The question of who narrates, who shapes the global dialogue in which we live on this earth is as old as humanity itself. Especially with the discourse of decolonization and the rise of right-wing extremist governments in the 21st century, it becomes crucial to examine the categories we use to describe people and places, such

Waiting is a condition that defines the lives of countless refugees and migrants, yet it remains largely invisible in public discourse. For Palestinians in particular, the experience of waiting has become even more unbearable as news of war and destruction in Gaza reaches them from afar. Between headlines from Gaza, daily life in Europe, and

As part of the DiaMiGo II Summer Research Academy 2025, held from 31 May to 4 June at the University of Cologne, the panel Inclusion & Exclusion in the Perspective of Environmental (In)justice brought together scholars and practitioners to examine how migration, environmental change, and politics of belonging are increasingly entangled. The panel built on

During the DiaMiGo Summer School of 2025, we read a story titled “The Truck to Berlin” from “The Madman of Freedom Square”, a short story collection from 2009 by Hassan Blasim, originally written in Arabic, but published in English translated by Jonathan Wright. In the course of the DiaMiGo Summer School we discussed the story