups and responses of local communities in different urban spaces.

This course also offers an optional Global Intensive study abroad opportunity to Germany that runs May 13-20, 2023. For details visit: https://studyabroad.asu.edu.

Collaborations

• Collaborators TBA

Migration, Art, & Place in the News

At the Humanities Lab, we strive to ensure our Labs are relevant and current. Here are some recent articles about migration in today’s news!

A Welcome Steeped in History: Ukrainian Refugees Arrive in Germany

Pianist Lara Downes Re-Centers the Music of the Great Migration