german context- uni Flashcards
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how did Germany benefit from the work of so-called “Gastarbeiter” in the 60s and 70s?
-Migrants were invited to Germany from countries including: Turkey, Tunisia, Morocco, Yugoslavia, Spain and Italy
-Given cheap labour in low skilled positions, essentially exploited
How long did the Gastarbeiter stay?
-initially it was intended that every two years, workers would return to “their country” and a new wave of workers would be sent
-this was to try to prevent immigration
-changed in 1964
who wrote the article “work”?
Fatma Aydemir
What was fatma’s grandads experience with being a Gastarbeiter?
after working for many years, offered a “repatriation grant” of 10,500 DMs to return to turkey
“Germany has always…..
profited from migration”
what is the contradiction about attitudes towards migrants pointed out by fatma aydemir in work?
-“migrants are lazy”
-“migrants are stealing our jobs”
what is the phrase devised by mithu sanyal in home that she believes others use to identify (im)migrants as “other”?
-skin
-hair
-hemoglobin
how does mithu sanyal describe the word “Heimat” in home?
-where a nation is an outside border, “heimat” is an inner border used to divide citizens.
how does mithu sanyal explain the link between AfD and “Heimat”?
-word has been weaponised
-björn höcke, higher up in AfD claims it is under attack from immigration, wokeness and the policies of parties in power
correlation between weaponising “Heimat” and “MAGA”, america first ideals
-about regaining control over a country
-control over borders
-taking back control from who?
change in number of (im)migrants
-14 million in 1970
-15 million in 2001
what is mithu sanyal’s ending statement?
the decisive question is not “where are you from?” but “where do we want to go together?”
who wrote the article titled “home”?
mithu sanyal
who wrote the article titled “language”?
margarete stokowski
what does margarete stokowski criticise in her article?
-value of second languages
-contradictions between attitudes to bilingualism
what quote does margarete stokowski use in the article?
“you don’t learn turkish, you unlearn it”- Kübra Gümüşa
what experience does emilia smechowski describe in margarete stokowski’s article?
-being reprimanded for speaking polish in public in germany
what did margarete stokowski’s experience in poland teach her?
-that her bilingualism is a valuable attribute, not something to be hidden
what does stokowski criticise about those who have learned so-called “lower value” languages?
-those who learn the language are praised for having done so
-those who speak the language at home are not given the same praise, their knowledge is less valued, despite undoubtedly being better than the knowledge of those who have studied it
what is the example that stokowski gives for the hypocritical appraisal of language learners?
-princess charlotte being bilingual at 2, being able to speak spanish
what does stokowski criticise the bild for?
-using stories from disadvantaged areas and extrapolating issues, using multilingualism as a scapegoat
-to cater to a racist audience in an effort to make money from a story: racism sells.
who wrote the article “Insult”?
Enrico Ippolito
what is discussed in ippolito’s article?
-describes an evening spent with an old friend in which they argue over ippolito’s experience of racism in germany
-includes flashbacks to ippolito’s previous experiences
how does ippolito explore racism?
-discusses his friends subtle racism, racism is not necessarily explicit or verbal but can be small actions
-tackles the concept of him also being racist, as someone who was raised in Germany
