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Tag: poetry

Ostashevsky, “The Feeling Sonnets,” 2019

A short discussion activity focusing on the contemporary multilingual poet Eugene Ostashevsky.

Categorized as 200-level course, 300 or 400-level course, Eugene Ostashevsky, Lesson Plan, Migration StudiesTagged 2010s, jewish-german, multilingualism, poetry, russian, soviet union, translation

Hügel-Marshall, Invisible Woman, 1993

This two-lesson discussion guide follows excerpts of Hügel-Marshall’s memoir and engages with questions of individual and institutional racism in the postwar period.

Categorized as 300 or 400-level course, Black German Studies, Ika Hügel-Marshall, Lesson Plan, May Ayim, Queer Literature, Race & Ethnicity, Women CreatorsTagged 1990s, Heide Fehrenbach, memoir, poetry, postwar, racism

Sam Zamrik, Ich bin nicht 2, 2022

A short activity in listening comprehension that engages with an interview with poet Sam Zamrik.

Categorized as 200-level course, Lesson Plan, Migration Studies, Race & Ethnicity, Sam ZamrikTagged 2020s, arab-german, identity, listening comprehension, music, podcast, poetry, sam zamrik, syria, writing

Sam Zamrik, Ich bin nicht 1, 2022

A close-reading activity focused on a handful of poems by the Berlin-based poet Sam Zamrik.

Categorized as 200-level course, Lesson Plan, Migration Studies, Race & Ethnicity, Sam ZamrikTagged 2020s, arab-german, body, city life, close reading, damascus, identity, poetry, sam zamrik, syria, writing

Ayim, blues in schwarz weiss, 1995

Green and Yellow cover for May Ayim's book of poetry "Blues in Schwarz Weiss"

The discussion focuses on performing close readings of the poems together, charting moments of disorientation and identification through word choice.

Categorized as 200-level course, 300 or 400-level course, Black German Studies, Lesson Plan, May Ayim, Race & Ethnicity, Women CreatorsTagged 1990s, identity, intergenerational, orlanda frauenverlag, poetry, temporality

Tawada, akzentfrei, 2016

Discuss how people react to the ways language is spoken and its relationship to ideas about Herkunft.

Categorized as 200-level course, Lesson Plan, Migration Studies, Race & Ethnicity, Women Creators, Yōko TawadaTagged 2010s, acceptance, essay, language, poetry

Şenocak, Geteilte Mündung, 2011

Photo of author Zafer Şenocak

Two poems propel this discussion on the relationship between body, language, and perception.

Categorized as 300 or 400-level course, Lesson Plan, Race & Ethnicity, Turkish German Studies, Zafer ŞenocakTagged 2010s, body, language, perception, poetry
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