In this edition of the newsletter of the Center for Integration Studies in December, you will be able to find recent information on the following subjects:
MigOst storytelling café with the Geflüchteten Netzwerk Cottbus (Cottbus Refugee Network) (Photo: MigOst)
Making city history more diverse: ZfI Project MigOst and Cottbus City Museum Launch Collaboration
Beginnings and crises, upswings, catastrophes and progress: city museums are considered the guardians of a city's history. They preserve, but they also shape and mold history by spotlighting certain narratives or leaving others out.
This year, the city museum in Cottbus will give more space to the experiences and stories of people with a history of migration. In GDR times, the Brandenburg city was home to foreign workers from Vietnam, Mozambique and other countries. After the fall of the Wall, ethnic Germans from the former Soviet Union, contingent refugees and war refugees arrived. In recent years, many refugees from Syria and Afghanistan, most recently from Ukraine, as well as foreign students and workers have come to the university city.
This year, the focus will be on their perspectives on Cottbus: On five dates, those interested can work together at the Stadtmuseum to expand current exhibitions to include migrant perspectives. The basis for this can be the participants' own experiences as well as transcripts of biographical interviews and materials from seven storytelling cafés, which the team of the project "MigOst - Ostdeutsche Migrationsgesellschaft selbst erzählen" (MigOst - East German Migration Society Tell Your Own Story) has collected together with participants over the past two years.
MigOst is a joint project of the Center for Integration Studies with the Dachverband der Migrantenorganisationen in Ostdeutschland e.V. and the BTU Cottbus.
The German Research Foundation has approved the project "Many Moving Parts: Continuity, Disruption and Change in Global Humanitarian Aid Relations" (HumGlobal) by ZfI's Dr. Patricia Ward. The project, which will begin in May 2023, will examine the historical and contemporary role of Middle Eastern actors:ing and their practices in shaping global development assistance. The research will contribute to a more detailed understanding of the relationship between humanitarian aid and mobility, and how aid can work beyond global North-South explanations.
The Refugee Law Clinic Dresden (RLCD) and the Initiative In Dresden Ankommen (IDA) are run by the ZfI. These student initiatives are accompanied by the ZfI and give students an introduction to migration-related topics as well as a practice-relevant orientation in their studies.
News from the RLCD - Refugee Law Clinic Dresden
Half-time of the training year 22/23 - The training year of the RLCD has finished the first part of the training with the written exam. In total, over 50 people were able to pass the exam and will start the second and final semester of training in April. During the semester break, they will now complete a four-week internship in law firms, at court or at relevant authorities, before continuing in the summer semester with in-depth lectures by various speakers.
Student Teaching Award of the TU Dresden and the GFF e.V. - The RLCD was awarded the TU Dresden's Teaching Award, endowed with 1,500 euros, for its lecture "Fundamentals of Asylum and Residence Law". Students were able to vote for their favorite formats, which were then awarded the teaching prizes.
Lecture by "I Have Rights" - On 26.01.23 the RLCD organized a lecture with the NGO "I Have Rights" for advisors, training participants and interested people. An activist of the NGO reported about her work with refugees on Samos in Greece.
Video series on asylum and residence law - The second part of the informative video series of the RLCD has been published on YouTube. The topics of the obligation to leave the country and the right of residence are examined in more detail.
This measure is co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget adopted by the members of the Saxon Parliament.
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