I have just completed a full academic year of Arabic. !ممتاز I’ve been timid about writing a lot in Arabic, except when we have to write short essays and compositions for tests and the final exams. I sometimes forget that I’m capable of saying quite a bit. So, in an effort to remember all I’ve […]
ETA: I came across this quote, while reading Arabic Graffiti, and it felt like it summed up what I’m interested in pretty clearly, particularly in regard to reclaiming public spaces. In addition to looking specifically at the role of urban art and graffiti in issues of Arabic migration and refugees in Berlin (and the world.) When the […]
This is a VERY rough draft – I still need to work and write out the details in the background, method, etc: Note: (added 5/15/17) – I will revise my final draft to reflect more on the concept of Heterotopias and Panopticism (re: Foucault) and space as power. Though I am still very much […]
Review “Research Resources” and “Reading” resources sections on the blog and write up a short reflection on your blog about two resources that are helping you shape thinking thinking around your CERP topic. In addition, if you have additional research resources for your individual projects, please post to your blog. It is extraordinarily hard to […]
While reading Educating the ‘Good’ Citizen, the middle section on the first page where the author quotes what Bill Bennet, Paulo Freire, Albert Shanker, and George Bush wrote regarding teaching ‘good citizenship’ in schools I had a somewhat visceral reaction. Not so much to Paulo Freire’s statement regarding political determination against oppression and Shanker’s statement about respect for […]
Your blog post for the week should make connections between these three readings–are forces of gentrification similar or different than colonialism via “development”? We would also like you to generate two (or more) questions for our panelists on ethical community engagement with displaced people. Include these in your blog post, and be ready to engage […]
Reading Reflection: Creative Activism and Art, Three Myths of Migrant Literature, and Migrant Literature in Germany There were a few points that I knee-jerk disagreed with in Three Myths of Migrant Literature but marked to go back and think about. I’ve read several books that would fall under “immigrant writing” but I’d never thought about this […]
Reading Reflection, Age of Migration Chapter 10 On p 221 it says, “The third group consists of those countries which tried to cling to ‘rigid guestworker’ models, above all Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Such countries tried to prevent family reunion, were reluctant to grant secure residence status, and had highly restrictive naturalization rules.” This surprised […]
In doing a mini country report for my Berlin study abroad seminar, I came across articles about the “Jungles” in Calais, France – home to around 8,000 migrants. Rather than summarize, I’ll just post a link to the full article and opening paragraph here: France Dismantles ‘The Jungle’ in Calais: (Oct 2016) A small camp […]
Reading – Chapter 2: The Migratory Process and the Formation of Ethnic Minorities “Much more often migration and settlement is a long-drawn-out process, which will be played out for the rest of the migrant’s life, and affect subsequent generations too.” (p 21) This point struck me, particularly as an American because we are all generations from […]
Here, I will keep track of and share various resources in relation to learning Arabic and German, as well as links and articles regarding immigration and refugees.
My name is Nikki Hegstrom. I returned to school last year to finish my degree and am working towards my B.A. in Comparative History of Ideas (CHID) with Honors. I have been working in web development for about 15 years, which I currently do freelance, though my desire is to work within the global community […]
